22 sentenced to death
for killing Ahsanullah Master MP
Life imprisonment for six
Twenty-two people, including a central leader of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, youth front of the ruling BNP, were on Saturday sentenced to death for killing Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master at Tongi in Gazipur in 2004...[ + ]
WB sets June 30
deadline for govt to resolve 50 issues
$840m loan linked to successful implementation
The World Bank has sent a ‘hot list’ of about 50 pending issues, policies and projects to the government, asking it to implement those by June 30 at the latest, sources in the finance ministry told New Age...[ + ]
Govt gets half a year more for separation
of judiciary
The Supreme Court on Saturday allowed the government six more months to implement the court’s 12-point directive that will eventually separate the judiciary from the executive arm of the state. The government had sought four months’ more time in November, 2004...[ + ]
BORDER TALKS END
BSF bent on
border fencing
The director-general-level border conference between India and Bangladesh ended on Saturday with the Indian side remaining adamant to continue its controversial barbed-wire fencing within 150 yards of zero line...[ + ]
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Incomplete verdict: Hasina
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Gazipur people hail verdict of Ahsanullah killing case
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ADP review April 25
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Rule on CJ legality today
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HC rule on govt, ACC
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Five shot dead on Akhaura frontier
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Savar building collapse death toll now 62
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Probe body misses deadline
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Two US soldiers, 14 others killed in Iraq
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Virus sent to Mexico, Lebanon missing, says WHO
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No fear, just Pahela Baishakh!
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French journalist held for trespassing
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Musharraf seeks peace on cricket diplomacy
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Lawyers scuffle in Justice Fayezee’s courtroom
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More US investment in mosques demanded
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Hearing in leave petition posted for April 25
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Fund release delay retards BADC seed output capacity
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Qatar emir leaves Dhaka
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AL observes Mujibnagar Day today
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FM ditches resolution of Euro parliament
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One more killed in crossfire
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Arms haul suspect arrested
CUFL production suspended for 40 days
Production at the Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited (CUFL), an enterprise of the Bangladesh Chemical Industry Corporation (BCIC), has remained suspended for the last 40 days following a mechanical glitch.The authority had to stop the production on March 6 as the factory’s reactor developed a glitch, which could not be corrected despite repeated moves, officials said...[ + ]
Qatar keen to invest in Bangladesh
The business chamber leaders of Qatar have urged their Bangladeshi counterparts to try to attract investment from the oil-and-gas-rich Gulf country. A business delegation from Bangladesh, headed by the commerce minister, is expected to visit Qatar within a month to explore various opportunities, including joint-venture investment, trade and export of skilled manpower from Bangladesh. A business delegation from Qatar will also visit Bangladesh soon to explore trade and investment prospects, especially in textiles and pharmaceuticals...[
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Steel millers want power tariff cuts
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Local RMG finds respite in US move to curb China import
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ICCB against rates hike
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Banglalink signs credit deal with StanChart
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AKNET to become one stop shop for ICT solutions
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Debt, oil, growth to dominate G-7, IMF, WB meets
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India to buy Qatari crude, aims to buy more LNG
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Americans queue up for meeting tax deadline
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Lamy ahead in WTO race
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‘Russia’s investment climate improving’
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Vietnamese free to flaunt wealth
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Man Utd mulls Glazer offer amid supporters’ protest
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Bush, Laura pay $207,307 in taxes
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‘US deficits pose threat to Canada economy’
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