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A portion of the massive rally of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party at Paltan Maidan in the Dhaka city
on Wednesday — INDRAJIT GHOSH
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PM brands AL, allies
as accomplice to
Islamist militancy
The prime minister, Khaleda Zia, claimed on Wednesday that a national unity had been forged against Islamist militants and that those who had chosen to opt out were accomplices of the bombers...[ + ]
Cash transactions of
Tk 5 lakh suspicious!
Banks unhappy with BB instruction
The Bangladesh Bank, despite the objection raised by commercial banks, has decreed any cash transactions worth, or above, Tk 5 lakh as a ‘suspicious’ transaction...[ + ]
Who will be tax ombudsman and
NBR chairman?
The government will soon finalise the appointment of tax ombudsman and chairman of the National Board of Revenue. A number of top bureaucrats are being considered for these crucial positions, said official sources...[ + ]
Lawyers bar move to
file bail petition for suspected militant in Ctg
Lawyers at the Chittagong metropolitan magistrate’s court barred the defence counsel of a suspected Islamist militant from filing a bail petition on Wednesday...[ + ]
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Activists jubilant about turnout
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Commuters suffer as some roads made off-limits for rally
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Bangladesh, US boost ties in war on terror: FM
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Bangladesh dropped from US aid list
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Two shot dead at Mouchak
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BGMEA asks for subsidy
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Mobile licence handed over to Warid
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Mahmud blames gas shortage on pilferage by industrialists
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Fertiliser crisis brewing
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Elton John ties the knot
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Khatme Nabuwat backtracks
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Asian Highway to be reality if it goes via Teknaf: FM
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Saddam accuses US of torture
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Blue panel dominates DUTA polls
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Probe body for PM’s motorcade interruption
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Gas connections of 8 industries disconnected in Tongi
Political inefficiency blamed for
Hong Kong debacle
Political inefficiency has contributed largely to Dhaka’s debacle at the World Trade Organisation ministerial conference in Hong Kong, dashing the country’s hope of gaining meaningful market access, says a local research organisation. The December 13-18 Hong Kong ministerial agreed on a deal to allow zero tariff market access for at least 97 per cent of the product lines of the developing and least developed counties to rich nations. Bangladesh’s key export items, readymade garments, have the prospect to fall in the rest three per cent goods, which will be dropped out of the duty-free
entry list...[ + ]
Saifur sees it a success
The finance and planning minister, M Saifur Rahman, Wednesday termed the exclusion of Bangladesh’s textiles from duty-free and quota-free market access in the WTO draft deal as a success. ‘This is not a disappointment,’ said Saifur...[ + ]
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Pakistani team hailed for limiting LDCs’ market access
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Fresh NBR drive likely to boost income tax revenue
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Govt takes up Tk 30cr plan for spice production
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Political stability needed for FDI, says Chinese envoy
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Govt to decide on codes for shipping agents
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Ctg tea sales dull
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Int’l plastic fair begins today
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Momen elected DCCI president
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Mohiuddin new CSE president
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Sharif joins Burren Resources
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Lanka tea harvest up 3.5 per cent
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Castrol lube launched
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Pran offers 26pc dividend
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G8 debt relief for six nations to be delayed
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Indonesia seeks to restructure debts
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Brazil needs more growth
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Brussels plans to boost clean vehicles market
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France-Japan combo wins giant LNG plant
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India, China eye joint bids for foreign oil
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Xmas shoppers crowd Dubai malls
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Transit strike in NY continues
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Gold seen marching into 2006 with fanfare
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