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Country
in volatile politics grip again
The
country braces for a volatile political situation
with more violence as the opposition parties are
determined to force the government to resign while
the government has already taken a hard-line to
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Fire
at Wasa office knocks out 11
A
fire at the Karwan Bazar headquarters of Dhaka Water
and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) yesterday noon choked
11 people including two women unconscious and wasted
furniture and fixtures the value of which
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Sharon,
Abbas to declare truce at ME summit
Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader
Mahmud Abbas were to declare a ceasefire at a summit
in Egypt yesterday aimed at ending four years of
violence and pave the way for a breakthrough
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3
outlaw leaders killed in 'crossfire'
Three
leaders of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (M-L Lal
Pataka) were killed in 'crossfire' between police
and the outlawed party cadres at Jugipara union
of Bagmara early yesterday.
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36-hr
hartal on Feb 14, 15
The
main opposition Awami League (AL), left-leaning
11-party combine and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-
Inu) yesterday called a 36-hour countrywide hartal
for February 14 and 15 demanding trial of thekilling
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The
brave heart
When
several hundred WASA employees trapped on the top
floors of their eight-storey building tried desperately
to escape the inferno yesterday, Mohammad Mostafa,
22, a day laborer in Karwan Bazar, braved
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Hasina
demands fresh polls
Leader
of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked
the alliance government to quit immediately and
take people's mandate through a fresh election.
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Bill
to ban tobacco ad placed in JS
A
bill proposing a ban on advertisements on tobacco
products and smoking in public places and transport
was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday as it
resumed its session after a week's recess amidabstention
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Italy
to hire 2,600 workers this year
Italy
wants to recruit over 2,600 workers from Bangladesh
this year to support the growing demand in its industries.
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Bid
to snatch criminal from cops foiled
Police
and local people yesterday foiled a bid to snatch
notorious criminal Idul from the custody of two
jail guards at Shyamoli, where they had taken him
for an x-ray.
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72
fall sick in Ctg from food poisoning
At
least 72 people including 18 children and seven
women fell sick from food poisoning after having
their breakfast at village Zheuri of Anwara upazila
in the district yesterday morning.
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Bush
seeks regime change in Iran
US
President George W. Bush has been actively behind
"regime change" for Iran, but the route to that
end has yet to be defined and the perils are great,
US experts said.
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Rickshawpuller
gives vital clue
Gadai
Yunus, a rickshawpuller, yesterday confessed to
a magistrate that three men carrying a bomb hired
his rickshaw on Saturday night, dropped in front
of the local press club and hurled the bomb.
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AL
enforces hartal today in Karimganj
The
Awami League (AL) will enforce a day-long hartal
today and a half-day hartal tomorrow in Karimganj
upazila protesting Monday's police action that left
one of its activists killed and more than 100
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Khaleda,
Hasina greet Thaksin
Prime
Minister Khaleda Zia and Leader of the Opposition
in Parliament Sheikh Hasina yesterday congratulated
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on his Thai
Rak Thai Party's landslide victory in the
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ACC
to meet today over Miah ire
Anti-Corruption
Commission (ACC) Commissioner Maniruzzaman Miah
may regain his administrative and establishment
related responsibilities which the ACC chairman
has taken over 'for a temporary period'through
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Tk
20 lakh mobile phone sets seized at ZIA
Customs intelligence on
Monday night seized mobile phone sets worth about
Tk 20 lakh from a transit passenger at Zia International
Airport.
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JIC
to quiz BNP leader, 4 others in Dhaka
BNP
leader Abdul Quiyum and four other arrestees, who
were nabbed and remanded in connection with the
grenade attack on the Awami League rally that killed
Kibria and four others on January 27, were brought
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2
US doctors hurt in road crash
Four
people, including two US physicians, were injured
in a road accident in Kaikhhang Jhiri area, 48km
off the district town, yesterday.
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Nepalese
HR groups seek int'l intervention for democracy
Twenty-five Nepalese human
rights organisations expressed concern in a statement
yesterday over the declaration of a "state of emergency"
by the King on February 1 and his virtual hand-over
of the country's
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Giving
way to the powerful
Nine
top officials of Bangladesh Railways (BR) have been
living in bogies for a week now as the rest house
they used to reside in has been booked exclusively
for BNP high-ups attending the party's union
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Ulfa
formally offers peace talks to Delhi
A
leading separatist group in India's northeastern
state of Assam has made a formal offer of peace
talks with New Delhi aimed at ending more than 26
years of insurgency in the region, a mediator saidyesterday.
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Bikalpa
Dhara to join non-violent movement
Bikalpa
Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) yesterday declared non-violent
and peaceful programmes for February 10-22 to express
solidarity with Asma Kibria's call to protest the
killing of former finance minister
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JIC
to quiz Bangla Bhai operative
The
Jagarata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) operative,
who had admitted his party's involvement with several
bomb attacks across the country, was taken on a
seven-day remand yesterday.
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Bangla
Bhai's men circulate leaflets
Four
Bangla Bhai's men, traveling together on Monday
morning, circulated over one thousand leaflets to
the public throughout Durgapur border village under
Aditmari upazila.
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Two
die as launches collide
Two
persons died and five others were injured as two
launches collided head on in the river Sonai at
Shariatpur early yesterday.
The dead are Mahmud, 13, and Nurunnabi, 14.
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9
more held for cop murder
Police
yesterday arrested nine more people in connection
with the killing of a constable during the hartal
at Nalitabari on Sunday.
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One held for planting bomb in grocery
A youth was caught while dropping three homemade bombs
at a grocery in Pallabi las| night.
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| Business |
Call
money rate hits 40pc
Call
money rate soared yet again in the volatile money
market yesterday hitting as high as 40 percent.
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Dhaka
must embark on new economic road
In
the post-MFA era Bangladesh must embark on a new
economic road rather than depending alone on apparels
that bring 75 percent of the country's total export
earnings, suggested US envoy in Dhaka yesterday.
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Top
officials of French firms to visit Bangladesh this
year
Top executives
of giant French companies will visit Bangladesh
this year to explore trade and investment opportunities
here, Dominique Simon, trade commissioner of French
Embassy in Dhaka, announced yesterday.
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Boeing,
Airbus in rat race for Indian aviation market
US aircraft manufacturer
Boeing Corp and its European rival Airbus Industry
are in a rat race for a share of the growing Indian
civil aviation market.
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IFAD,
PKSF to launch $29.7m project to help the poor in
North
About 210,000
poor farming families will benefit from better access
to loans, savings and other banking services through
a $29.7 million development project in the northern
region.
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Agro-based
industry to be set up in Mongla EPZ
A
local agro-based industry is going to be set up
in Mongla EPZ, involving $672,000, to produce raw
materials from waste shrimp and shells, which will
be used for cosmetics and medicines.
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Prime
Bank to increase authorised capital
Prime
Bank Limited will increase its authorised capital
from Tk 100 crore to Tk 400 crore.
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Indonesia
mulls pulling out of Opec but stakes are high
Indonesia, the only Asian
member in Opec, may pull out of the oil cartel as
dwindling production is pushing it closer to becoming
a net importer, a minister said in remarks published
Tuesday.
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Annual
sales confce of SMC
The
annual sales conference of Social Marketing Company
(SMC) was held in Dhaka recently, says a press release.
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Vietnam
textile raw materials fail to meet demand
Vietnam's domestic raw
materials and accessories will only account for
40-41 percent of the textile and garment industry's
overall raw materials in 2005, about 4 percent below
the target (45 percent),
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Bush
proposes big cuts to rein in deficit
President
Bush on Monday proposed a $2.57 trillion budget
that slashes domestic programs from farm aid to
housing grants for the poor, as he sought to curb
budget deficits that have soared on his watch.
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Dollar
on firmer footing
The
dollar rose to a two-month high against the yen
and held near three-month peaks versus the euro
on Tuesday as the market cheered US efforts to narrow
its yawning fiscal deficit.
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Japan
near agreeing to US mad cow proposal
A
Japanese government panel studying mad cow disease
is close to accepting the age verification method
submitted by the United States last month, a move
that could end a near 14-month ban on US beef,a
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Oil
prices fall to one month low
US
oil prices fell to a one month low below $45 a barrel
on Tuesday, under pressure from signs Opec would
not cut production until its March meeting and on
forecasts for rising US crude stockpiles.
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Mitsubishi
agrees to compensate DaimlerChrysler
Mitsubishi's
earnings report Scandal-plagued Mitsubishi Motors
said Tuesday it had agreed to compensate DaimlerChrysler
for losses on investments in its truck business
hit by a series of defect cover-ups,
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Toshiba
unveils next-generation chip
Japanese
electronics giant Toshiba said Tuesday it has helped
develop a next-generation memory chip with uses
from home appliances to mobile telephones, two weeks
after its South Korean rival Samsungstarted
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Toyota
to appoint new president
Japan's
top carmaker and world ranked number two Toyota
Motor plans to promote Executive Vice President
Katsuaki Watanabe, to president as the firm expands
into various business fields, a report saidTuesday.
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| Sports |
Cricket: Home
teams start well
Senior
players led the way as defending champions Dhaka
Division got off to a reasonable start on Day One
of their match against a depleted Sylhet as the
Ispahani Mirzapore Tea Sixth National CricketLeague
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Cricket: Strauss
not giving up
England
batsman Andrew Strauss has vowed to bounce back
from a lean spell and prove himself in the one-day
game.
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Cricket: Tendulkar
boost
Sachin Tendulkar
is recovering well from a tennis elbow injury and
should be fit to play in next month's Test series
against Pakistan, Indian coach John Wright said
on Tuesday.
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Cricket: Miandad
taking legal action against PCB?
Javed
Miandad, the former Pakistan captain and coach,
is considering taking the Pakistan Cricket Board
to court over the controversial circumstances in
which his coaching contract was terminated.
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Queen
of the seas
Ellen
MacArthur is heading home to a hero's welcome after
breaking the record for sailing solo round the world.
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Cricket: UAE
break BD A streak
The
Bangladesh A team failed to sweep the four-match
one-day series against hosts United Arab Emirates,
who pulled off a consolation three-wicket victory
in the fourth and final game at the Sharjah Cricket
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Cricket: Gazi
Tank take solo lead
Gazi
Tank and Dhaka Wanderers earned comfortable wins
in the First Division Cricket League at different
venues yesterday.
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Cricket: 'We'll
bounce back'
Pakistan
captain Inzamamul Haq and coach Bob Woolmer Tuesday
said their battle-hardened cricket team could do
well in the forthcoming tour of India after learning
from their Australia defeats.
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Cricket: India
being flexible
India
is not averse to dropping Ahmedabad as a Test venue
for Pakistan's upcoming tour, a top cricket official
said here on Tuesday.
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Football: Ronaldo
no-show dampens interest
World
champions Brazil take on Asian minnows Hong Kong
here on Wednesday in a lopsided international friendly
overshadowed by the no-show of star striker Ronaldo.
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Football: Match
of the day
A Japan
boosted by two wins achieved without their foreign
legion of overseas stars are confident of defeating
North Korea as they begin final qualifiers for the
2006 World Cup here Wednesday.
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Football: The
Wright time?
Shaun
Wright-Phillips knows that his performance for England
in Wednesday's friendly against Holland could make
or break his bid to establish himself as a key figure
in Sven-Goran Eriksson's plans for
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Cricket: Ziaur
Rahman cricket starts today
The
President Ziaur Rahman Gold Cup Cricket Tournament,
organised by the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD),
the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
(BNP), begins today at the Jagannath Hallplayground
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Hockey: Div
I hockey
Bangladesh
Sporting Club and Dhaka Wanderers Club made winning
starts when the Green Delta First Division Hockey
League began at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium
yesterday.
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Cricket: Symonds
fit for NZ tour
All-rounder
Andrew Symonds was cleared for possible inclusion
in the limited overs section of Australia's cricket
tour of New Zealand Tuesday after overcoming an
Achilles tendon injury.
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Cricket: Saqlain's
comback chance over
Spin
bowler Saqlain Mushtaq's hopes of being included
in the Pakistan squad for the tour of India have
been dashed by injury.
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Football: Bad
news for Chelsea
Chelsea
winger Arjen Robben will be out of action for six
weeks with two broken bone in his foot which will
rule him out of both the Champions League matches
against Spanish league leaders Barcelona.
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Chess: Parag
needs a draw
Mehdi
Hassan Parag will need a draw in the ninth and final
round of the BASIC Bank 26th National Junior Chess
Championship today to retain his title.
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Nilphamari
cricket
The Third
Division Cricket League began here on Monday at
the Nilphamari High School ground.
On the opening day, Nilphamari Milon Club defeated
Nilphamari Young Progoti Cricket Club by 81 runs.
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Cricket: Sobers
to help Scotland
Legendary
West Indies all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers intends
to assist the Scotland team for the 2007 World Cup,
and help them make an impact on the tournament to
be held in the Caribbean.
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Cricket: Gaibandha
cricket
Brave Heart
Sporting Club defeated Nabarun Krira Chakra by 96
runs in the First Division Cricket League at the
Gaibandha Stadium yesterday.
Brave Heart batted first and scored 176 all out
in 43 over.
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Let's
Get A Move On...
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| Metropolitan |
Govts
should prioritise investments in agri research
With the dwindling international
support for agricultural research and training,
governments of the agrarian economies require to
prioritise their investments to agricultural research
in accordance to
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Six
were killed a day last month
Six
women were killed and 14 others tortured a day last
month, according to a report of Mass-line Media
Centre (MMC).
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Khulna
journos submit memo to PM today
Journalists
in Khulna will submit memorandums to Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia and State Minister for Home Lutfuzzaman
Babar today through deputy commissioner demanding
immediate arrest of the culprits responsible
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| National |
A
woman entrepreneur with a vision
From
a small entrepreneur, Zohra Begum is now the owner
of a bid timber industry.
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Vital
govt establishments in SW dists under security blanket
Security has been tightened
in key government installations and important public
places in ten districts of Khulna division in the
wake Saturday's bomb attack at Khulna Press Club.
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Union-level
BNP conference in Rajshahi today
The
sixth union-level conference of BNP leaders and
workers will be held here today as part of the party's
mobilisation campaign at the grassroots.
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More
protests against bomb attack on Khulna newsmen
Journalists of Patuakhali
and Madaripur on Monday continued protests against
Saturday's bomb attack at Khulna Press Club.
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PDB
official assaulted by CBA leaders
A
PDB (Power Development Board) official here was
assaulted by BNP-backed CBA (Combined Bargainig
Agent) leaders on Sunday.
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Fake
doctor in Satkhira chargesheeted
A
fake doctor has been chargeshee-ted for cheating
patients by impersonating a highly qualified doctor.
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Tale
of two govt schools
Academic
activity is being greatly hampered in Government
Jubilee High School and Government Girls' High School
due to shortage of teachers.
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5
BDR men closed for 'helping' smugglers
Five
BDR personnel including a Habildar of Chanduria
border outpost (BOP) in Lalaroa upazila were 'closed'
to 12 Riffes Battalion headquarter at Satkhira on
Monday allegedly for helping smuggling, BDR
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Religious
teachings can prevent AIDS B'baria meeting told
Adherence to religious
teachings and awareness can save people from HIV/AIDS,
speakers at a discussion meeting here have said.
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Start
OMS of rice, Rangpur traders demand
Shop
Owners' Association President Kazi Mohammed Zunnun
on Tuesday urged the government to begin Open Market
Sale (OMS) of rice here immediately to save the
poor people.
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Cop
jailed for marriage without wife's consent
A police personnel was
awarded six months rigorous imprisonment (RI) for
his second marriage without consent of his first
wife.
The police personnel is Sub-inspector (SI) Mostafa
Faruk.
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12
get 4-year RI each for gouging eyes of three
Twelve persons on Monday
were sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment
(RI) by a court here for gouging out eyes of three
persons due to previous enmity.
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| Point-Counterpoint |
Magurchhara,
Tengratila and beyond
In
an article titled "Gas fires and living forests
just don't mix" (DS, Dec.
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Why
such violent death for a mild-mannered politician?
We are still shocked at
the death of Shah A.M.S. Kibria, the ex-Finance
Minister of Bangladesh. We mourn his death and we
are still grief-stricken.
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| Culture |
Cultural
programme commemorates Amar Ekushey
Ekush--the word
generates immense emotion in every Bangalee's heart.
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Nagorik
Natyangan Drama Festival 2005
Mahmudul
Islam Selim is the convenor of the ongoing weeklong
drama festival arranged by Nagorik Natyangan. A
regular performer of Nagorik, Selim is the director
and playwright of Habuchandra Gabuchandra.
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"Artists
at the district level face discrimination"
Culture activists often
point out that the Dhaka-based artistes have more
opportunities to perform and popularise their art
form than those based elsewhere in the country.
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Discussion
on Abbasuddin and Quamrul today
Bangladesh
Shilpakala Academy holds discussion sessions on
eminent folk singer Abbasuddin Ahmed and artist
Quamrul Hasan today at its premises, says a press
release.
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Learn
framing a good portrait!
Imagine
being able to catch precious moments in time--family,
friends, nature and travels. The means? A little
'portrait magic'.
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Brand
by Centre for Asian Theatre ...
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| General |
Political
leaders, journos slate bomb attack
Political
leaders and journalists at a protest rally here
yesterday deeply condemned Saturday's bomb attack
in which four Khulna journalists were injured.
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Mainstream
education needs modification: Prof Yunus
Mainstream education needs
modification with the objective to meet the needs
of modern age, said noted economist and Managing
Director of Grameen Bank Prof Muhammad Yunus.
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Daughter
seeks British help to ensure trial
Dr
Nazli Kibria, daughter of slain Awami League (AL)
leader SAMS Kibria, met British State Minister Douglas
Alexander MP at the House of Commons on Monday and
sought cooperation from the British government
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2
killed in road accident in Manikganj
Two
people were killed and 10 others injured when a
bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Basta bus stand
on Singair-Dhaka Road yesterday.
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Two
Jamaat leaders sent to jail
Two
persons held in connection with Friday's union parishad
chairman murder in Satkania were sent to jail yesterday.
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Ctg
newspapers keep space vacant
Chittagong
newspapers started their protest programme against
police atrocities on working journalists keeping
a space of six inches vacant on the front page from
yesterday for next six days.
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One
to die for killing wife for dowry
A
Dhaka court yesterday sentenced a man to death for
killing his wife Moni for dowry seven years back.
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Arannayk
Foundation to be launched today
Arannayk
Foundation, a USA-Bangladesh bilateral initiative,
is being launched today with a goal for preservation
and development of tropical forest resources in
the country.
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Prof
Kabir Chy's birthday today
The
82nd birthday of noted educationist and writer Professor
Kabir Chowdhury will be celebrated toady.
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| International |
Blast
kills 21 Iraqis outside army base
A
suicide bomber killed at least 21 people and injured
27 outside an Iraqi army recruitment center in Baghdad
yesterday in the deadliest insurgent attack since
last month's historic election, the US army
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Rice
threatens Syria with 'isolation'
US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Syria
yesterday that if it wants to avoid being "isolated"
it must end support for Islamic militants intent
on wrecking the Middle East peace process.
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Dozens
of Maoists killed in Nepali air strike
Dozens
of Maoist rebels have been killed in a Nepalese
army air strike in western Dailekh district, a report
said yesterday.
The attack was reported by the private news website,
Kantipuro-nline.
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Kay
warns US against repeating mistakes of Iraq strikes
in Iran
The US
official who declared the White House's hunt for
illicit weapons in Iraq to be a failure driven by
faulty intelligence has warned the Bush administration
against repeating its mistakes in the current
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UK
unveils tough immigration rules
Prime
Minister Tony Blair's government proposed a raft
of tough measures Monday to make it harder for unskilled
foreigners to seek work or shelter in Britain, including
English tests and finger-printing.
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Lanka
risks war after killing of Tamil leader
Sri Lanka's government
said yesterday that the killing of a senior Tamil
Tiger rebel and five others had heightened the risk
of a return to war.
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EU
warns Iranians about violating spirit of nuclear
freeze
Europeans
were set to warn Iran about activities that violate
the spirit of a nuclear fuel cycle freeze as talks
began in Geneva yesterday getting Tehran to guarantee
it is not developing atomic weapons,
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46
killed in Philippines fighting with Moros
More than 30 Moro rebels
and 16 soldiers have been killed in two days of
fierce gunbattles in the southern Philippine island
of Jolo, the military said yesterday.
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Two
Pakistani journalists killed
Pakistan's
government and a top media rights group yesterday
condemned an attack which killed two journalists
and wounded an AFP stringer in a tribal area infested
with suspected al-Qaeda militants.
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'Guantanamo
detainees abused by US troops'
Nearly
a dozen detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp
contend they were wrongly imprisoned after repeated
abuse by US troops in Afghanistan and Pakistan,
including beatings with chains, electricshock
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Thousands
stranded in snowfall-hit Kashmir
At
least nine people were killed as torrential rains
lashed northern India while one person froze to
death and thousands were stranded on a highway in
Kashmir after heavy snowfall triggered avalanches,
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| Editorial |
Editorial: Why
this political mudslinging?
The
latest in recriminatory diatribe is exemplified
by ruling party's secretary general Abdul Mannan
Bhuiyan putting the blame for the death of SAMS
Kibria squarely on the shoulders of the main opposition.
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Editorial: Infrastructural
link with Yangon
It
is good to know that Bangladesh and Myanmar have
decided on a route for the much-awaited road-link
between Dhaka and Yangon and that most other technical
aspects of the project have been finalised.
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The
nation at war with itself ?
At
independence we were baptised to certain values.
We embraced democracy as the norm for our national
life with its concomitant civility, tolerance, and
moderation.
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The
silence of democracy
When
pondering over a long election, look at the arc
and hear the silence.
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An
open letter to the Prime Minister
Madam
Prime Minister: I am writing this letter with deep
sense of sorrow, anguish, and frustration on hearing
of the death of a distinguished citizen of this
country along with a few other political activists
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| Letters
to Editor |
Global
leadership
The
opening decade of the new millennium (21st century)
does not encourage hope, peace and happiness. violence
dominates the scene, encouraged by poor global political
leadership.
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The
assassinated leader
Why
mature, educated, and experienced persons enter
politics in Bangladesh? As a citizen (double-retired
pensioner), I am musing on the sudden assassination
of SAMS Kibria, a citizen at the top of the
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An
opportunity for us?
I
took interest in reading the comments from S Arif
Jamal, Ashfaque Kabir, Tahsin Hyder, Nur Jahan on
your letter page.
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The
man next door
I
can't say I know much about the man next door. He
was my neighbour for quite some time. In fact I
should say it the other way round; I was his neighbour
living in the same neighbourhood.
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Good
idea
I was impressed
with the facts and the logic behind Mr.
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Contractual
appointments
An
article on the above subject by Mr. Ahmed Mahmudur
Raza Chowdhury on 30 January, 2005 makes interesting
reading. Apparently, it seems to be an innocent
piece of writing.
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Fox
hunting in Britain
The
Hunting Act 2004 received Royal Assent on 18 November,
and will come into effect in Britain on 18 February,
2005.
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Foreign
university campus
It
is observed that foreign university campuses are
being established in Dhaka by different student
counselling firms.
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Shifting
of railway station
A
recent news item on shifting of Kamalapur Railway
Station to Joydebpur and a letter to you by Mr.
M. Alauddin on 20 January, 2005 have drawn my attention.
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| StarTech |
A
treat for network operators
For
the first time in Bangladesh, South Asian Network
Operators Group (SANOG), a non-profit forum of Data
Network Operators in South Asia, is conducting SANOG
V Programme, an eight-day event consisting
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'Kayoty'
- the first ever home-made spyware monitor
Different species of Spywares
and their associated activities have long been elusive
to everyday users, since there was no known method
to monitor the traffic created by most of the spy
software.
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Companies
challenge Intel microprocessor
SETTING
up a battle for the future of computing, engineers
from IBM, Sony and Toshiba unveiled details Monday
of a microprocessor they claim has the muscle of
a supercomputer and can power everythingfrom
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Chittagong |
Ship
breakers seek better life in forlorn hope
Lack of adequate safety
regulations, shortage of tools and equipment, absence
of healthcare facilities, pure drinking water and
sanitation facilities as well as poor payment have
pushed thousands of workers
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Meter
tampering mounts suffering to consumers
Tampering of meters by
a section of the Power Development Board readers
has long been taking place unabated in Chittagong,
mounting sufferings to the consumers in spite of
repeated complaints.
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Due
to slow progressof work
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Winners
of Maths Olympiad
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City |
Water
pit comes to fire-fighters’ aid
The
Wasa building at Karwan Bazar where a fire broke
out on yesterday was saved with no loss of lives
or valuables because the water in a huge pit in
front of the building was used to fight the fire.
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Tough
law on the way to save waterbodies
The
government is planning to formulate an effective
law that includes a 10-year prison sentence against
land grabbers.
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Twinkling
Dhaka
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Study
to relocate city rail lines soon
The
government will conduct a feasibility study on relocating
the railway lines between the Airport Station and
the Kamalapur Railway Station.
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Chhayanaut
Bhaban gets Rajuk's nod
Chhayanaut
has finally won approval for its planned Shangskritik
Bhaban (cultural centre) from the Rajdhani Unnayan
Katripakkha (Rajuk) after a two-year wait.
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