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Hatirjheel, Begunbari Canals
No step yet to stop choking of 2 major flood outlets
The government is yet to take any step to stop "development" work in Hatirjheel and Begunbari canals despite experts' recommendations and the government's earlier commitment for saving the two adjoining
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Crucial coal policy draft put under microscope
New committee holds first meet tomorrow, only days before deadline
As the sixth draft of a national coal policy has drawn a lot of criticism for being anti-investment and self-contradictory, the energy ministry has formed yet another committee to review and finaliseit.
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Sircar violated basic standard of financial propriety
M Hafizuddin writes toThe Daily Star
Section 10 of the General Financial Rules says: "Every officer incurring or authorising expenditure from public funds should be guided by high standards of financial propriety.
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Govt Order Falls on Deaf Ears
HSC admission fees alarmingly high in top city colleges
Renowned colleges in the capital are charging up to Tk 25,000 as fees during admission of the intermediate students, ignoring the June 22 government circular that fixed Tk 152 as the regular fee for admission
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Kumar, Mahela rule
There were spells of sporadic rain but those could not stop a full day's action, unlike the last two days, on the third day of the final Test as Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene put the Bangladesh
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Reforms with a 'motive' won't bring good
Says Gayeshwar after meeting Bhuiyan
BNP Joint Secretary General Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, who has all along been siding with Khaleda Zia on the issue of intra-party reforms, yesterday met pro-reform leader and Secretary General Abdul Mannan
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Lanka may be last recipient of Buddha's hair
The hair-relic of Gautam Buddha, to be presented to the Sri Lankan government later this month, might be the last Buddhist relics to be given away, as Bangladesh's own stock of such relics is now very
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Mystery Still Shrouds Mass Suicide
'Coffins no proof that they became Christians'
The rumour that the nine persons of a family who committed suicide in unison on Wednesday in Mymensingh had converted to Christianity is not true, claimed a close relative of the family.
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Hasina hassled on way to pay respect to dead colleague
Motia barred again from meeting AL chief
Former prime minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday went through a slew of troubles in her effort to go pay her last respect to her deceased party colleague Dr Moazzem Hossain.
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Gaziul Haq can forget all but the days of '52
Language movement veteran Gaziul Haq is gradually losing memory and the ability to speak but his affection for the mother tongue and the memories of the movement still remain intact.
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Production at KHM comes to a halt
Production at Khulna Hardboard Mill (KHM) at Khalishpur industrial belt remained suspended closed since Thursday, making the fate of 105 workers and employees uncertain.
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2 boys drown in Ctg pond
Two boys drowned in a pond in Eshaker Pool area under Bakolia Police Station yesterday afternoon.
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Treatment of Sabina starts in Singapore
The condition of ailing singer Sabina Yasmin improved hours after she was admitted to National Cancer Centre of Singapore General Hospital on Wednesday. Sabina is being treated under Dr Toh Han Chong.
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Bird Flu
1,500 fowls culled in Naogaon
Some 1,500 domestic fowls were culled in the district town on Thursday night following detection of avian influenza.
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Musharraf vows to wipe out extremism
President Pervez Musharraf vowed Thursday to wipe out extremism from Pakistan, saying in a defiant address to the nation that the raid on Islamabad's Red Mosque was necessary to save the country.
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US House votes for Iraq troop withdrawal
Iraq war can still be won, insists Bush
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill requiring a withdrawal of most combat troops from Iraq starting within 120 days, to be completed by April 1.
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US forces gun down 6 Iraqi policemen
'Iran-backed militant' captured
US troops in Iraq captured an alleged Iranian-backed militant leader yesterday, as a New York Times reporter became the second journalist slain in as many days in the violent Iraqi capital.
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