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More Confession
Babar cut $10m Warid deal for Koko
Former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar spilled more beans as he told investigators yesterday that he had negotiated a $10 million fast-track frequency allocation deal for Warid Telecom and the
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Khaleda's Options
Pick reforms or retirement
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia appears to be in a quandary whether to give in to the growing pressure for reforms both from within and outside her party or to quit politics.
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Gani's shenanigans
The forest boss who gobbled up trees
The general impression about Osman Gani as a soft-spoken person and an academician notwithstanding the chief conservator of forests never gave up making money by abusing power like his predecessors.
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Export Policy Announced
Agro, light engineering, IT get the thrust
The government yesterday announced a three-year Export Policy for FY07 to FY09 setting a target to diversify the export basket, create employment and alleviate poverty.
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Dispute Settlement
CHT land body to be activated
The government is going to activate the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Land Commissions to resolve land related disputes between indigenous communities and Bangla speaking settlers of the region.
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CA seeks WB help for power sector dev
Chief Adviser to the Caretaker Government Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday sought assistance from the World Bank (WB) for development of power sector, construction of Padma bridge, strengthening local government
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27th BCS
Call for fresh exams after PSC reform
The cancelled viva voce of the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations should be held afresh only after reforming the Public Service Commission (PSC) to ensure credibility and fairness, say ex-officials,
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Taskforce seizes Mufti Shahidul's luxury car
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) taskforce seized a luxury car belonging to former Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) lawmaker Mufti Shahidul Islam from Old Dhaka on Wednesday night.
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Manpower Deal
Foreign adviser flies to ROK tomorrow
Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar A Chowdhury is set to fly off to South Korea tomorrow to attend the 6th Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) from June 4-6.
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Polls should be held as quickly as possible
Says US State Dept
The United States has reiterated that elections in Bangladesh should be held "as quickly as possible", but only after necessary electoral reforms take place and that a crackdown on corruption should not
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3 killed in 'shootouts’
Three criminals were killed in "crossfire" during "shootouts" between law enforcers and the criminal's accomplices in Dhaka and Kushtia yesterday.
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Arguments in Mamun's graft case June 4
The special court yesterday fixed June 4 for arguments in the graft case against Giasuddin Al Mamun, as he failed to bring journalists as witnesses in his defence.
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Erratum
The Daily Star on Wednesday ran a report headlined "Master manipulator of state power" that inadvertently mentioned the name of Inspector General of Police Nur Mohammad as an official who was promoted
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Correction
The Daily Star carried a news item of UNB, a news agency titled "Another petition at HC seeks to know Khaleda's well being" published on May 4, which erroneously stated that Abdul Wadud Khandakar wassacked
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Heat wave to turn severe
The country's average temperature yesterday rose one degree higher than Wednesday's while meteorologists said the mild to moderate heat wave might turn into a severe one in some parts of Dhaka, Rajshahi,
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ACC sues ANH Akhter
Warrant against Kamal Ibne Yusuf
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a graft case against former power secretary ANH Akhter Hossain and his wife Naznin Banu.
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Taliban Attack
16 Afghan cops killed
A Taliban ambush killed 16 policemen in Afghanistan Thursday as the Nato-led force said a chopper that came down in the south, killing seven foreign soldiers - five US soldiers, a Canadian and a Briton
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