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Haji Selim, a former lawmaker of the Awami League, tussles with a policeman to keep him from beating a picket in Dhaka during the first day of the 36-hour opposition hartal. — ABU TAHER KHOKON
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Cargo handling in
Ctg Port on the
verge of collapse
Continuous hartals blamed for gridlock
Cargo handling in Chittagong Port was on the verge of collapse on Saturday despite the opening of an emergency control room for 24-hour delivery of containers, congestion of which has already reached a record high...[ + ]
Newsmen wounded in bomb attack on Khulna Press Club
Four journalists were wounded as unidentified criminals hurled bombs at the Khulna Press Club in Khulna, some 133 kilometres south-west off Dhaka, Saturday night...[ + ]
No immediate plans to rein in rice price
The government is unwilling to immediately intervene in the commodity market even as the price of rice has been on the rise for a number of weeks now...[ + ]
Remittance exceeds
$2b in 7 months
$3.6b expected in current fiscal
Remittance inflow during the first seven months of the current fiscal year has crossed the $2 billion mark, posting an 8.2 per cent growth over the same period in the last fiscal year...[ + ]
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Sporadic clashes mark first day of strike
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Diesel crisis hits farming in north
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1b cft gas lost due to Tengratila blow-out
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Indian media critical of Delhi’s summit decision
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Burgeoning economy earns India invitation to G7
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China, India to be corporate predators
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Bangladeshis in London under cops’ surveillance
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Asma Kibria to launch non-political platform
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G7 keen to provide 100 pc debt relief: Brown
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$200m WB loan on cards for revenue reforms
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34 more controversial recruitment at RU
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Sick apparel units demand measures to help reopening, rehabilitation
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Maoists warn king to reverse power grab
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No survivors in Afghan jet wreckage
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Subhas Bose not killed in plane crash: Judge
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BSF, Indians kill 357 Bangladeshis in 5 years
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Contractual appointment of NBR chief, PIO
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2 US troops, 11 Iraqis killed
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Suspected robber lynched in Narsingdi
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BSF kills 1, kidnaps another
Jul-Oct trade deficit $812m
Country’s trade deficit figured $812 million in the first four months in the current fiscal, up by 54 per cent over the same period of the previous fiscal, according to Bangladesh Bank data.Growing import payment outpaced the stronger-than-expected export growth during the July-October period of 2004-05 fiscal year, weakening the current account position of the balance of payments...[ + ]
G7 to target African poverty, growth, yuan
Poverty in Africa, global economic growth and revaluation of China’s currency were the issues expected to dominate a two-day meeting of top G7 finance ministers. Britain, as host of the meeting, was expec-ted to seek support from G7 counterparts Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States for an initiative that would double global aid to poor countries to 100 billion dollars a year and cancel debt of 80 billion dollars...[ + ]
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8 Khulna mills closed for want of raw jute
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Tripura CM urges DCCI to hold trade fair
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S’pore expats urged to remit through Agrani Exchange
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India sees no pressure on interest rates: Chidambaram
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Australia backs Perez del Castillo for WTO chief
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Duty-free RMG export to EU from July
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China refuses to set timetable on yuan reform
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Central bankers warn US over deficits
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Will Indian tortoise catch up Chinese hare?
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Rahimafrooz CNG, HSBC sings MoU
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BDDL chooses ScanCement
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G7 divided on development aid despite Mandela appeal
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Death clock sounds alarm on poverty
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S Korean economy to grow 4pc this year: IMF
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Oil prices steady as market turns attention to OPEC
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WB sees slowdown in China economy
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Debt cancellation ‘matter of life and death for millions’
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White House joins reformers on lower farm subsidy cap
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Russia’s central bank puts euro in forex currency basket
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Greenspan’s words on trade don’t end dollar doubts
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Oil prices cool, metals lose shine
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US stocks jump on tobacco case, rate expectations
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Pakistan to import 1 mln tonnes refined sugar
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Weekend
Bangla Academy violates own spelling standards
The Bangla Academy has been violating the spelling standards it had worked out in 1992. An investigation showed that the violation began after Prof Monsur Musa had assumed office of the director general of the academy in 2001. ‘The latest evidence of violation is the gate of the ongoing Amar Ekushey book fair, where the words were not spelt in accordance with the standards,’ said a researcher. The Bangla Academy took initiative to work out the spelling standards in 1991. ‘A five-member national committee, headed by Professor Anisuzzaman, prepared the guideline for the spelling of Bangla words,’ said Professor Mohammad Harun-ur-Rashid, then director general of the academy. Bashir Al Helal, a researcher on literature and linguistics, was member-secretary on the committee....[ + ]
Delayed arrival
of titles blamed
on hartals
Not many new titles reached the Ekushey book fair at the Bangla Academy on Saturday for which publishers blamed the repeated general
strikes...[ + ]
Nat’l league
squads named
Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet and Khulna divisions have built up strong teams with the inclusion of former and current national players for the National Cricket
League beginning on
February 8...[ + ]
Aussies to go
for the kill
Australia will look to continue their ruthless record in the VB Series by beating Pakistan in the second final at the Sydney Cricket Ground today. Since the annual tournament adopted a best-of-three finals format, the hosts have taken just two matches to win in 15 of 19 opportunities...[ + ]
Editorial
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Bush’s hard-fisted diplomacy
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Through a glass, darkly
Op-Ed
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The first SAARC summit and today’s perspectives
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