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Proposed education budget disappoints experts

Educationalists have expressed disappointment over the proposed 2012-2013 budget for the education sector, stating that it is inadequate and will make it difficult to implement the current education policy. Full story

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Experts term health budget anti-poor

Health experts on Friday criticised the proposed 2012-13 budget for the health sector, saying it was against the interests of the poor. Rashid-e-Mahbub, former president of the Bangladesh Medical Association... Full story

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Budget draws flak from anti-tobacco activists

The proposed budget for 2012-13 fiscal has sparked an intense flak from anti-tobacco activists who say it brings ‘cheers’ to the tobacco industry instead of protecting public health. Full story

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HC upholds death sentence of Nabil killers

The High Court has upheld the capital punishment that a speedy trial tribunal delivered to the three convicts of the murder of Nabil Abdul Latif, former cultural correspondent of New Age. Full story

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Village doctor killed in road accident

A village doctor was killed in a collision between a motorbike and a passenger bus in Katakhali area on Paikgacha-Koyra road of Khulna Friday noon. The deceased was Khitir Mondol, 48, son of Satish Mondol... Full story

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Wasfia arrives today

On a Biman Bangladesh flight, Wasfia Nazreen, the second Bangladeshi woman to scale Everest, will arrive in Dhaka international airport today at 12:40 pm. She will be greeted by friends, family and enthusiastic fans. Full story

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Youth dies falling from bus roof

A bachelor’s degree student travelling on the top of a bus in Jhenaidah died Friday morning after he tumbled down on the road as he was hit by branches of a tree. The incident happened about 9:00am near Baluhar... Full story

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Navy team leaves for UN mission in Lebanon

A team of the Bangladesh Navy Force (BANCON-3) left for UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon on Friday. The BANCON-3 left Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong by a UN chartered plane for... Full story

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CCCI for Tk 3 lakh tax-free income ceiling

The president of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Morshed Murad Ibrahim, has expressed mixed reaction over the proposed national budget for fiscal 2012-13 placed by the finance minister... Full story

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Drop black money whitening option: TIB

Strongly criticising the provision of whitening black money in the proposed budget for fiscal 2012-13 as unconstitutional and immoral, Transparency International Bangladesh has demanded its immediate withdrawal. Full story

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8th wage board soon: Azad

The information and cultural affairs minister, Abul Kalam Azad, has said the government will soon announce the 8th Wage board for journalists and employees of the newspaper industry. Full story

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Trader beaten to death

A trader was beaten to death by a band of unidentified miscreants on Shamsur Rahman Road of Khulna sadar police station Thursday. The deceased was Uzzal Saha, 38, son of Mrinal Saha, of Bankers Lane... Full story

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Budget a document of failure: Moudud

Senior opposition leader Moudud Ahmed has termed the new fiscal’s budget ‘a document of failure’ of the government. The BNP Standing Committee member warned that its implementation would further ruin the economy. Full story

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Benapole port at work on weekend

After a labour strike kept Benapole land port in Jessore closed for five days in the last week, the port is open and operating at its full capacity on the weekend to ease backlog. Benapole Clearing and Forwarding... Full story

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Two suspects arrested

Khaleda Banu, the mother of Nishat Banu who was strangled to death in Topkhana road in Dhaka on Tuesday night, said that a restaurant owner’s sons whom she had once leased... Full story

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Workers Party terms budget ‘rhetoric’

The Workers Party of Bangladesh, an alley of the Awami League led alliance, termed the proposed 2012-13 fiscal budget as ‘rhetoric’ and ‘lacking’ steps for the welfare of common people. Full story

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’71 guerillas recall 1st operation to draw world attention

Liberation war analysts and 1971 veterans recall a small but significant event in the history of the liberation war time to draw the world attention towards the Bengali resistance against Pakistani occupation forces. Full story

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