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Abandoned once, about to be abandoned again
Meem does not know who her mother is. She may never know; her biological mother has reportedly contracted human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. The three-year-old girl does not know where her real home is. Again, she may never know. She has come to know that the Kazla Naya Nagar shelter is her home and the woman who takes care of her and several other children there is her mother...[ + ]
Energy div to propose 77pc CNG price hike
The energy division is contemplating raising the price of compressed natural gas by around 77 per cent from Tk 8.5 to Tk 15 per cubic metre, sources in the division said. The division is likely to submit a proposal for raising the gas prices for domestic and bulk users as well as the CNG price to the Cabinet Division by next week for tabling it before the council of advisers, said an energy division official...[ + ]
AL, BNP want ban to go before talks with EC
Leaders of the two major parties — Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party — have expressed mixed reaction at the Election Commission’s offer for holding informal dialogue on the much-talked-about electoral reforms...[ + ]
Planned hike in urea price to affect crop yield, experts warn
The planned increase in urea fertiliser price in the name of checking overuse and smuggling would rather limit the application of the solid nitrogen fertiliser and adversely affect the crop yield, experts and politicians said...[ + ]
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KCCI president held in Khulna
Sugar refiners exposed to losses for oversupply
Oversupply of sugar both from local and import sources has pushed down the wholesale price of the much-consumed sweetener, causing worries among the refiners about the return on their huge investment and repayment of bank loans in crores of taka...[ + ]
India, Iran, Pakistan closer on gas pipeline deal
Representatives of India, Iran and Pakistan are set to meet for a second day on Friday here amid reports they were getting closer to a deal on a multi-billion dollar pipeline to transport gas from energy-rich Iran through Pakistan....[ + ]
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S Korean workers strike a second-day over FTA
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