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Land grabbers gobbling up Bhawal forest
Around 15,000 acres encroached in Gazipur, Savar, mostly thru' forged documents
Bhawal forest, one of the prominent sal forests in the country, is slowly turning into an industrial and recreational zone due to encroachment on forestlands through tampering of land records and forging
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Fallout of Floods
Onslaught of diarrhoea, pneumonia continues
The onslaught of water-borne diseases in the capital continues with around a thousand patients checking every day into the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) alone.
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Roadmap to Election
Donors concerned at lack of progress
The international community that has all along been supporting the caretaker government may reconsider its stance if there is no tangible progress in the next few months towards holding the long-stalled
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22 Arrestees, 500 'Others' Sued
One week's pay too scanty to appease Ctg jute workers
The authorities' arrangement to pay one week's wage out of the dues for eleven weeks has failed to lessen frustration of the workers of Amin Jute Mills where a series of clashes with police left one killed
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'Take independent policy to revive jute sector'
Roundtable calls for labour-friendly steps
Urging a more practical jute policy, speakers at a roundtable yesterday came down heavily on the government for its jute sector policy, terming it the "worst-ever oppressor" of jute mill workers.
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Tk 65cr plan to help flood-hit farmers
The Ministry of Agriculture has prepared a Tk 65 crore programme to rehabilitate six to seven lakh flood-devastated farmers by providing them seeds and fertiliser free of cost, Agriculture, Fisheriesand
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5-nation war games in Bay from Sept 4
India to host the biggest ever event joined by US
The largest ever five-nation naval exercise in the region is set to begin on September 4 in the waters of the Bay of Bengal where an armada of warships and nuclear submarines from the US, India and Australia
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Vegetable prices double
Prices of vegetables, especially leafy ones, have almost doubled in a week due to shortage of supply to the capital as floodwaters have wrecked havoc on vegetables in the affected areas.
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Little headway in probing rocket projectiles
Investigators are yet to find a clue to smuggling of the 29 'rocket projectiles' recovered in the capital on Wednesday night and they could not also say yesterday if those are powerful explosives or not.
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Robbery on 'Karnaphuli Express'
Armed robbers swooped on the passengers of an inter-city train near Tejgaon Railway Station in the city on Thursday night and looted cash and valuables from them.
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Bush calls on Musharraf to move towards democracy
Rice had phoned Pak president amid talk of possible emergency
US President George W Bush urged Pervez Musharraf to move toward democracy after the embattled Pakistani leader pulled back from declaring a state of emergency.
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Plane crash in French Pacific kills 17
A small airplane plunged into the sea moments after taking off from the French Polynesian resort island of Moorea, killing at least 17 people in the territory's worst-ever plane crash, officials saidFriday.
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Clashes with rebels kill 52 in Philippines
Clashes between Philippine troops and suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants have killed at least 52 people on volatile southern Jolo island, the military said yesterday.
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