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A helicopter descends at the National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka on Friday during the Ampfest concert. Crowds of over 40,000 rushed towards the landing site in a frenzy to watch the members of Junoon — a popular Pakistani music band — descend and drive to the
stage. — NEW AGE PHOTO
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Farmers feel the crunch
of the middlemen
High input costs coupled with middlemen and traders reaping the bulk of the profit margin have rendered the livelihood of farmers somewhat unsustainable. Most rural farmers still continue with their work for being born into it, so to speak, or for having no other alternative occupation...[ + ]
KIBRIA MURDER
‘Political aspirations prime motive’
The killing of former finance minister and Awami League leader Shah AMS Kibria had much to do with the political aspirations — to become member of parliament from Kibria’s constituency — of more than one local leader of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party, believe many an official investigating the case...[ + ]
Proposal to JS body asks MPs to obey constitution
The parliamentary standing committee on rules of procedure sits today to deal with a package of proposals to amend the parliamentary rules to streamline the lawmakers’ financial and official behaviour, and making the parliamentary system more vibrant, according to sources at the Parliament Secretariat...[ + ]
Tension prevails
on Chuadanga, C’nawabganj frontiers
Tension kept rising on the frontier in Chuadanga on Friday over erection of barbed-wire fence along the border by the Border Security Force of India. The Bangladesh Rifles have been put on red alert on the Rokanpur frontier at Gomastapur in Chapainawab-ganj, following killing and taking away of the body of a Bangladeshi citizen, Monirul Alam, into the Indian territory on Friday, the police said...[ + ]
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A slow, painful death
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Chicken pox around in Dhaka
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Cops change signboard at Ahmadiya mosque
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Three more identified
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DIG-SP row ends as SP leaves Rajshahi
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Govt rejects ADB proposal for SoE sale
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Criminal killed in ‘crossfire’ at Uttara
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Move on for governing bodies at colleges
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JCD clashes with Shibir in Khulna college
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German envoy offers dialogue on poll method
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Chess great Kasparov announces retirement
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Repression on women on rise in north
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Gabkhan channel closed to vessels
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Bomb found near Ershad’s Rangpur house
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Police recover 2 grenades from Bagmara
Poultry sector eyes Tk10,000cr business
Poultry sector hopes to raise its annual turnover to Tk10,000 crore from Tk4,000 crore through adoption of improved technology and increasing local consumption. As a three-day international poultry show is going on in the city, leaders and experts of the sector have sought more policy and fiscal supports from the government to give a further boost to the sector...[ + ]
Prices of milk, chicken up
Prices of condensed milk, broiler and local chicken and some vegetables sharply increased while that of lentil, sugar and onion marked a decline on the city market last week. Price of per carton (48cans) condensed milk rose to Tk1680 from the previous week’s Tk1660. Some seasonal fruits like watermelon, pineapple, wood apple and jack fruit appeared in the market, but were selling at exorbitant prices...[
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