CABINET OKAYS BILL LEADING TO
SEPARATION OF JUDICIARY
Executive magistrates, DCs to lose
judicial powers
The cabinet on Monday approved, in principle, a bill that seeks amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, stripping the executive magistrates including the deputy commissioners of judicial powers and functions...[ + ]
Govt plans separate registration plates
for MPs’ vehicles
The government is actively considering the introduction of a different registration plate for the luxury cars members of Jatiya Sangsad import duty free amid reports that the facility is misused, said sources in the government...[ + ]
Tata offer implies gas price at $1 per unit
The Tata Group on Monday proposed a package for the proposed $3-billion investment, seeking to pay $1 for every unit (1,000 cubic feet) of gas, as the government entered into the fifth and final round of talks with the Indian business conglomerate...[ + ]
Dhaka-Yangon road
link project on ice
Apparent unwillingness and non-cooperative attitude of Yangon have thrown the future of the proposed road link between Bangladesh and Myanmar into uncertainty...[ + ]
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Irregularities galore in survey of inland vessels
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No discussion on Prophet’s cartoons in JS
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Over 4,000 languish in overcrowded Dhaka Central Jail after
long march
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Diamonds forever, for all
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AL initiates talks with allies on reform proposals to be placed in JS
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Govt beefs up security in diplomatic enclave
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Budget-making process on
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Kibria murder case trial begins today
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SCBA pushes for removal of Dhaka judge
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Five killed as furore over Prophet’s cartoons escalates
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Tougher UK immigration law on the cards
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Govt to buy 12 new dredgers
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SC stays Sobhan bail in Ctg arms haul case
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Pak doctors boycott European drugs
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Biman Hajj flight lands at Bangkok due to fog
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4 of a family hurt in bomb explosions
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Maulana Mannan passes away
Remittance crosses $2.5b in July-January
Total remittance inflow during seven months of the current fiscal year exceeded $2.56 billion, posting a 22.7 per cent growth over the year-ago period despite a slight slump in January. Non-resident Bangladeshis sent home $390 million in January, less than $418 million of December...[ + ]
Philippines urged to import more
from Bangladesh
The president, Iajuddin Ahmed Monday urged the Philippines to import more products from Bangladesh aimed at boosting trade between the two countries. He made the call when visiting former Philippines president Fidel V Ramos made a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban...[ + ]
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Bangladesh, Pakistan to cooperate in exports, agri research
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US trade show begins tomorrow
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Global textile technology giants eye Bangladesh
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Rich-poor income gap widens in China
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Swedish king keen on GB model
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BRRI develops 8 more HYVs of rice
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Sugarcane crisis hits factories in Rajshahi, Dinajpur
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Thailand to invest in Myanmar fisheries
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Sweetener ‘Neotame’ hits local market
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Indian education: a potential foreign exchange goldmine
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Pragati Ins holds 20th anniversary
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IDCOL trains 41 professionals
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Finlay sells tea estates
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US ups defence spending
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East Asia can achieve EU living standard in 50 yrs
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Some of UK businesses may face threat from India by 2011
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Arcelor set to ‘produce 100m tonnes of steel’
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Koizumi on defensive as middle-class shrinks
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Lafarge to buy US unit for $3b
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Mittal’s family business puts a crimp in bid for Arcelor
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Indonesia to build railway for high-speed trains
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Mauritania to contest Woodside oil amendments
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World’s largest hydel project to start in China this year
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Most Asian economies may cope with new oil price shock
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Kuwait bourse tops 12,000 points
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