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  Updated: ( 20:15:09 GMT) Monday February 08 , 2010
BANGLADESH TODAY
Formerly conjoined twins Moni and Mukta lying on the bed of Dhaka Shishu Hospital after being separated yesterday

BNP to play active role in JS

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday said the opposition led by her will play an active role both in the parliament and on streets while giving the incumbent government more time to prove itself. She also said they do not want return of any unconstitutional government in the country. "We want constitutional governments, and for that we also want cooperation from the government, so the opposition may play its due role in strengthening of democracy," she said at a views exchange meeting with editors and senior journalists of newspapers, news agencies, television channels, and radio stations. Most of the editors and senior journalists urged the leader of the opposition in parliament to return to the House immediately, and to refrain from calling hartals and blockades.

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Kuwait to invest more
DHAKA: The State of Kuwait is eager to provide all-out support for different development projects of Bangladesh and expand the bilateral trade between the two Muslim countries. The assurances came when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid separate calls on Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah and Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah here yesterday.
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2.5m ultra poor families to get rice
DHAKA: With Open Market Sales hardly stabilising rice prices, the government in yet another move yesterday decided to introduce fair price cards for 25 lakh ultra poor families across the country. Under the programme, families with no permanent income or land and not enlisted for any social safety net programmes would receive 20 kgs of rice per month at Tk 22 a kg for three months, said Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzaque.
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IIRO cleared of govt ban, to resume work
DHAKA: The government has moved to lift ban on the activities of International Islamic Relief Organisation (IIRO) in Bangladesh after three years upon recommendation by a six-member high-power committee. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has issued a directive to the relevant ministries and departments to take necessary measures and expedite procedures to re-activate IIRO.
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Financial freedom for SC sought
DHAKA: The newly appointed chief justice, Mohammad Fazlul Karim, who was sworn in yesterday, said that to ensure independence of the judiciary, Supreme Court ought to have complete financial independence and a separate secretariat free from executive interference. President Zillur Rahman administered him the oath at about 11:00am at Bangabhaban.
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Hosts claim football gold
DHAKA: Bangladesh capped off their best-ever performance in the South Asian Games with a dream gold in football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday where the men's team thrashed Afghanistan 4-0 in the final much to the delight of a packed home crowd. Bangladesh scored twice in each half to make sure they end a decade of gold-drought in the most prestigious event of the regional sporting carnival since their first triumph in the 1999.
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OTHER STORIES 
Politics
BCL men sued for 'bid to grab' land
AL grassroots demand new committees
UZ chairmen ask govt to meet demands
Hearing in 7th amendment case deferred

Security
Arges grenade found at Sherpur
PM approves MRP contract
United Air narrowly escapes accident

Development
Deals signed with Chinese cos
Secretaries to visit dists
800 more buses to hit city roads

Militancy
5 Hizb ut-Tahrir men held with leaflets
Two JMB men handed death
12 Shibir activists held with firearms

Religion
18,000 Hajj pilgrims can travel by ship
'Mosques to be made centre of dev works'

Civil Society
Globalisation increases inequalities
Death anniversary of AR Mallick today

Human Rights
Child domestic workers cry for rights
Govt yet to implement right of disabled

Minorities
Shady plot sale led to attack on Sanjeeb
PM's speech frustrated nation

Art & Culture
Film director Adams due tomorrow
Book sale makes all happy

Economy
DITF ends
No fertiliser crisis this time: Barua
Money for work to replace food for work
IMF finds flaws in govt’s dev targets

International Relations
US happy over govt's dev efforts
Hasina on Kuwait visit to refresh ties
US under secy due tomorrow

Social Sectors
3 cops sued for death in custody
CJ asks lawyers to help poor get justice
Roads blocked, dues demanded

Services
Performance, not politics, to get MPO
Govt to float tender for Padma Bridge
Rajuk sues Future Park MD

Law & Order
8 arrested at illegal manpower agency
Licensed to break law

Sports
Boxers come good once more
Naseem, Shehan region's fastest

Women
Nusrat wins best chef award
Krishna 1st woman Dhaka district judge

Environment
600 trees felled for shrimp farm
Stop dumping in Buriganga

Science & Technology
NU to receive emails till 2pm today
BB asks banks to go online by year-end

 
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