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VICTORY DAY SPECIAL


The Frontlines of Hunger

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Big parties yet to
submit polls
expense reports

No political party, that has representation in the parliament, has yet submitted its report on election expenditure to the Election Commission though the deadline for doing so will expire tomorrow.....[ + ]

BDR REBELLION
CID to quiz Jamaat
leader today

The High Court on Sunday allowed the Criminal Investigation Department to interrogate Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdur Razzaq at the department’s headquarters today in the February 25-26 BDR rebellion case...[ + ]

CrPC Bill passage deferred by
a week

Police want magistracy in
metropolitan areas

The passage of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill was on Sunday deferred by a week following persuasion by the police to retain the magistracy in favour of metropolitan police.[ + ]

BNP MPs walk out
of JS over Selim’s remarks

The lawmakers of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led main opposition on Sunday staged a walkout from parliament protesting at the speaker’s alleged violation of the Rules of Procedure over rival Awami League lawmaker Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim’s ‘derogatory remarks’ on BNP’s founder Ziaur Rahman...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» BDR mutiny: Home ministry probe body misses 3rd deadline
» Heart attack causes most deaths of soldiers: BDR
» PM cites ‘failure’ for civil service changes
» 1.18 lakh students drop out in single HSC session
» Left won’t support Congress-led alliance
» Rain comes with a vengeance, accompanied by hailstones
» 45 women MPs sworn in, take part in JS business
» Network infiltrates computers in 103 countries
» Bangladesh to protest at Myanmar’s fencing: Touhid
» Wastage of public resources and showing off decried
» MPs to call the shots in upazila councils
» 2 BDR soldiers detained
» People intending to go abroad face harassment at Secretariat
» Six pipe guns recovered in Rajshahi
» Five hurt as Ershad’s motorcade attacked in Kurigram
» AL activists begin fast unto death


Bleak economic forecast hits stocks

Stock prices and turnover at the bourses spiralled down in the last couple of weeks as investors, unnerved by the bleak economic scenario forecasted by economists and policymakers, offloaded their holdings and cut down their participation in the market, market analysts said...
[ + ]

Agriculture needs massive
investments to face odds

Bangladesh needs massive investments in agriculture and agro-processing to attain their higher growth, create employment opportunities and deny possible impacts of the current global recession on this key sector, says the country chief of the Food and Agriculture Organisation...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Govt mulls mandatory lending to women entrepreneurs
» Oil refiners want duty reform
» More tax on tobacco suggested
» Government moves to keep sugar price stable
» Janata Bank posts Tk 700cr profit
» Southeast Bank Foundation gets new director
» Tanners’ assoc gets new executives
» G20 stimulus prospects played down
» Asian currencies up against dollar
» Corporate Disclosures
» Eurozone set for lowest ever rate
» Slowdown hits leisure boat sales in Middle East
» Diamonds lose lustre, forcing layoffs in India
» Malaysia cuts 26,000 jobs
» BRAC Bank sponsors workshop for professional women
» AB bank opens SME centre
» Berger Paints opens new outlets in Narayanganj
» Toshiba to take over Panasonic LCD


Independence Day Special


Weekend


Hatirjheel project may not be completed on schedule

Land acquisition problem stands in the way of timely completion of the long-awaited Begunbari-Hatirjhel canal development project, according to officials concerned. Excavation of the canal scheduled to be completed before the start of the coming rainy season may not be done due to delay in the land acquisition, the officials said...[ + ]

Barisal non-govt teachers form human chain

The Barisal divisional branch of Teachers-Employees’ Front formed a human chain in front of the Aswani Kumar Hall in the city on Sunday demanding an end to discrimination between public and private educational
institutions...
[ + ]



ECB plans to make Tigers day-night Test guinea pig

The England and Wales Cricket Board is planning to host the first ever day-night Test match at Lord’s when Bangladesh will tour the country in May next year, according to a report published in the Sunday Telegraph. The plan will require a change in the playing condition of Test and quoting the ICC general manager, David Richardson, Sunday Telegraph said it will be discussed at the ICC cricket committee meeting in May...[ + ]

Of Dido, nat’l
team and BFF

National coach Dido expressed his disappointment over the poor facilities provided to him for the national team practice, prompting the Bangladesh Football Federation to take quick action. Dido was unhappy with the bus the BFF provided for the players to travel to Sports Zone at Mahakhali for gym works on Friday and had asked for new travelling arrangement for his charges...[ + ]


Editorial
» Govt should heed calls for probe into post-BDR rebellion deaths
» A defining moment?
Op-Ed
» An election made in heaven
» G20 summit should promise benefits for all

National
» Govt seeks time extension to speedy trial act
» Intel, some law enforcing agencies exempted from giving info
Home
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» Fresh probe into Sharmin killing demanded
International
» Gaddafi slams ICC as ‘new form of world terrorism’
» Seoul warns N Korea of fresh sanctions over rocket
Timeout
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» Cuba opens first big US art show since 1980s

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