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The police keep watch at Jasimuddin Hall at Dhaka University on Sunday following clashes between factions of the JCD on Saturday night.
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JMB chief’s brother engineered Dhaka
blasts of Aug 17
Ataur Rahman Sunny alias Hasan, brother of the chief of the banned Islamist outfit, Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, Shaikh Abdur Rahman, engineered the August 17 blasts in the capital. Sunny had also designed the leaflets found in the sites of the blasts across the country...[ + ]
No downlink provision
in cable TV policy
The draft cable television network policy, which contains no provisions on downlinking of satellite television programmes, will be placed before the cabinet on Monday for its approval, said official sources...[ + ]
Body to probe illegal Niko gas pipeline
The government on Sunday formed a three-member committee to probe into the alleged illegal installation of 19-kilometre gas pipelines by Niko, using Titas Gas Company’s pipes, from Tengratila to Doarabazar in Sunamganj...[ + ]
Corruption, inefficiency hindering progress: Iajuddin
Vision-2012 launched
The president, Iajuddin Ahmed, on Sunday blamed institutional weaknesses, lack of governance, corruption and inefficiency for the increasing cost of doing business in Bangladesh. ‘These are the issues that impede desired results in poverty alleviation programmes despite all efforts,’ he told the launching ceremony of vision-2021 initiated by the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
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The Ministry of Commerce is preparing for busy schedules next month with a series of meetings on regional trade agreements in home and abroad, said sources in the ministry...[ + ]
Dhaka, Yangon move to boost trade
Dhaka and Yangon have agreed to activate three existing agreements on shipping, account trade and road linkage to boost trade between the two neighbours...[ + ]
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