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Army chief for end to corruption culture
Places 7-point proposal
Army Chief Gen Moeen U Ahmed yesterday tabled a broad seven-point proposal for fighting corruption, which suggests simultaneous efforts for dismantling a 'culture of corruption' including a continuous
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IMF presses for gas price hike
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested that the government increase the price of natural gas before adjusting the prices of electricity, fertiliser and petroleum products.
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Rab captures 2 top JMB leaders
One is convicted killer of Jhalakathi judges
Two top leaders of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including one of the condemned killers of two Jhalakathi judges, and three JMB members have been arrested in a series of raids by Rapid
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Nine of a family commit 'suicide'
Nine members of a family, including three children, allegedly committed suicide by jumping under a train at Kashore near the outer signal of Mymensingh Railway Station yesterday.
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Massive plan to improve traffic system in capital
The government is seriously considering construction of 56 new roads and introduction of a rapid transit system in the capital by 2024 for quick modernisation of Dhaka's current shabby transport system,
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Tigers fail in rains
Rain ruined almost the entire first day of the third and final Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka here yesterday, but the sun did come out for a while and it was good enough time for the visitors to
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ACC chief's 'battle plan' against graft
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury yesterday unveiled a 'battle plan' to combat corruption emphasising tough action against the corrupt and paying reasonable
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Court orders attachment of properties of Falu's wife
Naser Rahman remanded
A Dhaka court yesterday ordered to attach properties of Mahbuba Sultana, wife of detained former BNP lawmaker Mosaddak Ali Falu, in connection with a tax evasion case filed by the National Board of Revenue
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Huda, Sigma, Ziaul Haq Zia sued
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against detained former communications minister Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda for mismatch between their wealth and the wealth statement
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Case Against Hasina
Court asks for probe report by Aug 12
A Dhaka court yesterday again directed officer-in-charge (OC) of Tejgaon Police Station to submit the probe report of a case against Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina and her personal staff Manu Majumder
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BNP might split without reforms
Khaleda's advisers believe
Differing with the BNP chairperson, several of her advisers advocated for reforms and said the party might tear apart without reforms.
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Hasina, Khaleda no threat to country
Says Gen Matin
Communications Adviser Maj Gen (retd) MA Matin yesterday said Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia do not need to be confined as they are not threat to the country.
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Sabina flown to Singapore
Ailing singer Sabina Yasmin was flown to Singapore last night for better treatment. Released from hospital at around 8:30pm, Sabina flew by a Singapore Airlines flight at 11:50pm.
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108 killed in building collapse in 4 years
With two ill-fated workers who died in yesterday's building collapse, the death toll in similar incidents rose to at least 108 while more than 200 were injured in last four years.
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50 Bangladeshi workers stuck at KL airport
Around 50 Bangladeshi workers who arrived in Malaysia on July 6 are stuck at Kuala Lumpur Airport, as the immigration authorities barred their entry on grounds of fingerprint mismatches in the biometric
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2 killed in 'shootouts'
A robber and an underground operative were killed in encounters with the law enforcers in Gaibandha and Jhenidah districts early yesterday.
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Four London bomb plotters jailed for life
A British court jailed four Islamists for life yesterday over failed attacks on London's public transport system in July 2005, two weeks after suicide bombings which killed 52 innocent people.
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Pak troops clear Red Mosque of militants
Pakistani troops yesterday cleared the Red Mosque compound in Islamabad of militants after two days of bitter fighting that left more than 60 people dead, the military said.
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Iraq War
Hillary urges quick end to US involvement
Presidential contender Barack Obama on Tuesday dismissed his Democratic rivals' change of heart on the Iraq war as too little too late, while Hillary Rodham Clinton urged a quick end to US involvement
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