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Power, gas, water crises disrupts city life
April-May period, the three-pronged power-gas-water problem could take a turn for the worse yet
Power outages every few minutes in some areas Tuesday disrupted livelihood while severe gas and water crises added to the woes of public life in the greater Dhaka area, even before the start of the peak summer.(UNB, Dhaka)
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669 more political cases to be dropped
Withdrawal of 3708 cases recommended, only two of them against BNP leaders
The government Tuesday decided that 669 more 'politically motivated' cases be bundled out, as the charges were leveled against the present ruling-party persons during the immediate-past interim regime or the previous BNP-led coalition on political considerations.(TBT Report)
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MiG purchase case: HC quashes all proceedings against Sheikh Hasina
The court also declared illegal the case proceedings against Sheikh Hasina
The High Court (HC) yesterday quashed all proceedings against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a corruption case, filed in 2001, in purchasing of MiG-29 warplanes during her previous government(New nation)
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Hasina sixth most powerful woman in Asia
China-based Nine Dragons Paper Holdings'' Zhang Yin topped the list
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been rated as the sixth most powerful women in Asia as the US-based media giant CNN prepared an index of world''s most influential women coinciding with the World Women''s Day, reports BSS.
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JS body informs-UPDF earns Tk 1.2b from extortion per year
contractor has to pay 10 per cent in advance against the total amount of work order, Tk 500 per year from a primary school teacher, Tk 200 from a commodity seller of Tk 1,000 and thousands timber laden trucks
The visiting parliamentary standing committee on CHT affairs Saturday informed that the United Peoples' Democratic Front (UPDF) in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) allegedly earns Tk 1.20 billion from extortion each year.(BSS)
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SP Kohinoor 'disappears'
Police fail to trace him 5 months into suspension; probe finds him guilty of 2004 polling centre firing; fellow police official Mazharul also on the run
Police failed to arrest suspended police officer Kohinoor Mian even five months after the home ministry suspended him following a criminal case filed in connection with beating up of a woman in Dhanmondi on March 12, 2006.(The Daily Star)
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Indian BSF kills 838 Bangladeshis in 10 years
869 injured, 909 abducted and 14 raped along the Bangladesh-India border, 869 injured, 909 abducted and 14 raped along the Bangladesh-India border
BSF has stepped up its firing in the border areas. So far this year alone, from January 1 till March 2, the India border security force BSF has killed 10 Bangladeshi nationals along the border. Over the past ten years they killed a total of 828 Bangladeshis, that is 838 in the last 10 years and two months.(PROBE News/ New Nation)
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Two more killed in ‘shootout’
107 extra judicial killings in over seven months
A robber and an outlaw were killed in 'shootouts' between their cohorts and law enforcers in the capital and Kushtia early Monday taking the total of such extra judicial killings to 107 in over seven months from August 1, 2009 to March 8, 2010.(TBT Report)
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Recession jolts economy, growth rate falls: ADB
Rate projected at 5.5pc against 5.9 in '09
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected a lower growth rate at 5.5 per cent for the Bangladesh economy for the current fiscal year (FY) from 5.9 in FY '09 as the first-half period's growth in some major sectors like industry and services has been buffeted by the global recession.(FE Report)
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It’s not cricket!
Bangladesh A team batsmen made the most of a mockery of bowling and fielding by England on Monday as the three-day match in Chittagong turned into a farce before ending in a draw on Monday
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No place for Ashraful in Test squad, too
The selectors overlooked veteran batsman and former captain Mohammad Ashraful when they named a 14-member squad for the two-Test series against England starting in Chittagong on Friday
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Our Actions in the Perspective of Islam
Reasons for Our Secularism Mania
Bangladesh is a Muslim-majority country. Many aspects of her culture have Islamic imprints. Foreign Minister Dipu Mani said that it is a Muslim-majority nation but not an Islamic one. It might hurt many when she said so. Since Islam is a complete code of life, in the perspectives of what goes on in the society, she may be right. As Muslims, every member in the society is burdened with the responsibility of correcting himself/herself and others. Such actions are taken as charity in the eye of Hadith.
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In Praise of Sheikh Hasina’s BDR Crisis Management
BDR Massacare
In a Darbar (meeting) at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Headquarters at Peelkhana, Dhaka on March 3, 2010, its Director General Major General (DG) Moinul Islam said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s handling of the BDR crises last year was the correct one. Thus, Hasina has a new admirer of her military prowess.
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The Settlers and Aborigines of the Chittagong Hill Tract
Human Rights
The subject of minorities is a very touchy one in any country, especially in nation-states where a national heritage or culture or identity (often dictated by the majority population) defines the characteristic of the state. Such modern concepts of states get complicated if there are other minorities that live in the state, each claiming to be a separate �nation� by virtue of its religion, language, culture, etc.
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MY Name Is Khan
Movie Review
When one goes to see a Bollywood movie, the expectation is that it will be a tear-jerker in which a hero helps a damsel in distress, with strange yet colorful dance routines and their associated songs which Indian movies can hardly ever do without; include caste-class-economic and religious divisions to overcome and finally whatever different spin that a writer can put into the above.
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