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Be honest and neutral or face punishment
CA tells secretaries people's lack of trust in bureaucrats has to be remedied
Chief Adviser (CA) to the Caretaker Government Fakhruddin Ahmed in his first meeting with secretaries to the ministries yesterday warned them of severe punitive measures if they do not carry out their
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Sangu drains out huge money from country
Developer's recoverable costs rising while gas production on decline
The country's only offshore gas field Sangu has become a never-ending financial drainage system for the country, as the foreign developer Cairn's recoverable costs are increasing every year and gas production
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Government aims for anti-graft body overhauling
The caretaker government will amend the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Act and is strongly considering reconstitution of the three-member anti-graft body that has remained non-functional since its formation
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EU to send election observers again
The European Commission (EC) will again deploy its poll observers for the next general election in Bangladesh and the mission's headquarters in Brussels will send a delegation next month to monitor the
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2,500 more held
Firearms seized as anti-crime drive continues
Around 2,500 people were arrested on various charges in the ongoing countrywide anti-crime drive during the last 24 hours ending at 10:00pm yesterday.
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Rab seizes equipment from VoIP trader
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested three people and seized a huge quantity of equipment used to run unauthorised voice over internet protocol (VoIP) business from an office at Purana Paltan
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Resignation
Acting CEC still waits for president's request
Acting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Mahfuzur Rahman yesterday said he would consider stepping down as the poll chief if the request comes from President Iajuddin Ahmed.
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Illegal Structures
More demolition in city
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) and Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) authorities yesterday tore down different illegal establishments in the city under ongoing eviction drives.
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Britain, India, Pakistan for early polls
Britain, India and Pakistan yesterday hoped Bangladesh would have a free, fair and credible general election in the shortest possible time to meet the aspiration of the people.
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Aug 17 Blasts
3 JMB men to walk gallows
A special tribunal in Naogaon yesterday sentenced three members of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for their role in August 17, 2005 serial bombings in the district.
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Two time bombs, explosives found in ditch
Police detectives recovered two powerful time bombs and some bomb-making materials from a ditch adjacent to Bara Aulia shrine near Taltola Bazar in the city's Khilgaon area late on Monday.
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Zawahri taunts Bush over Iraq troops plan
al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri mocked US President George W Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq, saying militants could wipe out the entire US army, according to an Internet video postedon
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LDP favours national ID card for next polls
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday told a four-member European Commission (EC) delegation that his party favours introduction of national identity cards in the next
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'US image around world worsens'
The image of the United States has deteriorated around the world in the past year because of issues such as Iraq and prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, according to a poll by the BBC World Service releasedon
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Thailand confirms 2nd bird flu outbreak
Thai livestock officials yesterday confirmed the country's second outbreak of bird flu this year, saying they had detected the deadly H5N1 virus among chickens in the country's northeast.
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