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Nat’l committee
formed to
coordinate intel
activities

The government has formed a national committee to coordinate and strengthen the activities of different intelligence agencies of the country in the light of the intelligence failure that led to the February 25-26 carnage at the Bangladesh Rifles Headquarters...[ + ]

JUDGES’ FORCED RETIREMENT
Govt to cancel order,
says procedural
mistake made in
the process

The government has decided to cancel the forced retirement of two senior judges and said there was a procedural mistake in forcing them into retirement...[ + ]

JS panel to reinvestigate Aug 2007 ‘military
atrocities’

A parliamentary committee on Sunday decided to reinvestigate the ‘military brutality and injustice’ done to university teachers and students in 2007 as the panel believed that their trial under emergency rule was prefixed...[ + ]

Tipai team to return without visiting site

Bangladesh’s delegation returns home today from India abandoning its planned field trip to Tipaimukh project site after heavy rains failed its attempt twice...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Hafiz wants govt to arrange JRC meet on Tipai issue
» FY09 exports total $15.36b
» What the new ministers say
» Communist Cuba won’t change: Raul Castro
» SC upholds Khaleda bail in Orphanage Trust case
» Planning Commission emphasises on timely use of ADP funds
» Price hike of fuels heightens risks of loss for BPC
» BNP seeks time for audit report submission
» Six fugitive Harkatul men held
» Pakistan deploys troops as Muslims, Christians riots toll rises to 7
» Two ultra-left operatives killed in Kushtia ‘crossfire’
» Kuwait Airways plane makes emergency landing at ZIA
» Anwar Choudhury arrives today
» WB regional VP arrives today
» Guardian group mulls closure of weekly bserver: report


Local tech for garments getting ground

It takes three decades for Bangladesh to be among the world’s top three exporters of readymade garments, but the success has come from an industry primarily depending on imported machineries. The scenario, however, has started changing though slowly, patronised by a new generation of small and medium entrepreneurs who are producing machineries locally to cater to the local garment industry...
[ + ]

Banks sitting with excess liquidity

Finance minister AMA Muhith on Sunday said power shortage was the main impediment to investment in the country that pushed up liquidity in the banking sector at a worrisome level...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» World trade system starting to work again
» Govt to minimise VAT net gradually
» Global mobile market bottoms
» DSE fines 6 companies
» Stocks begin week upbeat
» Dilip assures of SME support
» Comilla remittance fair ends today
» Renata posts profit of Tk 328 crore
» Currencies in Asia higher against dollar
» Coal fires up India farmers against power plants
» Unemployment forces many to street trading in S Africa
» Uncle Sam helps boost
bank earnings

» Tight credit seen potential hurdle to eurozone growth
» BRAC Bank acquires stakes in EPL, EPSL
» Prime Bank opens 71st branch in Faridpur


Weekend


People suffer as most Khulna city roads develop potholes

Most of the roads in the Khulna city become unusable as they have developed numerous potholes because of the recent heavy shower, causing immense sufferings to the people. The people suffer a lot as movement of rickshaws, the only mode of transport in the divisional city, cannot smoothly run on the shabby roads, some local residents said...[ + ]

Prices of essentials up in Barisal market

Prices of dried chilli, pulses, potato, sugar, edible oil, poultry and spices marked rise in Barisal kitchen market on Sunday. The prices of some vegetables, meat and fish also increased but prices of rice remained stable comparing to the previous week...[ + ]



Sakib, Murali swap ranking

Stand-in Bangladesh captain Sakib al Hasan took himself to a new height when he jumped two places to take the third position in the ICC one-day ranking for bowlers. Sakib took only two wickets in the just concluded series in which Bangladesh whitewashed West Indies, but he was benefited by the slip of Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan...
[ + ]

BFF adds two more tournaments

In a bid to expand the game throughout the country the Bangladesh Football Federation has decided to add two more tournaments to its yearly calendar as desired by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. BFF president Kazi Salahuddin revealed this at his federation office on Sunday....[ + ]


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vs potential
for conflict


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