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Stop ploy against
political parties

Hasina tells government

The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, has asked the incumbents to stop the intelligence agencies from indulging in excesses accusing them of trying to deconstruct and reconstruct political parties...[ + ]

Minus-two formula
a plot against
democracy: Khaleda

The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Sunday warned that the quarters working on the so-called minus-two formula were actually plotting to seize state power...[ + ]

Dhaka-Kolkata train link restored after 42 years

The Indian train, which is on a trial run to Dhaka, arrived at the Dhaka Cantonment station in the evening with a 31-member delegation to sit for the talks that are meant to finalise the commissioning of the Dhaka-Kolkata passenger train service...[ + ]

Govt borrowing soars
to record high

The government’s borrowing from the banking system soared to a record high of Tk 6,486.06 crore in the 2006-07 fiscal year that ended on June 30, a Bangladesh Bank report shows. The amount exceeded the previous fiscal year’s public borrowings of Tk 6041.50 crore, which was the highest in a decade...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Govt to establish temporary jails for VIP prisoners
» ACC wants separate HC bench to deal with graft case
» BNP dissidents debate on timing of council session
» Kidnapped DANIDA official rescued
» Energy div seeks govt nod for gas, CNG price increase
» Govt not involved in intra-party reforms squabbles: Matin
» Charge hearing prolonged by debate whether an MP is a public servant
» Britain facing 15-year fight against extremism: security chief
» BJMC wants enough funds to buy adequate quantity of jute
» Mutual deal needed to register enclave dwellers as voters: Pinak
» Fifth Wimbledon title for Federer
» Indian telcos invite BTTB to join its submarine cable link
» Seven ‘new’ wonders of the world named
» Condition of Sabina’s health improves slightly
» Glitch grounds Biman flight in Chittagong
» Court sends ex-BNP MP’s wife to jail
» Chandra Shekhar passes away
» CA condemns attack on Musharraf
» Army chief made NSC chairman
» Govt to restrict sand lifting


Trade deficit hits $3 billion

The country’s trade deficit reached about $3 billion in July-April period of last fiscal as it spent nearly $12.77 billion on imports while exported goods of $9.8 billion, the central bank monthly update revealed...[ + ]

Economists for Biman to be enlisted
with stock market

Biman Bangladesh Airlines should list on the stock market once it emerges as a public limited company, experts told a seminar on Sunday. ‘Only making Biman a public limited company will not do, it has to be privatised too,’ former Bangladesh Bank governor Farash Uddin said...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Free RMG access to Europe, N America needed to achieve double-digit growth
» SME Foundation eyes interest proceeds from Tk 100cr fund
» Sarkozy heads for EU clash over economic policy
» Anil Ambani becomes Indian trillionaire
» Warid offers 20 FnF to any operator
» Skill shortage to affect India’s growth: FICCI
» Emirates to begin night flights in Sri Lanka
» Verizon copper cutoff traps customers
» Speculation abounds over iPhone in Europe
» Turbulent journey for China’s fledgling budget airlines
» West African economic bloc faces bleak outlook in 2007
» SADC prepares economic rescue plan for Zimbabwe
» AirAsia boss opens door for Asian no frills hotels
» Gazprom wants to be world’s first trillion-dollar firm
» Boeing unveils ambitious 787 Dreamliner passenger jet
» South Korea expects more trade growth this year
» Asian currencies up against dollar
» Stock Watch


SLATE


Weekend


CNG auto-rickshaw drivers still harass passengers

CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers continue to harass passengers in the Dhaka city by frequently ignoring meter ands declining to go to the destinations of the passengers need...[ + ]

Yet another robbery in
24 hours

Robbers looted cash and gold ornaments worth Tk 22 lakh from a house at Mohammadpur in the Dhaka city Saturday evening, a day after another robbery in the city...
[ + ]



Bangladesh’s birthday boys

It was a largely uneventful birthday for Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful who turned 23 on Saturday. The star batsman fresh from fantastic unbeaten 129 in the second Test, the value of which multiplied in importance considering the face-saving significance of it, spent some time encouraging the Bangladesh Under-19 team who are playing a three-day match against their Sri Lankan counterparts at the Colombo Colts
ground...
[ + ]

Gen Moeen made NSC chairman

In a bid to a bring more dynamism in the sports administration, the government on Sunday appointed the Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Army General Moeen U Ahmed as the new chairman of the National Sports Council...[ + ]


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