Partial gas supply
cut announced
for Dhaka,
2 more dists
Gas supply will remain suspended in some parts of Dhaka, Comilla and Chandpur until Monday midnight due to repair work on the 20-inch Bakhrabad-Demra pipeline, one of the four key transmission lines that supply gas to capital and its surrounding areas.[ + ]
Saifur sets three conditions for
BNP unification
Influential backstage quarters in the military-backed interim government, which initiated the move for a new political polarization by keeping politicians divided and the top two leaders — Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League and Khaleda Zia of the BNP — out of the political arena, have started pulling strings to derail the unification process of the BNP, said sources in the party...[ + ]
Cabinet approves
14-point dev
programme
for north
The council of advisers at its meeting here on Saturday approved the interim government’s 14-point programme for the rapid socio-economic development of the country’s northern region, especially Rangpur...[ + ]
Most PRSP goals
remain unmet
With most of the earlier set development goals remaining far away from achievement, officials are gearing up for preparing the second version of the lender-driven poverty reduction strategy paper. The first version was prepared after years of groundwork and given an ornamental name ‘Unlocking the Potentials: National Strategy for Accelerated Poverty Reduction.’...[ + ]
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Dhaka stocks ended last week upbeat thanks to the heavy rise in share prices in the closing day of the week after a four-day bear run and also after the preceding week’s fall. Due to the Thursday’s rise, the general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange ended the week with 20.73 points or 0.72 per cent gains to close at 2907.17, while its blue chips index, DSE20, advanced by 27.79 points or 1.19 per cent to close at 2359.59...[ + ]
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