Five advisers sworn in
Rules of business amended to accommodate ‘special assistants’
Five advisers to the interim government were on Wednesday sworn in after the resignation of five advisers. Four of them resigned on Tuesday and another on December 26. The government is, meanwhile, set to appoint six ‘special assistants to the chief adviser’ to reduce the workload on the advisers within the shortest possible time, said a source in the administration...[ + ]
Govt borrowing swells
The government borrowed Tk 10,376 crore from the country’s banking system during the July-December period of the current fiscal year, exceeding the whole year’s target by Tk 4,123 crore, central bank figures show. The amount was Tk 6320.11 crore in the first half of the previous fiscal year...[ + ]
Tarique alleges
torture in
custody
Detained former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman alleged in the court on Wednesday that he was tortured after being taken on remand. ‘I was kept blindfolded for 18 hours of the 24 hours of remand on December 31. I was not taken to a police station from the Dhaka Central Jail but somewhere else...[ + ]
Teaches rally at DU
for release of
fellows, students
Teachers at Dhaka University on Wednesday staged a sit-in demonstration for an hour at Aparajeya Bangla holding placards and demanded the release of their colleagues and students detained in connection with the August campus protests...[ + ]
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Rice OMS begins
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WB projects Bangladesh’s GDP at 5.5pc for ’08
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Ashura on Jan 20
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Latifur’s banking docs sent to intel agency
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Hassan Ariff resigns from Odhikar
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IDB requested to increase loan amount to BPC
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Rules of business changed
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Rival clan wants Bhutto’s son to defect
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Dhaka delegates leave for India to talk rice import
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Mosaddak get bail
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ACC sues former NBR director
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Maoists slam Koirala over refusal to accept rebels in army
No SOE now ready for disinvestment
No more state-owned enterprises are now ready for disinvestment after the listing of 17 such public sector entities during the tenure of the caretaker government since October 2006, said sources in the Privatisation Commission...[ + ]
Jamuna Oil share price jumps
over 95 times on debut
Share price of the Jamuna Oil Company on debut Wednesday jumped to highest Tk 952, over 95 times from its face value, at the Dhaka bourse. The state-owned oil marketing company started offloading 1.35 crore shares of Tk 10 each under the direct listing regulations on the bourses...[ + ]
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