Govt to formulate overseas
employment policy
The government plans to formulate an overseas employment policy that will have provisions for different passports for overseas jobseekers, pension scheme for repatriated workers and stringent punishment for fraudulent recruitment and travel agencies, sources in the Cabinet Division told New Age...[ + ]
PMO-Power Div tussle dismays JS committee
Lawmakers at a parliamentary body meeting on Tuesday were dismayed at the friction between the Prime Minister’s Office and the Power Division that surfaced in the past few weeks...[ + ]
Capital market
bounce back
Dhaka stocks gained 85 points or 5.9 per cent on Tuesday on the back of institutional support just a day after a massive 102-point loss that prompted investors to take to the street, demanding immediate intervention from the government...[ + ]
BRITAIN GOES TO POLLS
AL, Jamaat sympathy
in play among Banglatown voters
It is little surprise that they call him Gorgeous George. With his burly good looks, a resonating presence and a working-class Glaswegian accent to boot, Labour defector George Galloway might have led revolutions in times more promising for socialism...[ + ]
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Low turnout may spell trouble for Blair
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AL starts afresh talks with allies on caretaker system reforms
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Over a sixth of Dhaka forest deptt woodland encroached
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Bangladesh among ‘5 most murderous countries for journalists’
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New CMP commissioner takes over
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Aurora dead
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Bangladesh remembers Aurora
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BNP MP’s Rupali Bank directorship illegal: BB
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Bangladesh ranks 58th in globalisation index
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ACC to seek legal opinion on BAC staff screening
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US soldier killed, 2 F-18s missing in Iraq
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Feasibility study soon to launch Dhaka-Ctg electric train
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AL leader killed in ‘crossfire’ at Keraniganj
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Six major amendments to CPC on the cards
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FM talks to Natwar, Kasuri on SAARC summit date
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Four OCs file GDs against Mohiuddin
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Jamaat MP seeks guman
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Ataur Rahman made ACC secretary
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Ariff made state counsel in case against reserved seats
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CID quizzes family of accused in Kibria killing
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New Delhi accuses BDR of misreading border guidelines
BB embargo holds up Tk300cr RMG export
A central bank embargo on opening of L/Cs by some bank branches in Chittagong would cost readymade garment industry about Tk 300 crore in loss of export orders if not lifted immediately, industry leaders feared. The BGMEA expressed the apprehension in a letter drafted for the new governor of the central bank, urging him to lift the embargo to help them avert possible cancellation of pending export orders...[ + ]
Premier Bank br managers appear
before BB panel
Seven branch managers of the Premier Bank appeared before a panel of the Bangladesh Bank for a hearing on their alleged involvement in opening of fake accounts. The Anti-Money Laundering Department of the central bank has also asked managers of other seven branches to appear for a hearing on Thursday...[
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New governor pledges faster banking reforms
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Unloading of goods on port yard continues
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India offers 3-year debt moratorium to Lanka
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Families of 19 victims of factory collapse get cheques
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Milkvita to open purchase centre
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CDC sends legal notice to Titas Gas
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Conference on Islamic banking held
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Premier Bank executives rewarded
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IBBL service fortnight begins
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Infenite card prizes distributed
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Mega fair starts from May 8
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WHO goes online to fight $35b fake drugs business
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ADB to focus on economic integration: new president
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Rato sees increasing risk to global economic momentum
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EU, US put row aside to push free trade round
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Britain’s economic boom eludes some voters
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Verizon wins MCI with $8.5 billion offer
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Buffett says Gates can help Berkshire
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Saudi Arabia seeks WTO deal with US within weeks
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