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Qawami madrasa degree gets master's status
IOJ chief hopes alliance to get big margin of vote
The government has decided to recognise Dawra degree of Qawami madrasa equivalent to master's degree in Islamic studies or Arabic literature Prime Minister Khaleda announced the decision at a function
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Cabinet Purchase Body Meet
17 projects okayed 'hurriedly' despite flaws in many bids
The Cabinet Purchase Committee yesterday rejected procurement proposals for two projects including a water treatment plant for Chittagong Wasa, and directed the authorities concerned to put out the contracts
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Playing politics with education
The government's decision to acknowledge Qawami madrasa education system yesterday kicked up an uproar all around, with academics, politicians and civil society members terming it a rash political decision
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Aug 21 Attack
JS body slates intelligence failure
The parliamentary standing committee on defence ministry yesterday once again slammed the country's intelligence agencies for failure to ward off the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) rally
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Country under serious environmental threat
Experts tell Nagorik Committee consultation meet
Increased population, more urbanisation, economic growth and natural disaster will pose serious environmental threat for Bangladesh by 2021, experts said at a consultation meeting yesterday.
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Regrouped JMB files case against witness
Activists of the banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have not only regrouped in Islampur-Bakal area in Satkhira but they have also filed a case against Rawshan Ali, a key witness
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Gold hopes fade for Bangladesh
Bangladesh's gold medal hopes narrowed down at the 10th South Asian Games here yesterday when two reigning champions failed to live up to the billing.
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Rejoinder
President of Gonoforum and Jatiyo Oikkyo Moncho Dr Kamal Hossain in a rejoinder yesterday protested a report headlined 'B Chy, Kamal may launch new alliance Wednesday' that was published in The DailyStar
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Standing Body Meet
BNP may decide Oli's fate today
The national standing committee of BNP will meet today instead of Thursday as announced before by the BNP high command and is likely to decide on the committee member Col (Retd) Oli Ahmad issue.
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Bismillah Khan no more
Bismillah Khan, one of India's best-known musicians and a master exponent of the wind instrument 'shehnai', died of heart failure at the age of 90 on Monday, doctors and his aide said.
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Tk 19cr spent on voter list updating
The Election Commission (EC) Secretariat yesterday said it has allocated Tk 18.84 crore to meet the expenditure for the month-long field level task of updating the voter list that ended on Sunday.
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Aug 21 report should be made public
Says Justice Joynul
The head of the one-member judicial inquiry commission that probed August 21 grenade attack on Awami League (AL) rally said his report should be published and the recommendations implemented for greater
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Saddam refuses to plead as genocide trial opens
Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein defiantly refused to enter a plea at the start of his trial Monday on charges of genocide over a brutal crackdown against Kurds that left around 100,000 people dead.
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Israeli warplanes roar over Lebanon
Israeli warplanes roared over Lebanon's northern Mediterranean coast and along its border with Syria yesterday, after the Lebanese defence minister warned rogue Palestinian rocket teams against attacking
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