Mohiuddin widens
lead in CCC polls
Mir Nasir trails by over 90,000 votes:
Polling held by and large peacefully
The elections to the Chittagong City Corporation were conducted by and large peacefully, except some scattered and sporadic incidents of clash and chase between supporters of the major mayoral candidates, along with false voting and capturing of polling centres...[ + ]
KIBRIA KILLING
Court accepts
charge sheet under explosives act
A court in Habiganj on Monday accepted the charge sheet under the Explosives Act against 10 accused in the grenade attack that killed Awami League lawmaker Shah AMS Kibria, also a former finance minister...[ + ]
Delhi to consult
Dhaka if river linking involves int’l rivers
Project still at conceptual stages,
insists Indian envoy
The Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, Veena Sikri, on Monday said New Delhi would consult with all other four riparian countries if its river-linking project involved any international
river...[ + ]
NBR probe into
import forgery
The National Board of Revenue has commissioned a three-member committee to review the letters of credit, opened between 2003 and 2004, aiming to identify importers, bankers and customs officials involved in import forgery...[ + ]
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Peaceful: Poll observers
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Polls by and large fair, says CEC
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Major parties cry foul
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Mismanagement spells sufferings
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30,000 children die of injuries every year: survey
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No pledge yet for post-MFA fund
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Slogans keep Ctg vibrant overnight
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Rocca due tomorrow
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Berlin Wall collapse most memorable moment!
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Life-term jail for 11 AL men for killing Juba Dal leader
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PMO rejects power plant contract for Chinese co
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2 killed in RAB crossfire in Barisal, Pabna
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HC rule over ‘crossfire’ killing in Kushtia
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Two-thirds of X-ray machines have no licence
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AEC without a chairman for about two years
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Cabinet okays proposal to ink UN protocol on diamond cutting
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Taslima returns to Sweden on May 15
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Four BNP, Krishak Dal leaders expelled
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Munshiganj DAB secy arrested
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Kasuri in talks with Natwar on summit schedule
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Uproar over inscription in Tagore’s Nobel Prize replica
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Rocca talks Bangladesh, Nepal with India
Govt limits commercial import of old machinery
The government has restricted commercial import of old machinery to check duty evasion. The commerce ministry in a directive in late April imposed the restriction amending certain provisions of the 2003-06 import policy. However, the new directive will not hinder import of machinery by industrial entrepreneurs...[ + ]
BB urged for prudent forex management
Economists and businessmen on Monday stressed that the Bangladesh Bank should adopt a prudent foreign exchange management policy instead of keeping forex reserve at a certain level. They expressed this view while speaking at a dialogue on ‘Foreign Trade Management: Current Issues’ organised by the International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICCB) at Metropolitan Chamber auditorium in Dhaka...[
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Bangladesh gets Indian backing in WTO talks
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Thailand, Pakistan to pursue FTA
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Cement cos mull price hike
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Singer declares 80pc dividend
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Cobweb of rules still stifles Indian firms
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Weak growth prompts layoffs, corporate relocations in Europe
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Dana Engineers holds technical seminar
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Pragati Life Ins annual conference held
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DHL named best express operator
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Iraqi oil minister vows higher output
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Mashreqbank holds cultural programme
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‘Japan to keep up fight against inflation’
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EU, US urged to ease textile competition against China
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Gasoline worries push oil price up
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Venezuela to investigate oil companies
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Indian ad companies gaining clients
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Chinese retail sales soar 17 per cent
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Wall Street Journal to shrink Asia, Europe editions
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Kerkorian offers to buy 28m GM shares
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