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The police beat Awami League activists on the street at Dhanmondi during the programme of siege of the Election Commission on Wednesday, demanding resignation of the election commissioners.
— New Age photo
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Clashes mark opposition’s EC siege programme
At least 50 people were injured as activists of the opposition combine marching towards the Election Commission fought running battles with the police in the city on Wednesday...[ + ]
Govt to cut power
in cities to support irrigation
The government is likely to cut power supply in cities and towns to increase supply to irrigation areas by 300 megawatts at night time from Sunday as farmers are facing problems in irrigating crop fields due to load shedding for about 10-12 hours a day...[ + ]
GRENADE ATTACK ON UK ENVOY
UK mission informed
govt of HUJI link
The British High Commission in Dhaka first informed the home affairs ministry of the involvement of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami in the grenade attack on Anwar Choudhury, home ministry
sources said...[ + ]
PM alerts defence members about any division, anarchy
The prime minister, Khaleda Zia, on Wednesday said her government was working to make the armed forces of the country into a patriotic, disciplined, well-trained and professionally versatile defence force...[ + ]
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The workers of state-owned jute mills in Khulna-Jessore regional have started non-stop strike from Wednesday to realise their eight-point demands including payment of all their arrears...[ + ]
BB wants banks to have credit
ratings by January
The Bangladesh Bank has recently directed all the banks to complete their credit ratings by January 2007 to ensure proper pricing of credit risk and help improve financial market discipline, governor Salehuddin Ahmed said Wednesday. ‘Credit rating reduces the information asymmetry and ensures proper pricing of credit risk,’ he said adding that information asymmetry can not ensure fair price of stocks and may create an opportunity for distorting speculations...[ + ]
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