No compensation yet
for Savar building collapse victims
The owners of the Spectrum Sweater and Knitting Ltd are yet to begin compensating the victims of the factory building’s collapse at Palashbari, Savar even after 13 days of the incident...[ + ]
FIVE ERRANT NGOS
PRIP Trust signs undertaking to
get back fund
The government has decided to release eight million euros — equivalent to more than Tk 66 crore — to the PRIP Trust, a non-government organisation whose funds have been held up by the authorities since early 2002 pending investigation...[ + ]
Drive to rid NBR of corrupt staff on
The National Board of Revenue has begun an operation against corrupt officials with disciplinary action against one of its six members and a customs commissioner over specific allegation of corruption...[ + ]
Bangladeshi workers storm embassy in Kuwait
A huge mob of Bangladeshi workers, angry over unpaid wages, stormed their embassy in Kuwait Sunday, causing extensive damage and slightly wounding two people...[ + ]
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Eye-opener for govt, apparel industry
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Future decimated
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JS panel for action against men behind Savar tragedy
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Legal notice over factory bldg collapse
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Afro-Asian leaders sign a new strategic alliance
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Rule nisi on NBR chief
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Exhaustive heat sparks diarrhoea outbreak
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Sultry weather to continue, cyclone likely end-April
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BSF opens fire on children
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Tata to set up coal-fired power plant in Dinajpur
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JS panel seeks foreign formula to check price hike of essentials
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Another Ctg arms haul accused arrested
Saifur urged to shrug off IMF diktat
Leading economists on Sunday advised the finance and planning minister, M Saifur Rahman, to shrug off IMF's prescription to hike lending rates, saying that such contractionary policy would reverse country's 'currently positive' economic trends...[ + ]
Foul play feared in shrimp export
The frozen food association has warned its members against any foul play in exports as complaints of under-weight in packed shrimp are pouring in from European buyers. Some of the packets contain smaller quantity of shrimps than declared and the gap is wider than the weight loss permissible in case of packaging perishable goods, industry sources said, referring to complaints reached them from Bangladesh missions abroad via export promotion bureau...[
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BGMEA wants 50pc rebate on utility bills
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Govt sincere about Tata’s investment, says Nizami
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‘Mission US’
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Ill management makes industries sick: Altaf
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Ctg port looks to handle 11 lakh TEUs
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Canadian companies keen to invest in Bangladesh
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ONE Bank holds meet on anti-money laundering
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Dhaka Bank gets ‘A’ rating
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Pubali Bank holds training course
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Black Sea countries aim for European ties
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‘China to accelerate yuan reform’
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Lamy for more active role from China in trade talks
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Chinese imports hit French textile jobs: Devedjian
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UK manufacturers seek election pick-up
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Italy’s ailing economy gives Berlusconi little wiggle room
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Ghosn faces rough road in Nissan, Renault alliance
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Romania, Bulgaria to sign EU entry pact
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Bush faces hurdles on energy agenda
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Manila staggers from one crisis to the next
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Honda indifferent to anti-Japanese storm in China
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NGO spearheads manufacturing in Cambodia
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