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The Jatiya Party is considering curtailing the special powers of its chairman mentioned in the party charter.
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The Election Commission has set up a separate server to store information and fingerprints of Rohingyas in order to prevent the refugees from obtaining National Identity Cards and becoming voters.
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A Tk 453-crore literacy project meant to benefit 45 lakh people has suffered setbacks for fund crisis, a deviation from the original plan and wrong selection of beneficiaries.
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Around 26 percent of adults in Bangladesh are still illiterate though the ruling Awami League in its 2008 election manifesto had promised to eradicate illiteracy from the country by 2014.
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Bangladesh stands to lose $7 billion in export earnings every year once it graduates into the developing country bracket in 2027 as the trade benefits it currently enjoys will be phased out then, a Planning Commission report says.
