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Bamboo-Rattan Dev Project
Steering body meets today
The first meeting of the international steering committee is being held in the port city today to monitor the progress of a two-million US dollar project for improving bamboo and rattan (cane) resources.
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SQ Chy's Effigy Burnt for Derogatory Remark on Bangabandhu
Fuel price hike protested
Jatiya Sramik League, labour front of the main opposition Awami League (AL), yesterday burnt an effigy of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury in front of AL's Central Office in the city protesting the derogatory
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Sanitation for All
'Step up efforts to meet MDG target'
Bangladesh cannot meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target on sanitation for all by 2010, if sanitation coverage is not raised by 9.5 percent a year, experts at a roundtable said yesterday.
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Zero percent tariff on imported paper demanded
Leaders of Bangladesh Pustak Prokashok O Bikreta Samity (Book publishers and sellers association) yesterday demanded zero percent import tariff on imported paper to cut its present price hike.
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HC directive not to arrest 'Hathat' editor
The High Court yesterday directed the government and law enforcement agencies not to arrest or take in custody AK Showkat Ali alias Showkat Bangali, editor of a Chittagong based magazine 'Hathat,' without
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Traders call 2-hour strike in Sylhet tomorrow
Sylhet Zila Bayboshayee Oikya O Kalyan Parishad has called a 2-hour strike in the city tomorrow protesting the month long fair scheduled to be started this week at the Government Alia Madrasa Maidan.
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Benin Plane Crash
Victims' families get compensation from UTA Airlines
The family members of 15 military men killed in Benin plane crash received compensation, given by UTA Airlines, from Army Chief Lieutenant General Moeen U Ahmed at the Army Headquarters yesterday.
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36 women MPs take oath
The 36 newly elected women MPs of reserved seats in parliament, out of total 45, took oath yesterday.
Speaker Barrister Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar administered the oath at the Sangsad Bhaban.
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BCU launches countrywide protests today
The Bangladesh Chhatra Union (BCU) will launch a series of countrywide demonstrations today in protest against the price hike of paper, proposed single track education system at high school level andthe
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Commissioners boycott RCC mayor's meeting
The ward commissioners (WC) of Rajshahi City Corporation yesterday boycotted the monthly general meeting on development as some issues were not included in the agenda.
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Body recovered
Police recovered body of an unidentified youth, aged around 32, from Wasa Pukur Par of Shyampur area in the city yesterday morning.
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