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Frigate torpedoed by mean politics
Navy's Tk 500cr 'Bangabandhu' decommissioned 5 years back by BNP-led govt; now caretaker govt mulls its re-commissioning in June
The state of the art frigate of the Bangladesh Navy, purchased in 2001 for Tk 500 crore, has remained idle for more than five years now because of sheer 'political meanness' of the immediate past BNP-led
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ADP's top priority on power sector
Govt okays 31pc more allocation for the sector
The government yesterday approved a Tk 26,500-crore outlay, 23 percent higher than the current one, for the next fiscal year's Annual Development Programme (ADP).
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Hasina regularly took money from magnates
Jalil tells joint forces
The detained high profile political and business leaders continue to divulge startling information to the Task Force for Interrogation (TFI) about their corruption.
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Power Shortage
WB pledges urgent budgetary support
The World Bank (WB) has committed emergency budgetary support for the power sector development as it believes the interim government needs to be on a war footing to cut down the massive power shortage
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Govt must show some 'teeth' in prosecution
Patel tells of big fish arrested over graft
World Bank (WB) Vice President for South Asia Praful C Patel yesterday said the government will have to show some 'teeth' in quickly prosecuting the arrested 'big fish' to ensure its credibility.
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Incredible Ill-gotten Wealth
Forest boss turned to faithfuls for safekeeping
As most of the property of arrested chief conservator of forests Osman Gani is entrusted to his relatives and faithful employees, the law enforcers investigating his corruption are yet to determine the
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Smallpox Outbreak
WHO finds no truth in Indian reports on Bangladesh
Following Indian newspaper reports of sudden outbreak of smallpox in Bangladesh and Myanmar border areas, World Health Organisation (WHO) has generated feverish activity among the health workers in the
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4 grenades found in Banani
Police recovered four hand grenades, a bomb, 25 machine gun bullets and magazines near a school in Banani in the capital last night.
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AL leaders meet Hasina, talk Jalil issue
Senior Awami League (AL) leaders, mostly lawyers, visited party chief Sheikh Hasina at her Dhanmondi residence last night and discussed various issues including legal assistance for party's detained General
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18 eminent citizens for release of Jalil
Expressing deep concern over the arrest of Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil, 18 eminent citizens yesterday in a joint statement urged the government to release him on humanitarian grounds as
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5 killed in Gazipur road crash
Five people died and ten others were injured when a minibus plunged into a ditch in Nimtali rail gate area on Tongi-Kaliganj road yesterday morning.
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Ashraful Tigers' new captain
Ace batsman Mohammad Ashraful has been appointed captain of Bangladesh cricket team in both Tests and one-day internationals.
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Advocate Rafique's statement on Rangs Bhaban
Senior Advocate of Rangs Group Rafique-ul Huq in a statement has said, "It is reliably learnt from the advocate of the Rangs Group that the Appellate Division as a special case shall hear the appealsfiled
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Al-qaeda Targets
US warship bombs in N Somalia
A US warship shelled suspected al-Qaeda targets in northeastern Somalia after Islamist fighters clashed with troops from the country's semi-autonomous region of Puntland, witnesses and officials saidyesterday.
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Crowd, police clash at protest of G-8
Masked demonstrators hurled stones and flagpoles at police during a demonstration yesterday by tens of thousands of people against the upcoming Group of Eight summit in Germany, engulfing the harbor of
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