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View of some of the remains of the Cypriot airliner, which crashed in the mountains near Grammatiko, some 45 kilometres of Athens, on Sunday.
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Buyers lower
RMG price on
non-compliance
ground
Orders placed at 25-60pc lower
rate, says govt report
Foreign buyers of Bangladesh’s readymade garments are now exploiting a quota-free trading regime by offering much lower prices to exporters on the plea of ‘non-compliance’, reveals an official report...[ + ]
Anniversary of Sheikh Mujib’s death today
Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of the founding president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The opposition Awami League, its front organisations and different socio-cultural and political organisations will mark the day as ‘national mourning day’...[ + ]
RAB nabs prime accused in Jamaluddin abduction
‘Ctg businessman was killed a month
after abduction’
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested the prime accused in the Jamaluddin abduction case from a place at jetty number 15 in the Chittagong sea beach on Saturday night...[ + ]
Ministry running
without minister!
The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs has been virtually running without any minister for three months now, hampering the overall activities of the ministry. The women and children affairs minister, Khurshid Zahan Haque, has been absent from the ministry since mid-May due to serious illness, officials in the ministry
said...
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Half-day AL hartal today
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No SC judge to hear Sheikh Mujib murder case
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Suspect in Mirpur trader’s murder on 5-day remand
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JS panel asks govt to keep middlemen off water projects
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121 killed as Cypriot airliner crashes near Athens
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Police press charges against BNP chief whip’s son
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Uneasy calm at Akhaura shrine
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Murderer in ‘Mississipi Burning’ case released
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Airfare may rise from September 1
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Edn ministry faces fund crunch in legal battle at The Hague
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Three suspected underground party men killed in ‘crossfire’
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Govt to be tried in people’s court, says Hasina
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3.1 lakh litres fuel seized at Mongla port
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183 collect BNP forms for women’s seats in JS
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SAARC foreign secy meet postponed
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New Nat’l Drug Policy handed over to PM
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6 indigenous students hurt at DU
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102 tonnes of urea fertiliser seized
Chile wants more trade with Dhaka
The newly appointed Ambassador of Chile, Jorge Heine, said Bangladesh could explore the untapped market in his Latin American country. ‘You have your products to export to Chile and you can explore the market for your good quality shrimp, lobster, readymade garments, pharmaceuticals and ceramic products,’ the Chilean Ambassador, resident in New Delhi, told diplomatic reporters in Dhaka...[ + ]
Businessman suspends trade with
India over visa row
A leading businessman of Chittagong suspended the import of raw materials and machineries from India as a sequel to a visa row with a port city-based Indian diplomat. Managing director of the Sanwara Group of Companies, Nurul Islam, who is also the local leader of main opposition Awami League, who was reportedly refused renewal of multiple visa by the assistant high commissioner of India in Chittagong, Ashok Das...[ + ]
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‘PRSP should include rule of law’
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Steel millers want feeder line
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India to ensure forex market stability
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Fish sector can help remove poverty
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US to help installing scanner at Ctg Port
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BTRI develops new tea variety
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DBL holds half-yearly meet
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Pran to buy products from RDRS farmers
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Kabul takes up 5-year plan to battle drugs
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ONGC restores 14,000 bpd Bombay output
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Pressures on ageing US refineries fuel world oil price rise
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Oil prices filter down across Europe
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Airlines make tough choices on rising fuel costs
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Online travel bookings in Asia to grow
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‘China-US textile talks will not be easy’
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Real estate market strong, oil prices inflict little pain
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Shrinking Detroit has 12,000 abandoned homes
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Arab royals keen to buy luxury Paris, Cannes hotels
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Airbus to set up plant in China
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Bomb attacks fail to frighten London pub patrons
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Major regional currencies stronger
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