Govt initiates inquiry
into unnatural deaths
of BDR soldiers
The government has initiated an inquiry into unnatural deaths of Bangladesh Rifles soldiers in custody after the February 25–26 rebellion in the BDR headquarters in Dhaka...[ + ]
TWIN TIPAIMUKH, PHULERTAL DAMS
Environment, livelihood at stake: experts
Water resources experts, economists and environmentalists on Wednesday dismissed India’s claim that the Tipaimukh multi-purpose dam would have no harmful impact on Bangladesh, the lower riparian country...[ + ]
Govt retracts from
e-passport move
The government has decided to go ahead with the project of machine-readable passports, to be issued from the next year, backtracking from its earlier decision to introduce e-passport, to be commissioned in 2014...[ + ]
Dhaka to sign Asian Highway pact as per UNESCAP routes
Communications ministry meets
today to settle the issue
The Awami League-led coalition will sign the inter-governmental agreement on the Asian Highway network although the BNP-Jamaat government refrained from ratifying it on the grounds of ‘controversial’ route proposals, said officials of the communications ministry on Wednesday.......[ + ]
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India’s Congress asked to form new govt
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Indian HC’s comment rejected
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Bhutan wants to host SAARC summit in April 2010
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Tamils suspicious of Rajapakse’s ‘unity’ offer
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142 more BDR soldiers arrested in Sylhet
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Haji Selim, Babu sent to jail
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Indonesian military plane crash kills 98
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Pakistan claims victory in Buner
Involve markets in PPP budget: DSE
The Dhaka Stock Exchange has suggested that the government should involve individual investors in the planned public-private partnership budget through raising funds from the stock market for development projects. ‘Public-private partnership would be the best mechanism to collect finances instead of foreign aids,’ DSE president Md Rakibur Rahman told a press briefing at the DSE building in the Dhaka city on Wednesday...[ + ]
Shipbuilding industry to be
declared thrust sector
The emerging shipbuilding industry would be declared thrust sector in the new industrial policy, now in the making, as it has huge export- and job-creation potential, industries minister Dilip Barua said to a German business delegation on Wednesday. He said the new government is paying special attention to the imperative of flourishing the potential shipbuilding industry to generate massive employment opportunities and increase the earning of foreign currencies...[ + ]
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ADB study says fall in exports to cut Asia’s growth
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Tk 10cr capital market institute on cards
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Payment of Japanese bank commission under government consideration
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Remittance fair in Sylhet begins today
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Japanese co to invest $15m in Adamjee EPZ
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TMSS network to provide MoneyGram services
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Rupchanda recognised as super brand
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Asian markets higher
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CORPORATE DISCLOSURES
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Japan GDP sinks at record pace
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Indian industry looks to new govt to boost growth
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HP outlook disappoints
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400 yrs of history ends as French paper mill folds
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Cell phone industry seen facing more trouble
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