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Some students walk by locked classrooms at Dhaka University during a student strike, observed by six student organisations in protest at Monday’s blasts at a Valentine’s Day show. — NEW AGE PHOTO
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UN-govt joint report finds poverty on decline
Pro-poor growth, safety net recommended
The extent of poverty in Bangladesh fell by a 9.2 per cent to 49.6 per cent between 1991 and 2000, said a joint report of the United Nations and the Bangladesh government, released
on Wednesday...[ + ]
SJC authority at stake in judge removal row
The High Court judgement that held illegal the order of the president removing an additional judge of the High Court, and the application filed by the removed judge, Syed Shahidur Rahman, seeking bench in the court, have put the authority and jurisdiction of the Supreme Judicial Council, the supervisory authority of the Supreme Court judges, to a challenge...[ + ]
PM sees $8b investment in next two fiscals
The prime minister, Khaleda Zia, has expressed her hope that Bangladesh will receive investment worth over $8 billion in the current and next fiscal years from both local and foreign investors as ‘a business-friendly atmosphere prevails in the country’...[ + ]
SAFTA talks fall through
The seventh meeting of the expert committee on the South Asian Free Trade Area, pencilled in for February 26-28 in the Maldives, has been postponed after Pakistan expressed inability
to attend the talks...[ + ]
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Hasina asks party men to sort out infighting
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Open sale of rice starts today
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Doubt over success
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India ready to talk independence with ULFA
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Bhuiyan asks BNP activists to keep calm
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Bomb attacks on BRAC, Grameen Bank offices
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BB asks taskforce to step up vigilance
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Relief well drilling likely to start at Tengratila Mar 18
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Four US soldiers killed in Iraq
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Nepal arrests politicians before protest
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BCL, allies observe strike at DU
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HC grants time for Hasina in graft case hearing
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Reaz meets Rocca, talks FBI support
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E-mail threat case stayed
API park, cash incentive seen vital
to double pharma export
Leading entrepreneurs say an industrial park for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and 30 per cent cash incentive would double the country’s export revenues from the sector. ‘All we want is just 200 acres of land from the government for the API Park,’ said SM Shafiuzzaman, president of Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI), which is organising the Asia-Pharma Expo 2005...[ + ]
Morshed hopes US Congress
to back TRADE bill
A three-day US trade fair began in the city on Wednesday to showcase and promote export of American products and
services in Bangladesh...[ + ]
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BB tightens regulations to gear up loan recovery
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Ex-Turkish PM faces trial on bank scam
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Bangladesh’s gains not duly hailed: Saifur
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India budget to widen tax net
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Dhaka Bank signs a deal with Placid NK
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DBBL inks loan deal with German co
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Shah Cement starts export to India
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Akhter joins Beacon Pharma as marketing director
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Philippine Airlines suffers $4.94 loss
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Wayman CEO of Hewlett-Packard
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HUAWEI wins $187m contract in Thailand
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World Bank cool on interim WTO deal’s gains
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More evidence needed for China piracy case: US
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US retail sales dip in January
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Japan in recession again as Q4 GDP shrinks
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Australian economy threatened on rate hike
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Outsourcing poses risk to financial system
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Oil holds firm, US crude stocks seen rising
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China allows insurers to invest in stocks
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Kyoto emissions to cost $44b a year
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ASEAN, Australia, NZ trade talks begin Feb 21
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Asia high-yield dollar bonds seen strong in 2005
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