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Prisoners packed like sardines in jails
A record number of 86,000 prisoners are staying in inhuman living conditions as the authorities have kept them in the prisons which have the capacity to accommodate only 27,000 prisoners. The authorities are putting several hundreds of new prisoners in jails everyday though there is no space left for accommodating even a single person, senior prison officials told New Age...[ + ]
Over 4,000 dockers
fired as Ctg Port
reforms get pace
2,221 of them selected for fresh jobs
Chittagong Port has fired over 4,000 dock workers as the country’s prime seaport moves faster towards reforms and privatisation under the present interim government, port sources said...[ + ]
Elected MP may lose
seat if facts on wealth suppressed
EC to store wealth statements of poll candidates on web site
The Election Commission, which in the past did not properly maintain the statements of wealth of people contesting polls, has decided to preserve the wealth statements of candidates on its web site...[ + ]
Move to curb graft at nine boards of education proves futile
Appointment of consultants to curb corruption in mid-level education management backfired on the education boards with officials complaining about irregularities and bribery by some of the consultants...[ + ]
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15 acres of land found registered to Barisal mayor’s name
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2 inter-city trains put in service
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Farm loan posts negative growth, industrial lending up in July-March
Farm lending posted a negative growth of 4.77 per cent in July-March period of the current fiscal while industrial term loan disbursement went up by 19 per cent, central bank’s May figures revealed....[ + ]
DSE market cap crosses Tk 44,000 crore
The market capitalisation at the Dhaka Stock Exchange increased by Tk 1,160 crore in last week to stand its all time high at Tk 44,088 crore on Thursday, from the previous week’s closing at Tk 42,928 crore. Market players and analysts said rally in last six weeks pushed up the bourse’s market capitalisation. Premier Bank’s debut also helped pull the market indicator, they said...[ + ]
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France gives Sri Lanka $13.4m for tsunami recovery
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S Korea registers monthly record in exports
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Odd couple team up to answer call of business
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Cadbury to cut costs as drinks sale nears
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Proton, Volkswagen talks resume
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US economy crawling at 0.6pc growth pace
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China wants larger share of euro in its forex reserves
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Morgan Stanley to buy Australia’s Investa
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Old folks in Japan find treasure trove in wild leaves
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Poland rejects German proposal for new gas link: minister
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Bush nominates army veteran for int’l affairs Treasury post
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Renault suffers further sales decline in May
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Dell plans to cut 10pc of jobs
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