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Faraway so close
Farmers at Hemayetpur in Savar, only 20 kilometres from Dhaka, sell eggplants at a ludicrous Tk 1.5 per kilogram. Consumers in Dhaka buy the same at Tk 12 per kilogram - eight times their original value. With almost no access to the local markets, farmers sell off their produce to traders. These middlemen reap the most benefit depriving the farmers of a better price and the consumers from cheaper food.
— M SHAFIQUL ISLAM
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9 Bangladeshi peacekeepers die
in Congo ambush
Nine Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers were killed in an ambush by the armed militants in north-eastern Congo on Friday, said Bangladesh Army. The Bangladeshi troops were killed as their patrol team was ambushed by gunmen in Ituri in the Democratic Republic of Congo at about 2:15pm BST on Friday...[ + ]
Rajshahi police still awaiting clearance
to charge Ghalib
JIC yet to get go-ahead to interrogate:
Home ministry ‘stalling’
The police are yet to frame charges against the leader of the Ahle Hadith Andolon Bangladesh, Dr Asadullah Al-Ghalib, three days after his arrest on account of ‘non-clearance’ from the government...[ + ]
Lenders express serious concerns in jt statement
Europe relents in pushing for tighter loan terms
The two-day ‘informal meeting’ of Bangladesh’s foreign lenders ended in Washington DC on Thursday with a joint statement released highlighting some areas of ‘serious concern’ — including law and order downslide and ‘the climate of impunity’ — that have been identified as hindrances to development...[ + ]
BDR, BSF trade gunshots in Panchagarh
The border guards of India and Bangladesh on Friday exchanged gunshots for hours along the border in the northwest Bangladesh, officials said. A top official of the Panchagarh district administration said the intermittent gunfights between India’s Border Security Force and the Bangladesh Rifles began in the morning and continued till evening in Panchagarh, some 475 kilometres off Dhaka...[ + ]
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Nepal’s king seeks int’l help
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Blasts kill 4 US soldiers, 13 Iraqis
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CCC election schedule likely in March
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AL programme kicks off amid intra-party clashes
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200 to attend world confce on women
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Amartya tells India to follow Bangladesh
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Death threat to Humayun Azad’s publisher
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PBCP demands Tk 2 lakh from UNO
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Police raids Khilafat Majlish office
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Telelink with Ctg snapped
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Tamru Bridge foundation laid
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Juba Dal activist stabbed to death in Barisal
Onion price up, rice marks slow decline
Price of onion marked a sharp rise and that of soybean oil, broiler chicken, milk powder, atta, tea and spices also gained on the city market last week that ended Friday. Government's interventions like open market sale and emergency import led to modest decline in wholesale price of rice, but their impact on retail price was slow, market sources said...[ + ]
Kamaz show in Ctg from March 9
The Russian consulate office in Chittagong is going to organise a two-day show of the products of Kamaz Incorporation, Russia's biggest automaker, from March 9. Nicolay Isakin, consul general of Russian Federation in Chittagong, said this at a press briefing in Chittagong Thursday. 'The presentation is an initiative to promote KAMAZ products in Bangladesh,' he said...[ + ]
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Fazlul Haque joins OCL as executive director
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WB raises tsunami aid to Sri Lanka
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India seeks to boost construction
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