Govt under pressure
to lift emergency
The military-controlled interim government, amid pressure of political parties, rights groups and foreign quarters, on Tuesday said it might completely withdraw the state of emergency in a reasonable time before the elections, now slated for
December 29...[ + ]
BNP sells more than 1,700 forms for nomination
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday sold more than 1,700 application forms for party nomination for the ninth parliamentary polls scheduled for December 29. Forms were being sold for 263 constituencies. Forms for 37 constituencies have been reserved for the BNP’s partner Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami...[ + ]
Hasina alleges plot to make polls uncertain
The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday said plots were on to make the elections uncertain by creating a crisis. ‘A vested interest quarter is hatching conspiracy to make the elections uncertain by creating a crisis,’ she said as he exchanged views with the leaders of Peshajibi Samanway Parishad in her office at Dhanmondi...[ + ]
No change in 27th BCS results: PSC chairman
Public Service Commission chairman Sa’dat Hussain on Tuesday said the results of the 27th BCS examinations announced in September 2008 would not be changed, showing a reverse stance against education adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman...[ + ]
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Moeen for emergency withdrawal before polls
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Aggrieved 27th BCS candidates demand gazette by Dec 2
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30 hurt as students, shop employees clash in city
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Kuwait in fresh crisis as cabinet quits
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UN prefers emergency lifted before polls
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EC has nothing to do if parties ignore grassroots advice on nomination: Sakhawat
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No bar on Dhaka mayor as HC stays EC’s decision
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BSF sued for killing 3 Bangladeshis in Panchagarh
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Britain clamps down on forced marriages, with eye on Pakistan
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Britain launches ID cards for foreigners
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Fiscal responsibility ordn being made for next government
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IPHN to set up modern lab for testing infant food
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Tigers desperate to put on a good show
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Obama presents team to navigate US economic crisis
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Almost half of Egyptian wives beaten: study
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Four JMB men jailed for blast in Chittagong courtroom
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Power Cell asked to review Bibiyana docs for re-tender
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Fire at DSE building
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Chief adviser undergoes minor surgery
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BTRC moves to legalise cyber cafés, small ISPs
More tax collection stressed to
compensate for dwindling duty
The government is putting increased emphasis on collection of income tax and value-added tax as the collection from import duty is on the decline, said the finance adviser, AB Mirza Azizul Islam, on Tuesday...[ + ]
Govt to review Unilever share offload proposal
The military-backed interim government will review a proposal of the industries ministry to sell off 39 per cent of Unilever shares owned by the government to bolster the country’s capital market, two senior government officials said...[ + ]
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