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People, taken by surprise, look at two cars badly damaged by a train in the Moghbazar level crossing on the Tongi Diversion Road in Dhaka on Wednesday. — New Age photo
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EC asks JS sectt for steps to make SQ seat vacant
The Election Commission on Wednesday sent a letter to the parliament secretariat, asking for necessary steps to declare vacant the parliamentary seat of Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury on charge of suppressing his academic qualification in the affidavit filed along with his nomination for contesting the December 29 general elections...[ + ]
7 injured as train rams bus into cars
At least seven people, including two females, were injured when a train Wednesday afternoon rammed a passenger bus into four cars in the Moghbazar level crossing on the Tongi Diversion Road in Dhaka. Injured Shahida Akhter, 30, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital while Kalpana Mawla, 42, who was in a car, was admitted to a private clinic at Dhanmondi...[ + ]
Dhaka city elevated expressway
gets govt nod
The cabinet committee on economic affairs on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for constructing the proposed Dhaka City Elevated Expressway under Private Public Partnership initiative to ease traffic congestions in the capital...[ + ]
Dhaka to go to UN to protect maritime claims
Bangladesh will formally register its protest to the United Nations against maritime claims of India and Myanmar on the extended continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal at the earliest, Prime minister Sheikh Hasina said in parliament on Wednesday...[ + ]
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Beximco Group has bought a 50 per cent stake in GMG Airlines and is injecting enough cash into Bangladesh’s biggest private passenger carrier to buy two big planes, the company announced Wednesday. Beximco paid Tk 30 crore to buy the stake in the ailing airline and will also lend another Tk 40 crore to help GMG through its financial crisis...[ + ]
DSE wants special court
Law minister Shafique Ahmed on Wednesday suggested that the parties may avoid delayed disposal of their cases if they resolve business-related disputes through arbitration instead of moving to court...[ + ]
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