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Traders wash raw hide in the River Buriganga near the tanneries at Hazaribagh and Lalbagh in the capital. Although environmental organisations are vocal against the pollution of the Buriganga water, wastes of different mills and factories are channelled into the river continuously polluting its water. The picture was taken on Thursday. — MA Raquib Khan
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Saifur’s price-hike
hint sparks profiteering frenzy
Filling stations suspend sale or charge higher
Local agents of oil marketing companies and owners of filling stations at many places have stopped the sale of petroleum products since Thursday after the finance and planning minister, M Saifur Rahman, on Tuesday hinted at yet another hike in fuel prices...[ + ]
Washington wants Dhaka to scale up militant manhunt
Bush in letter to Khaleda expects
next polls to be held on time
Washington has asked Dhaka to scale up its efforts to arrest leaders of the banned Islamist organisation Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, widely blamed for a series of terrorist attacks in the recent past. ‘You should try to arrest them, that is important,’ the state minister for home affairs, Lutfozzaman Babar, quoted the visiting US assistant secretary for South Asia, Christina Rocca, as saying at a meeting at the home ministry. Rocca, who arrived Thursday morning on a three-day visit, also called on the prime minister, Khaleda Zia, to hand over a letter from the US president, George W Bush...[ + ]
Govt defers Ctg airport operations handover to Thai Airways
The government has deferred the handover of operations of Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong to Thai Airways by a month to further review the management contract signed between the two parties...[ + ]
Demonstration passes fourth day in C’nawabganj
The people of Shibganj called for shutdown at the upazila for an indefinite period from Friday in protest at Monday’s killing of eight people in police firing on the villagers who were on demonstrations against the arrest of Golam Rabbani and two other leaders of Palli Bidyut Unnayan Sangram Committee...[ + ]
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Rocca’s visit protested
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Kibria murder trial yet to begin
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1st anniversary of Kibria’s death today
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Hartal observed peacefully in Habiganj
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BADC to import fertiliser from next fiscal
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Bishwa Ijtema begins today amid tight security
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CEC still in hospital and unlikely to leave soon
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Minor girl raped, killed
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HC rejects bail for Asadullah Al Ghalib
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Six suspected JMB men held
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Hamas win unsettles peace process
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Rickets a leading danger to children’s health
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JS panel suggests utmost maritime boundary
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Small earth-like planet outside solar system detected
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Interpol issues arrest notice for Benazir
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Results of teachers’ registration test published
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US activists plan anti-war marches
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Pak politician Wali Khan dies
Monetary policy limits pvt sector credit
In the country’s first-ever monetary policy statement, issued on Wednesday evening, Bangladesh Bank has reaffirmed its tight monetary stance for the last half of the current fiscal year. The central bank justified the stance as ‘intended not to slow output growth but to curb excess demand arising from inflationary expectations, thereby supporting sustained stable output growth over the near and medium term....[ + ]
Governor asks directors to delink
from banking affairs
Private bank directors need to wash their hands of banking functions to help ensure good governance, Bangladesh Bank governor has said. ‘Chairman shouldn’t have any office inside the bank and he or she should not go through any file,’ said Salehuddin Ahmed, while inaugurating the annual branch managers’ conference of the National Credit and Commerce Bank at the Purbani Hotel on Thursday...[ + ]
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Domestic credit keeps upward trend
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Asia’s communist giant becomes free market champion
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Japan trade surplus slips below China’s
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Greenspan to set up consulting firm
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Hong Kongers to spend more on Lunar holiday
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Canon chief named Fortune’s Asia business leader
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HSBC, BERDO join hands in aid of visually impaired persons
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20 yrs jail term sought for former Indonesian bank bosses
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PSA vows to become global shipping giant
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S Korea’s current account surplus shrinks sharply
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China’s clout dominates Davos forum
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India seeks closer energy ties with Saudi Arabia
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EU states pressed on reform
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In China, women hold the purse strings
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Enron trial brings US corporate crackdown to climax
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Thai govt begins $44b bidding
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US wants balanced trade deal
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Georgia runs without gas
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Linde offers £7.5b for BOC
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Dollar steadies on eve of crucial US data
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Oil prices rebound
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