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Firemen inspect premises after dousing out a fire at Deluxe Foam Industry at North Badda, Dhaka. Owner of the factory Beni Bhushan Shib, 35, died in the fire that originated from an electric short circuit in the evening. Fire fighters managed to recover Tk 10 lakh
in cash from the building.
— NEW AGE PHOTO
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AL rejects IGP’s reports on Aug 21, Aug 17 blasts
The Awami League has rejected the progress reports on the investigation of the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on its rally and the August 17 chain bombings across the country, saying that the reports were baseless, farcical and ‘nothing more than
rumours’...[ + ]
Development overshadowed by
blasts, says US envoy
The US Charge d’ Affaires, Judith A Chammas, on Tuesday said the August 17 attacks might overshadow Bangladesh’s economic growth and development, and cautioned that the next election in Bangladesh might be problematic...[ + ]
Governance turns surreal
The unearthing of two bomb-making workshops in old Dhaka on September 12 is the latest block in the jigsaw puzzle that the Khaleda Zia administration has become...[ + ]
Poverty eradication in 135 years at current rate
At the current rate of poverty reduction, Bangladesh will require 135 years to eliminate poverty in rural areas and 43 years to achieve the prime target of the Millennium Development Goals, a report prepared by a research organisation, Unnayan Onneshan,
claims...
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BB makes provisions mandatory
for nostro accounts
In a bid to improve the bank asset quality, the Bangladesh Bank has instructed the country’s commercial banks to keep certain provisions against unsettled transactions in the nostro accounts. In a circular issued on Tuesday, the central bank has also asked the banks to submit quarterly audited statements of the nostro accounts. The provisioning against un-reconciled nostro accounts, if any, will reduce the net profits of the banks, observed bankers.’...[ + ]
US tough on RMG
Bangladesh may not get preferential market access for its apparels to USA but there is possibility for getting significant amount of investment in the near future, said the acting US envoy in Dhaka Tuesday. Speaking at the September luncheon meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Bangladesh, Judith A Chammas, Charge d’ Affaiers of the US Embassy in Dhaka informed that the much awaited bill in US congress seeking duty-free access to readymade garments of Bangladesh and 13 other least developed countries would not be passed...[ + ]
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