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Sheikh Hasina hospitalised again
The detained Awami League president Sheikh Hasina was re-admitted to Square Hospitals on Saturday morning after a break of 20 days as doctors found fluctuation in her blood pressure. Hasina, also a former prime minister, was taken to the hospital from the special jail for a routine check-up...[ + ]
No dialogue
if Khaleda not released: Delwar
Ex-student leaders
for movement
The BNP’s secretary-general, Khandaker Delwar Hossain, on Saturday said no dialogue or election would be acceptable to people without Khaleda Zia’s presence, and the party was thinking of launching a vigorous movement to free its detained chief. ‘We will not be satisfied by anything but Khaleda Zia’s release...[ + ]
18 killed as bus overturns
At least 18 day-labourers were killed and 50 injured as the bus carrying them overturned on the railway at Hatia of Kalihati in Tangail on the road stretch past the Jamuna Bridge at about 6:00am Saturday. Sixteen were killed on the spot, one died on his way to hospital and the other died after his admission to hospital...[ + ]
Economists see good boro harvest a
temporary respite
Say self-sufficiency in food only answer to crisis
Economists have said a good boro harvest will be a temporary relief and the government needs to take a concrete policy to attain self-sufficiency in food to shield local market from global food price volatility. The government should continue efforts to import food grains to build a safe stock and ensure the people’s greater access to rice, they felt...[ + ]
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AL presidium meets today
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Nageswari wailing
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Diarrhoea breaks out for lack of drinking water, temperature fluctuation
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ACC to press charges against Khaleda, Hasina soon
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Pakistan’s diplomat held by Taliban: TV
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Pakistan sweep series
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Govt trying to create situation not conducive to polls: Zillur
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Accused dies in police custody
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20 RMG workers hurt in clash at Savar
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Clerics’ review of women policy denounced
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50 schoolgirls in Senegal succumb to ‘hysteria’
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Nepal Maoists stage victory rally
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Draft proposes maximum three years’ jail, Tk 2 lakh fine
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Govt wants to promote Bangladesh’s art, culture across world: chief adviser
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Economists oppose signing of gas PSCs
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BLAST opposes draft amendment to labour law
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Dialogue won’t be successful under emergency: politicians
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PBCP leader killed in RAB ‘encounter’ in Naogaon
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Maj Gen Monirul Islam made DG of NSI
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Crime suspect killed in gunfight with Kushtia police
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19 shrimp plant workers fall ill as gas pipe leaks in Khulna
Sugarcane farmers shift to rice,
wheat cultivation
Authorities in the state-owned sugar mills are worried as a significant number of sugarcane farmers in the northern districts are shifting to rice and wheat cultivation as their prices increased sharply over the year...[ + ]
Aziz vows to reduce regional
disparity in nat’l budget
The finance adviser, AB Mirza Azizul Islam, vowed Saturday to reduce regional disparity in the coming national budged for 2008-09 fiscal year...[ + ]
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Disbursement of salary, dues among retired jute mill workers begins
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17pc BSCIC plots in use in Barisal
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RB Group going to produce CNG-run motorcycles
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India to follow hands-off economic policies
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Citigroup to cut 9,000 jobs after posting losses
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Malaysia to spend $1.3b to tackle inflation
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Women chamber president attends global forum on democracy
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Iran says oil price too low at $115 a barrel
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Bush, Lee to wrap up US-S Korea summit
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Turning around companies in crisis
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Sizzling commodities market puts the heat on farmers
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Congressional climate is tough for farm bill
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Ford weighs third China plant to meet demand
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Prime Bank opens 12th ATM booth in city
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Commodity prices rocket to record heights
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