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Warrants issued for arrest of 6 ex-ministers, 6 others
Court asks jail authorities to produce Khaleda, Arafat in court in GATCO scam case
A Dhaka court on Thursday issued warrants for the arrest of six former ministers and six others shown fugitives in the GATCO scam case. Metropolitan sessions judge M Azizul Haque also ordered the jail authorities to produce(The Newage)
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Nearly 3 lakh people in Sidr-hit areas still live in polythene hut, tents
Only a quarter of the required rehabilitation has been completed in last six months-SWG, NGOs, UN agencies and civil society groups
Some 2,86,000 people in 12 coastal districts which were severely ravaged by super cyclone Sidr last November are still living in tents or polythene-made huts. After successfully handling the immediate post-Sidr humanitarian assistance(The Bangladesh Today)
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All rental power plants miss deadline
Idea of costly rental power plants made questionable
Three so-called rental power companies, selected by the government, failed to bring four short-term rental power plants, with a combined capacity of 240 megawatts, into operation before the deadline on Thursday, dealing a shattering blow to the hope of an immediate solution to the nagging power shortage.(The Newage)
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Bid to fuel fresh unrest in CHT
The terrorists have chosen religious sentiment as the latest weapon
Religious sentiment is the latest weapon of terrorists in the hill. A faction of Parbatiya Chattagram Jano Shanghati Samity (JSS) United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) and others banned terrorist organisations are using religious sentiment to create unrest in the tribal areas.(The News Today)
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Int''l call termination thru illegal VoIP
Tk 1209 cr yearly loss
The government is loosing around Tk 1208.88 crore revenue per year due to international call termination through illegal VoIP system. The BTRC is currently working on ways to reduce international call termination through illegal VoIP(The News Today)
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AL, BNP among 19 parties invited to dialogues
Separate invitation sent to BNP splinter group, talks to be held at CAO
The Chief Adviser’s Office on Wednesday sent letters to 14 political parties, including the government-backed faction of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, inviting them to the ‘national dialogue’ aimed at transfer of power to an elected government by year-end.( The New Age BD)
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Deadly train accident in Ashuganj
9 dead, 54 injured; train route suspended for 10 hrs, Station master dismissed temporarily
A deadly train accident on Dhaka-Chittagong route on Tuesday night left at least eight people dead and 54 other injured. Following the train accident, train communication between Dhaka and Chittagong remained suspended for ten hours.(The Bangladesh Today)
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‘Corruption cannot be eliminated by arresting political bigwigs’-TIB Chairman
Widespread corruption has engulfed every government institutions and organizations
TIB Chairman Muzaffar Ahmed on Wednesday said by arresting political bigwigs and other influential people it is not possible to combat corruption across the country. "If we want to eliminate corruption, at first,(The Bangladesh Today)
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AL to participate in dialogue only under Hasina''s leadership
Mass hunger strike across country on May 20
Awami League central working committee, the decision-making body, Wednesday decided that the party can only participate in the government-sponsored dialogue along with its president Sheikh Hasina now in jail(The News Today).
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Anderson rattles NZ
New Zealand (109/5)against England
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Abahani dash MSC hopes
Abahani Limited dented any lingering hopes their arch-foes Mohammedan Sporting Club had of winning the Dhaka Premier League title with a resounding nine-wicket victory while Bangladesh Biman remained firmly on course defeating BKSP by 69 runs on Thursday
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Lifestyle
Women's Fatua
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Xenophobic Burmese Literary Works – a Problem of Democratic Development in Burma
This excerpt is from Abid Bahar’s book Burma’s Missing Dots-the Emerging Face of Genocide, Ch 2
‘One blood, one voice, one command’. You cannot build unity with such a slogan especially when 40% of your population is different.-Harn Yawnghwe Director of the Brussels-based Euro-Burma Office.Xenophobic Burmese Literary Works – a Problem of Democratic Development in Burma
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Even the God can not be safe
With Finger On The Nuke Buttons When The Mightiest Man Lies
The world needs to ask and plead for justice and American people should join and lead the process. I wish the American people read this information and a full fledged inquiry is initiated by American Senate and the next American government find out how much lie people in Bush administration told to Americans and the world and then take proper action against the liars so that nobody in power lies again in the future.
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Speech on the Mideast Brings Opinions to a Boil
Ms. Weir, head of a group she founded called If Americans Knew
When people learn that she speaks on the never-ending conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, Alison Weir said at the beginning of her speech at the Greenwich Library on Thursday night, they want to know which side she’s on. And, she said, she found that question off-putting because it’s not a football game and it’s not a matter of being on one side or the other but of being true to the facts and sensitive to injustice in whatever form.(www.nytimes.com)
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