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The prime minister, Khaleda Zia, offers prayers in a ceremony inaugurating the Khilgaon flyover amid thundershower in Dhaka on Wednesday. — NEW AGE PHOTO
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21 killed, 44 missing as nor’wester strikes
Mannan’s copter crashes, int’l flights delayed
Nor’wester with thundershower and lightning across the country Tuesday night and on Wednesday killed at least 21 and injured about 400. Forty-three people went missing...[ + ]
2 RAB officials arrested over robbery link
Local people caught a member of the Rapid Action Battalion in the capital’s Mirpur area for his alleged involvement in a robbery and handed him over to the police on Wednesday...[ + ]
70 hurt as police club opposition processions
At least 70 people were injured on Wednesday in clashes between the police and activists of the opposition parties in Rangpur and Khulna during countrywide hunger processions of the Awami League and its allies...[ + ]
Cell formed to spot illegal manpower exporters
The government on Wednesday formed a monitoring cell to identify and punish persons behind the widespread illegal exit of job-seekers, which damages the reputation of the country and impoverishes hundreds of poor people...[ + ]
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Khilgaon flyover inaugurated
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Saber terms flyover incomplete
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ACC to ask Cabinet Div to stop interference
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Extra wardens at Dhaka jail after prisoners’ clash
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20 inmates shot dead in Cambodian prison break
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Terrorism in Bangladesh not as acute as in US: FM
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Govt seeks FBI help to trace source of grenade
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Tarique escapes unhurt in lift crash
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Taxmen asked to identify 1,600 top tax evaders
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One dies of tuberculosis every 10 minutes
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Body formed to detail strategic plan for higher education
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Adivasis ignored in independence war history, says Santu Larma
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‘Bangladesh eyes more investment from S’pore’
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CPJ urges PM to protect newsmen
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RAB arrests Indian intruder
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Partha freed on bail
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Hartal hours curtailed for Dhaka on Mar 31
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Gaibandha death toll rises to 55
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Eight PCJSS activists abducted
EEF still underutilised
The equity and entrepreneurship fund (EEF), an open-handed initiative of the government launched four years back to promote agro-based and IT sectors, remained largely underutilised despite huge response from entrepreneurs. Fund disbursement has been slow compared to the rate of project approval, though adequate budgetary allocation has been lying with the exchequer...[ + ]
Ericsson to offer 20pc discount
Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson on Wednesday said that it would offer low-cost solutions to operators in Bangladesh to make services affordable to new and growing segments of the population. ‘We will offer about a 20 per cent discount to the Bangladeshi operators,’ the Ericsson South East Asia president, Kristian Tear said at a news briefing in Dhaka...[
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