Arrests on suspicion continue in violation
of SC directives
Two lakh people held since Jan 11
At least 2,01,204 people have been arrested so far since the imposition of state of emergency on January 11 on mere suspicion under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Section 86 of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance...[ + ]
ONE MONTH AFTER SIDR
Survivors still
live on relief
Tens of thousands of Sidr survivors have been left with no job options but to live on relief supplies one month after the decades’ deadliest cyclone ravaged the country’s south on November 15. Prospects are still bleak for farmers, fishermen and day-labourers, who lost their loved ones, homesteads and livelihoods, to go back to work soon due to lack of income generating initiatives...[ + ]
Nation recalls martyred intellectuals
The nation on Friday observed the 37th Martyred Intellectuals Day paying homage to its brightest sons who had fallen victim to one of the history’s most brutal pogrom against intellectuals on the eve of the country’s liberation in December 1971.[ + ]
Draft coal policy finalised
The advisory committee to finalise the draft coal policy completed Friday the review of the draft and is set to submit it to the government. ‘We have finalised the draft coal policy protecting the national interests. We are now ready to submit the draft any time when the government gives us a schedule,’ the committee convenor, former vice-chancellor of the BUET Abdul Matin Patwari, told newsmen after the final review meeting at Petrobangla...[ + ]
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UK Army loses ‘one battalion’ a year to illegal drugs
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Biggest-ever SL war budget approved despite defections
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WB offers to assist Sidr-hit farmers
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18 FFs go to India to celebrate Victory Day
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1 more body of Sidr victim found
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PM not politically aware person, says Advani
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Garment workers stage demo in city for salary
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US visa price up by 30pc
Substandard Indian sugar poses
threat to health
Indian exporters are dumping a large quantity of substandard sugar in Bangladesh, posing serious threat to consumers’ health, industry sources and consumer rights activists said. Violating the antidumping suits filed with the WTO by Australia and Thailand, they are exporting substandard sugar to different countries including Bangladesh, they said...[ + ]
Dhaka int’l mobile fair ends
Low-cost handsets of different brands were the main attraction of the 2nd Dhaka International Mobile Phone Fair which ended on Friday with huge crowd at the Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre in the city. Visitors who were not connected with the mobile network but seeking low-cost handset with a connection visited in the stalls and pavilions who offered low-cost handsets...[ + ]
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WB aid group gets record pledges
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Myanmar to hold gem auction
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Japan’s business confidence most gloomy in 2 yrs
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Russia concerned over inflation
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IMF calls for rapid assessment of sub-prime losses
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China’s fixed asset investment rises 26.8pc
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Citigroup reveals $49b blow from sub-prime crisis
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Indian inflation ups nearly 3.75pc
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HSBC wins bid to acquire Chinese Bank in Taiwan
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N Korea ships minerals to South Korea in repayment
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Lufthansa to buy 19pc stake in US JetBlue
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