Home minister tears
into intel failures
Blames their failures for tragedies
since Mujib killing
The cabinet committee on law and order at a meeting on Wednesday viewed that failure of intelligence agencies to warn the government had led to the February 25-26 carnage at the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Dhaka...[ + ]
Hasina asks BNP to
send its own team
to Tipaimukh
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday called on the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to take an initiative on their own to send a separate delegation of water experts to India’s Tipaimukh dam project site and submit a report...[ + ]
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Dhaka to protest at Yangon’s claim
Bangladesh is set to submit its protest to the United Nations against Myanmar’s claim to the territorial sea in the Bay of Bengal, especially that of the baseline which is needed to delimit its maritime border, which Dhaka thinks is overlapping its claim...[ + ]
6 more swine flu
cases detected
Six more persons have tested positive for Influenza A, commonly known as swine flu virus, raising the number of people affected to seven in the country so far, said professor Mahmudur Rahman, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research and National Influenza Centre...[ + ]
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Khaleda urges govt to probe emergency torture on politicians
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Govt dismisses 7 army officers
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Govt experts to toe its line in Tipai report : BNP
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No compromise with graft: new ACC chief
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People’s huge money extorted during interim govt: Barua
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Moudud readies cases against Moeen
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US strikes kill dozens in Pakistan
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JS panel invites Jamiruddin to go thru ‘evidence’
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Govt body set to miss 2nd deadline today
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Iran considering downgrading ties with Britain
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Indian frog ‘marriage’ to bring on monsoon
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AL men damage Bhola municipality office
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Karim appointed principal secy to PM
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MPs likely to be made advisers to city corpns: Ashraful
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Trader shot dead in city
BTCL makes local calls 300pc dearer
Bangladesh Telecom-munication Company Limited has effectively increased its call rate by up to 300 per cent in the name of introducing a flat rate for all. The new call rates will come into effect from July 1. The company that is enjoying state monopoly in land line telephone business, however, has offered its customers a lower rate for making nationwide calls...[ + ]
Govt to off-load BCIBL share
The government is likely to offload its share of the Bangladesh Commerce and Investment Bank Limited to meet the capital shortfall of the bank, official sources said. The government and the three state-owned banks — Sonali , Janata and Agrani — hold 42.48 per cent share of the BCIBL while the rest is owned by a number of private sector companies...[ + ]
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Businessmen deny having undisclosed money to invest
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BGMEA seeks Wal-Mart help
to retain US market
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ONE Bank to sponsor mutual fund
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Asia Insurance makes debut today
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Citi provides Tk 140cr loan to Nasir Group
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Southeast Bank gets new MD
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Local co to invest $2.5m in CEPZ
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Khulna traders protest against price hike of poultry feed
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Employment generation project in the offing
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Dollar gains on yen in Asia
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Rahima Food placed in ‘B’ category, Monno Fabrics in ‘Z’
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Bottom of recession nears, recovery to be weak: OECD
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AirAsia dodges downturn
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UN to debate financial crisis with eye on developing world
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Dhaka Bank inks money transfer deal
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Pragati Insurance holds AGM
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18 nations vow to punish tax havens
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Japan records biggest trade surplus
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