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SUST VC resigns after students attack house
The vice-chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet resigned on Sunday in response to the violent protests by the students who went berserk after the death of a fellow student in police firing. As soon as news of the death spread, the agitated students gathered in front of the official residence of the vice-chancellor, Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, and went on a rampage in the house, setting fire to furniture and other articles on the ground-floor, said witnesses...[ + ]
Maritime territory yet
to be marked
India and Myanmar encroaching on
country’s maritime boundary
Bangladesh has been preparing its grounds for justifying its claim over the un-delineated maritime boundary, into which neighbouring India and Myanmar have reportedly encroached and started initial preparations for hydrocarbon exploration, according to officials at the foreign ministry...[ + ]
HEROIN SMUGGLING
BD Foods chief arrested
The police team investigating the smuggling of 75.5kg heroin to the United Kingdom on Sunday arrested the BD Foods Limited chairmen after two of his employees had given statement in court admitting to their involvement in the smuggling. The Criminal Investigation Department team arrested BD Foods chairman Badruddoza Chowdhury Momen from his house at Banani at about 6:15pm. He was taken to the CID head office for interrogation...[ + ]
Cabinet body nods advice to equate fazil, kamil
with bachelor’s, master’s
The cabinet committee on madrassah education on Sunday approved recommendations of a government committee to equate fazil degree with bachelor’s and kamil with master’s of general education. Fazil and kamil degree holders are now not eligible to take the Bangladesh Civil Service or any other competitive examinations for government jobs as the degrees are not equated with bachelor’s and master’s...[ + ]
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The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry suggested introduction of separate corporate tax for small and medium enterprises and fixing the lowest import duty at 2.5 per cent, down from six per cent now. The apex chamber recommended extension of the tax holiday facility up to 2010 to help rapid industrialisation and encourage much-needed backward linkage industries...[ + ]
‘High deposit rates hamper capital
market investment’
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