END TO EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING
Crossfire on despite govt assurance
A man was killed in the so-called ‘crossfire’ with the Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka early Wednesday only a day after the ruling party spokesman had announced no more extrajudicial killing would be allowed...[ + ]
Manju, Shahjahan sent to jail on surrender
Jatiya Party faction chairman Anwar Hossain Manju and former BNP state minister Shahjahan Omar, who were convicted in corruption cases and had been in hiding, landed in jail on Wednesday after they surrendered in a Dhaka court on High Court orders. AK Arifur Rahman, the judge of the special judge’s court 9 of Dhaka, rejected their petitions for bail and ordered them to be sent to jail...[ + ]
Delhi keeps transit
talks on table
Pinak hints at negotiation after Indian polls
New Delhi will want Dhaka to begin ‘constructive talks’ on contentious issues such as transit through Bangladesh, especially railway connectivity between Akhaura and Agartala, after a new government takes office in India...[ + ]
JAN 22 UPAZILA POLLS
Irregularities found in
5 of 8 upazilas so far
Eight judicial inquiry committees out of the 16 formed to investigate alleged irregularities in the January 22 polls to upazila parishads have submitted reports to the Election Commission till Wednesday recommending re-elections in some polling centres of five upazilas...[ + ]
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Fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls today
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Indian business students turn to Hitler for inspiration
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HC orders govt to form commission for probe
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PP for withdrawal of cases against Abul Hasanat Abdullah
Jute to be only option for packaging
The government has initiated a move to ensure mandatory use of jute for packaging certain local commodities to protect the country’s ailing jute sector from the fall-out of the global economic meltdown. The Prime Minister’s Office, in a letter to the finance, jute and textile ministries, has asked them to do the groundwork for the framing of a law to this effect, said officials at the finance ministry...[ + ]
Millers to sell sugar at Tk 35 per kg at gate
Millers said they would try to reasonably maintain mill gate prices of sugar at Tk 35 per kg if there was no major rise in the prices of the commodity in the global market...[ + ]
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Tk 4,900 crore projects taken to develop telecoms
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Another ship added to export
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Holcim profits plunge 80pc
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Pak team assures BGMEA of solving problems
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IBBL holds discussion on capital market
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CORPORATE DISCLOSURES
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IMF slashes Asia’s growth outlook
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US shipping head wants armed crew
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‘World’s best job’ goes to charity worker
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Travel agents attend Dubai event
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IFIC Bank trains officials
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BNP Paribas surprises with profits figure, shares leap
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