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Local people encircle a car mangled by a train at the level crossing near the Film Development Corporation in Dhaka on Wednesday.
— New Age photo
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Preparation for handing over power in full swing
The government is getting prepared for handing over power to the caretaker government although the two major parties, the ruling BNP and the opposition Awami League, are yet to agree on who will head the interim administration....[ + ]
Advance Eid tickets
sold out, available
on black market
Most Eid passengers to leave
Dhaka from tomorrow
Homebound people will start leaving Dhaka to spend Eid with their family outside the city in large numbers from tomorrow with the beginning of weekly holiday. Although railway, and bus and river vessel operators claimed they had sold out all advance tickets, tickets are still available on the black market, especially at the hand of transport workers, a transport sector source said...[ + ]
Yunus’s idea of floating political party evokes mixed reaction
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus’s wish to form a political party evoked mixed reactions among political and civil society circles. While some politicians refused to comment, others reminded him of the difficulties involved in political activism. The civil society leaders were also divided on the issue, with some of them hailing the idea and others advising him to remain above politics...[ + ]
MANPOWER EXPORT TO MALAYSIA
KL wants end to unfair charging
Kuala Lumpur wants Dhaka to ensure transparency in recruitment of Bangladeshi workers for Malaysia by addressing certain anomalies including the excessively higher than the officially agreed amounts charged by some local recruiting agencies...[ + ]
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capital market
Mobile phone operator GrameenPhone has been exploring the possibility of floating share in Bangladesh capital market responding to the repeated government plea to off-load shares in the stock exchange, said Arve Johansen, chairman of the board of directors of GrameenPhone, Wednesday in a group interview with some Bangladeshi journalists...[ + ]
Current account shows higher surplus
Current account of the country’s balance of payments recorded a significant surplus during the first two months of the ongoing fiscal year 2006-07 mainly due to lower trade deficit and robust growth in remittance...[ + ]
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