Govt fails to crack Ctg ammo haul in a year
Inquiry committee yet to submit report
The government has failed to trace the origin of the largest-ever consignment of weapons in Bangladesh hauled in Chittagong on April 2, 2004 and its destinations even in a year...[ + ]
Wolfowitz named World Bank president
The World Bank on Thursday named Paul Wolfowitz its next president despite misgivings about the deputy US defence secretary’s ‘neoconservative’ ideology and enthusiastic promotion of the war in Iraq...[ + ]
Dhaka set to ratify wildlife convention
Bangladesh is set to ratify the UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, which was signed 26 years ago in Bonn to conserve terrestrial, marine and avian migratory species...[ + ]
Teletalk, other operators’ connectivity uncertain
Authorities of the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board and private cell phone companies are in a serious discord over tariff sharing casting a shadow on interconnectivity of the telephone board’s mobile phones with other mobile operators...[ + ]
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Imported vehicles choke Ctg port
A huge number of reconditioned vehicles remained stranded at the Chittagong Port causing congestion inside the port yards. On Friday, 2,257 units of reconditioned vehicles - mostly cars and pick-up vans - were seen stuck up in the F-shed and P-shed of the port yard and adjoining areas. The sheds have the capacity of accommodating 1,635 units, port sources said.
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Govt to liquidate 21 textile mills
The government has recently cleared the way for liquidation of 21 ailing public sector textile mills, most of which are being run on contractual basis for producing yarn only, said sources at the jute and textiles ministry. The ministry has been given the authority to dispose off the textile units under the Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation through paying off officials, employees and workers, as well as settlement of loan disputes with banks...[
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