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Million marooned as rivers keep swelling
Continuous rise of water in almost all the rivers in the country's north, northeastern and middle parts left nearly a million people marooned causing immense sufferings to them and damage to crops.
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Hasina challenges extortion case at HC
Shown arrested in another extortion case
Detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court (HC), challenging the government move to bring the Tk 3 crore extortion case against her under the
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Many women may not be interested in photo
Fears EC, asks DCs to ensure listing of all eligible voters
The Election Commission (EC) is apprehending that women of families with persuasions of religious conservatism might avoid visiting voter registration centres to have their photographs taken for the voter
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Tk 12,581cr stuck up in absence of PAC
The move to recover Tk 12,581 crore from individuals and organisations that were held responsible for the loss of public money faces uncertainty as there is no mechanism to monitor the progress in absence
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Probe finds massive graft at BSMMU
A probe committee report submitted on Saturday identified a large number of corruption incidents and irregularities in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) while the committee members and
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Sonamasjid Land Port
Govt denied Tk 6cr tax a month
An investigation by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) found that on an average importers evade government tax of Tk 6.
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Outsourcing firms woes of Bangladeshi workers
Finds HR organisation
The outsourcing companies are largely responsible for high migration cost and exploitation of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia, a survey by a renowned human rights organisation of the Southeast Asian nation
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Waterlogged, they see no end to misery
Wading through waist deep water, Rina Khatun, a middle aged woman of the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra dam area, angrily told this correspondent that she was not interested in talking to the media.
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Moitree Express leaves for Kolkata
A train carrying a 35-member Bangladesh official delegation left Dhaka yesterday morning for India on a trial run for introducing Dhaka-Kolkata passenger train service.
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Declare Aug 15 as national mourning day
AL asks CG
Awami League (AL) yesterday demanded that the government officially declare Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the father of the nation and August 15 as the national mourning day.
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Ex-BNP MP GM Siraj sues Huda, Sigma for extortion
Former BNP lawmaker GM Siraj last night filed an extortion case against detained former communications minister Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda. The case was filed with Dhanmondi Police Station.
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Account Details
BB turns down Hasina's request
Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday turned down detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina's request for her bank account details, saying that the existing rules do not permit the central bank to provide
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SSC Exams
SQ system to be introduced from 2010
In the face of objections from teachers, students and guardians, the education ministry has decided to introduce the structured question (SQ) style for the SSC examinations from the year 2010.
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Ex-BNP MP Shahidul sent to jail after surrender
A Patuakhali court yesterday sent former BNP legislator Shahidul Alam Talukder to jail, rejecting his bail petition, after he surrendered before it as he is an accused in a case filed in connection with
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Schoolboy strangled to death in city
Woman's body found in sack
Police recovered a woman's body inside a sack at Uttara in the capital yesterday. Meanwhile, sources in the Dhaka Medical College (DMC) morgue said a 14-year-old schoolboy was strangled to death.
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JMB Patronage
Charge framing against Dulu on Aug 13
Charges will be framed against former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu on August 13 for patronising Islamist militants.
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Gen Jamali new BCB president
Putting aside all the guessing, a 12-member ad-hoc committee was announced yesterday to run the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) with Bangladesh Army's Chief of General Staff Maj Gen Sina Ibn Jamali named
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Delhi offers 'gift' to Dhaka
India will give 40,000 metric tons of rice, 10,000 metric tons of wheat and 1,000 metric tons of milk powder as a 'gift' to Bangladesh.
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Newspaper ads to ask Siraj, Harris to surrender
A Dhaka court yesterday directed the authorities to publish advertisements in two national dailies asking former minister Shajahan Siraj, his wife Rabeya Haider and son Rajib Siraj to appear before the
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Talks stalled over Korean hostages
Taliban set fresh deadline
Afghan officials yesterday reported no progress in talks with tribal elders to secure the release of 22 South Korean hostages held by the Taliban.
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Japan's PM suffers defeat in polls
Abe vows to stay in power
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government suffered a crushing defeat in upper house elections yesterday but the conservative leader insisted he would stay in power.
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Gunfire erupts after Iraq soccer win
Defying orders from authorities, revelers fired celebratory gunshots and poured into the streets after Iraq beat Saudi Arabia to clinch its first Asian Cup soccer championship yesterday.
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Everest highway plans on hold
Environmental experts must conduct a study and give their approval before workers can build a planned paved road up to the Mount Everest base camp, a Tibet government official said.
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New 'Red Mosque' springs up in Pak tribal area
Pro-Taliban militants have occupied a mosque in a Pakistani tribal area and named it after the radical Red Mosque where more than 100 people died in clashes between militants and security forces, residents
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