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A girl walks in the debris of her home on Monday which was levelled by a tornado Sunday night in village Noldanga in Gaibandha, some 215 kilometres north of Dhaka.
— AFP PHOTO
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HC slaps fines, jail
term on journalists
for contempt
Newsmen barred from contacting
judges directly
The High Court on Monday convicted editors, publishers and three reporters of two national dailies for contempt of court for publishing reports on the allegedly doctored LLB result of an additional judge of the High Court, Faisal Mahmud Fayezee...[ + ]
HABIGANJ GRENADE ATTACK
FBI agent in Dhaka to finalise probe term
Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent Trung Vu arrived in Dhaka on Sunday to discuss the terms of reference for an FBI probe of the January 27 grenade attack in Habiganj that killed former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria and four others...[ + ]
Singapore keen to invest
more in Bangladesh
Lee says in talks with Khaleda
Bangladesh and Singapore have stressed signing of a maritime and shipping services agreement soon, and further improvement of an existing air service agreement, the foreign minister, M Morshed Khan, told journalists after the official talks between the prime ministers of the two countries on Monday...[ + ]
4 more killed in ‘crossfire’
Four suspected criminals, three of them regional leaders of two underground parties, were killed in police-criminal shootouts in Naogaon, Kushtia and Patuakhali early Monday, raising the ‘crossfire’ death tolls to 254...[ + ]
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Orchid named after Khaleda
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Tornado death toll rises to 37
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BGMEA, BTMA differ on gains from new EU rules of origin
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Congo militia chief held for killing UN peacekeepers
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Annan urges UN members to ‘make poverty history’
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Delhi decides to complete fencing of border by Oct
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Gas supply hits record high
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Bangladesh offered 10pc of proposed $2b refinery
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Consortium plan sent back over lead sponsor row
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Cabinet body says no again to fibre-optic link project
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Musharraf’s family meets Manmohan
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Red alert on Moulvibazar frontier
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Eight travel agents put on one-day remand
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Witness hearing on Rabbani murder ends
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No role for BAC staff in ACC decisions
NBR tightens customs rules at land ports
The National Board of Revenue has made submission of ‘bill of entry’ mandatory for all consignments of import goods transported through land ports on a particular date. The directive was given on Saturday to make the disposal of imported goods flawless in the wake of massive evasion of customs tariffs at land customs stations, sources said...[ + ]
List of CIPs Finalised
The government has finalised a list of Commercially Important Persons for 2005, comprising 95 top exporters of the country based on their outstanding export performance in 2003-04 fiscal, sources in the government told New Age. The Cabinet Division of the government will soon send the list to the Prime Minster’s Office
for approval...[
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CITF organiser slammed for extra charges
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Govt urged not to relax import duty on old coastal ships
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Dhaka joins Telecom Arabiya 2005
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3 cargo ships anchor at Mongla Port
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Bayphones launches fixed phone service
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Holcim holds retailer meet
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HRC becomes GP corporate client
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Dacca Dyeing signs loan agreement
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EU strikes budget reform deal
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Dutch for wider choice for WB president
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Deficit bigger risk than terrorism: US businesses
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India mulls Iran pipeline despite US concern
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KFC red dye spreads to other products
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Grameen Mutual Fund seeks regulator’s approval for IPO
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