FOUR YEARS OF ALLIANCE RULE
Failures outshine successes, by far
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance government steps into its fifth year — the final year of its five-year term — today with its failures overshadowing the successes, particularly in terms of not meeting electoral pledges on the one hand, and the signs of instability looming large in the conflict-ridden political horizon ahead of the next general elections on the other...[ + ]
Dire quake forecast
for Dhaka
A major earthquake in Dhaka or its neighbouring districts could cause more than 24,000 houses to collapse in the capital, causing damages of over Tk 16,000 crore, reveals a study...[ + ]
Govt on hunt for
JMB-linked Rohingyas
Seven members of the banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, including Ataur Rahman Sunny — younger brother of its chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman — were named in the charge sheet on Sunday in two cases relating to recovery of firearms and a large quantity of explosives from a house in Basabo in Dhaka...[ + ]
Shibir takes a
beating at DU
After a two-decade interval, the Islami Chhatra Shibir on Sunday once again tried to reinstate itself in Dhaka University but was compelled to retreat in the face of other students’ wrath. The sudden emergence of Shibir and the consequent clash injured at least 13 student members of the opposition parties’ fronts...
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Quake death toll between 20,000 and 30,000
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Counter vigilance to monitor intel agencies in JS
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Quake won’t jolt SAARC summit, says Morshed
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Durga Puja begins
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Saifur blames officials for sorry ADP status
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Only teachers to collect voter info
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Asia Energy plans 500MW plant at Phulbari
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BIMST-EC meet to discuss common negative list
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Chinese survey finds Mount Everest comes up short
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11-Party leaders meet Kamal
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One killed in ‘crossfire’
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PM addresses nation today
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Farhad’s death marked
Forex reserve dips below $3b in Q1
Foreign exchange reserves dipped below $3 billion level during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, after hovering for quite a few months over a level dubbed by many as ‘safe.’ The 2004 fiscal year ended with a forex reserve of $3.02 billion, enough to cover the 2.6 months’ import bills for goods and services...[ + ]
Sale of govt shares in SOEs may be delayed
Despite the government directive to the state-owned enterprises to offload their shares in the capital market by this month, insiders in the Securities and Exchange Commission feared such offloading might not be done even within this year...[ + ]
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G20 finance chiefs to take stock of global economy
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New scheme to make ‘bio-diesel’ from shrub
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