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BNP reformists ready plan to end dynasty
Same person cannot be chairperson or secretary general for more than two terms
Reformist leaders of BNP prepared a draft proposal containing a 10-point set of recommendations for ensuring internal democracy and to put an end to dynastic leadership in the party.
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Hasina, dissidents call truce
Agree to place reform proposals at working committee meet
After days of bickering and public statements against each other, Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday held a meeting with party leaders who initiated a move for 'intra-party democracy',
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Hill cutting goes on for houses of BNP men
20-acre Khagrachhari hills plundered for 35 housing plots
Leaders of the immediate past ruling party BNP illegally razed two hills to make residential plots for their ward unit level leaders and activists of Sabujbagh under the sadar upazila in Khagrachhari.
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Govt nods to free EC Secretariat
Approves draft ordinance of Biman's turning into PLC
The Council of Advisers yesterday approved in principle a proposal for setting up an independent secretariat of the Election Commission (EC).
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3 DCC commissioners ran terminal illegally
Lessee driven away 3 years back; Mayor Khoka knew it all; govt's Tk 1cr revenue embezzled
Three BNP-backed ward commissioners of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) illegally operated the Mirpur Bus Terminal for more than three years in the name of original leaseholder Diba Enterprise by preventing
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Poor revenue growth stalls anti-poverty loan
Bangladesh is not going to get the last instalment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan of $123 million for Poverty Reduction Growth Facilities (PRGF) mainly due to its poor performances in revenue
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$100m WB loan for education reforms
The World Bank (WB) will provide $100 million to Bangladesh for carrying out reforms in schools and colleges that include stricter distribution of performance-based funds to institutions and privatisation
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Sarwar Jamal sued for possessing liquor, beer
Sent to jail
Law enforcers early yesterday filed a case in connection with keeping contraband substances against former BNP lawmaker Sarwar Jamal Nizam, who was arrested early Friday in front of Chittagong Club.
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Indian foreign secy due today
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon arrives in Dhaka today to hold the first secretary-level talks between the two countries in two years with both Dhaka and New Delhi hoping to build on the recent
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Boy dies at DMCH from injuries
A teenager died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early yesterday after he was picked up by army personnel for suspected theft.
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80 Taliban men killed in Pak border clash
Foreign forces in Afghanistan said yesterday they had killed around 80 insurgents in the past 24 hours, most of them in a strike on rebels preparing an attack near the Pakistan border.
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8 more US troops killed in Iraq
Gunmen kill 6 near Shia holy city
The US military announced the deaths of eight more US troops in Iraq yesterday, including four in a single roadside bomb attack northwest of Baghdad.
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Six killed in Assam market blast
Six people were killed, including a baby, and 12 more wounded yesterday in a powerful explosion at a crowded city market in India's restive northeastern state of Assam.
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Lebanon unrest goes on
Death tolls rises to 147
Three Lebanese soldiers were killed yesterday when a booby trap set by Fatah al-Islam militants exploded in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, an army spokesman said.
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EU leaders agree on reform treaty
European Union (EU) leaders headed home from the Brussels summit yesterday after reaching a deal on a new treaty, facing calls for referendums in some states and reaction ranging from fury to satisfaction.
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Blair meets Pope
Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair met Pope Benedict XVI in a private audience at the Vatican yesterday, heightening speculation that the outgoing premier may convert to Catholicism.
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Some solace for Nasa this year
The successful shuttle Atlantis mission has finally given Nasa something to celebrate this year after being rocked by an astronaut's arrest and a shooting at its Houston campus.
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2 die in US-run Iraq jail
Two detainees held at US-run prisons in Iraq were reported dead yesterday by the US military, including one who was wounded in a mortar attack on his jail earlier this month.
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