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Severe cyclone Sidr lashes south
Very severe cyclone Sidr, packing a speed of 240kmph, on Thursday afternoon started pounding the southern coasts, especially the regions of Khulna and Barisal, according to the Meteorological Department of Bangladesh. Fifteen southern districts — Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Noakhali, Chandpur, Feni, Barisal, Pirojpur, Lakshmipur, Jhalakati, Bhola, Barguna, Patuakhali, Bagerhat, Satkhira and Khulna — were likely to be affected..[ + ]
Ex-power minister
jailed for 9 years
Former state minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku was jailed for nine years for amassing illegal wealth beyond his known sources of income. M Ashraf Hossain, the judge of the special judge’s court 5 of Dhaka, also fined him Tk 50 lakh and ordered to serve one more year in jail in case of failure to pay the fine...[ + ]
Spontaneous protests
on DU campus
were led astray, says probe body
Report submitted to chief adviser
The one-man judicial commission investigating the August 20-22 student protest at Dhaka University submitted its report on Thursday to the chief adviser urging him to make the report public. ‘I have submitted the report to chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed at 3:00pm and urged him to publish the report in the media in the people’s interest,’ Justice Habibur Rahman Khan told reporters at the commission’s makeshift office at Dhaka Circuit House in the evening...[ + ]
Fakhruddin pledges
more steps for
businesses
The interim government would take up a slew of action plans to improve the country’s business environment and initiatives to get duty-free access to US and other potential markets, the chief adviser said...[ + ]
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DSE benchmark crosses 3000-point first time
The general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange Thursday crossed 3000-point mark for the first time due to increase in the prices of heavyweight power, bank and cement shares...[ + ]
DSE fines 25 cos
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Thursday fined 25 companies for not submitting audited financial statements in the stipulated time, said officials...[ + ]
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