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Friday, Saturday weekly holiday
New office hours 9:00am to 5:00pm, effective from Sept 9
The government yesterday declared a two-day weekly holiday, with effect from Friday next to cushion the effects of increased energy price on the country's economy.
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Dhaka proposes 2 bodies for pipeline, trade issues
Saifur talks with Aiyar on tri-nation gas scheme, says it's not right to link them
Bangladesh yesterday proposed forming two committees -- one for the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline and the other for trade issues -- at the talks with visiting Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister
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Red alert in Khulna on fresh attack fear
The country's southwestern region has been on red alert since early yesterday following intelligence report that a top leader of an outlawed party is out to stage a series of terrorist attacks.
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Comment on al Qaeda
Tarique rebuts BBC report
Says his words were misreported; BBC says it corrected news late at night
BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman yesterday rebutted some parts of the interview that he gave to BBC Bangla Service on Sunday and said his words were not presented accurately by thenews
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Top outlaw leader dies in Rab action
The second-in-command of Janajuddha faction of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party was killed in a 'shootout' with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Katakhali crossing in Rupsha upazila on Sunday midnight.
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Indonesian plane crash kills 143
13 survive
A Boeing 737-200 jetliner crashed yesterday into a densely populated suburb of the Indonesian city of Medan moments after take-off and burst into flames, killing at least 143 people.
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Aiyar meets Khaleda
Visiting Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Mani Shankar Aiyar has said the relations between Bangladesh and India should further improve and must move forward for welfare of the two peoples.
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Gas Pipeline
Aiyar seeks Hasina's support
Visiting Indian Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar yesterday sought help from Opposition Leader Sheikh Hasina for the tri-nation gas pipeline from Myanmar to India through Bangladesh.
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Moudud for law to make govt agencies accountable
Law Minister Moudud Ahmed has pledged he will take an initiative to formulate a law requiring all government agencies involved in finance to publish annual reports on their earnings and expenditures.
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Two UK soldiers, 14 locals killed in Iraq
Two British soldiers and at least 14 Iraqis were killed in attacks in Iraq yesterday as US-led forces backed by fighter jets battled insurgents in a restive corner of the country.
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2-day transport strike from tomorrow
Three bodies of transport owners and workers enforce simultaneously countrywide 48-hour strike from tomorrow, protesting against fuel price hike and demanding increase of bus fares.
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Bangladeshis in hurricane-hit US states safe
All the Bangladeshi families and students who live in New Orleans are safe, but most of their houses were destroyed by hurricane Katrina which left Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama of the United States
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JS session begins Thursday
Discussion on Aug 17 carnage likely
The upcoming parliament session is likely to hold a discussion on August 17 countrywide serial bomb blasts, but there is little possibility to adjourn the other business of the House for the discussion
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Mob lynches 2 'muggers' in Ctg
Two alleged muggers were killed and another was critically injured in a mob beating in Nasirabad Housing Society area under Panchlaish of the port city yesterday evening.
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Nurses stage wildcat strike at N'ganj Hospital
Medical services came to a halt for three hours at 200-bed Narayanganj Hospital at Khanpur yesterday as nurses staged a wildcat strike to protest the assault of an on-duty nurse by an agent of a private
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Tk 60,000cr master plan for environment proposed
The executive body of the National Environment Committee at a meeting yesterday emphasised formulating a 20-year master plan involving Tk 60,000 crore to save the capital from environmental pollution.
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AC trains to run on Ctg, Sylhet routes
Fully air conditioned (AC) trains will be introduced on Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet routes soon in a bid to offer better service to the passengers by Bangladesh Railway.
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Nepal frees Koirala, 160 other protesters
Nepal's royalist government freed more than 160 anti-king protesters detained during a pro-democracy rally which turned violent at the weekend, police said yesterday.
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Britain considers forced marriage ban
The British government said yesterday it was considering making forced marriage a criminal offence as it deals with hundreds of cases, mostly relating to people of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin.
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11 die in DR Congo plane crash
Eleven people were killed yesterday when an Antonov 26 freight aircraft struck a tree near Isiro airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), aviation officials said.
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