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Amnesty urges Maldives forces to stop violence * * * Shibir calls half day hartal in CTG on Thursday * * * Parliament passes bill to modernize transport system of Dhaka City * * * AL does not believe in `appease India’ policy: PM * * * Construction of metro rail in capital to start very soon: PM * * * Stocks turn red; SEC to probe ‘unusual trading’ * * * CU BCL-Shibir clash kills 2 Shibir men, injures 25 * * * HC issues rule on govt over CMCH staff appointment * * * BB sits with MDs of banks Thursday * * * Green banking ‘can cope with varying environmental scenarios’ * * * WB to introduce citizen monitoring in its B’desh projects * * * Ain-o-Salish Kendra protests BSF chief’s remark * * * Eight Parliamentary Committees reconstituted today * * * Quader for political reform to fight corruption * * * Work on separate rail bridge beside Bangabandhu Bridge is on: Railway Minister * * * President appoints Rakib as new CEC * * * Firing won’t stop at border: BSF chief

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Thursday, 09 February 2012

Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed

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Robbers loot valuables worth Tk 20 lakh from Sylkhet businessman`s house

February 07, 2012 11:09 am

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Sylhet, Feb 07 (UNB) - Dacoits looted cash, gold ornaments and other valuables worth Tk 20 lakh from a businessman`s house at Kushighat in the city on Monday afternoon. Police said a gang of armed dacoits entered �...

Indian clothes, medicines worth Tk 3cr seized in Khulna

February 07, 2012 11:09 am

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Khulna, Feb 7 (UNB) - Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized a truck loaded with huge smuggled Indian clothes and medicines worth over Tk 3 crore from the city’s Moilaputa area early Monday.Being tipped off t...

City fire damages property worth Tk 8 lakh

February 07, 2012 10:47 am

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Dhaka, Feb 07 (UNB) - A devastating fire broke out at Ghatpara Road in the capital`s Kuril under Badda police station early Tuesday. However, no casualty is reported. Baridhara fire service sources said the fire which...

Two bookshops fined for selling notebooks in Satkhira

February 07, 2012 10:44 am

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Satkhira, Feb 7 (UNB) - A mobile court on Monday fined two bookshops in the district town Tk 4,000 for selling banned notebooks.The mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Mashruba Ferdous conducted a drive at Boi Mel...

BSF stops bridge construction on Akhaura border

February 07, 2012 10:44 am

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Brahmanbaria, Feb 7 (UNB) - The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has agreed to put on hold temporarily the construction of a bridge on no man’s land.The decision came following a flag meeting between Border Guard Ban...

Iraq wants stronger relations with Bangladesh

February 06, 2012 08:52 pm

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Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) - Iraqi Ambassador to Bangladesh Shakir Qasim Mahdi has said his country is eager to build up solid and workable bilateral relations with Dhaka.The Iraqi envoy expressed the desire during a meeting w...

Jobless rate 4.5pc: BBS survey

February 06, 2012 08:24 pm

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Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) - The number of unemployed population in the country is 2.6 million or 4.5 percent of the total labour force, reveals the latest Labour Force Survey-2010.The findings of the Bangladesh Bureau of Stat...

Taka to get stronger against US dollar: BB

February 06, 2012 07:37 pm

Reported by: UNBConnect

Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – The taka is strengthening against the US dollar and showed a 0.41 percent growth in its value during the last seven days, Bangladesh Bank said on Monday.The central bank thinks that the taka will b...

Point-to-point inflation soars to 11.59pc in Jan: BBS

February 06, 2012 07:08 pm

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Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) - The country’s point-to-point inflation rate has increased by 0.96 percentage point in January as it reached 11.59 percent compared to last December, according to data released by the Bangladesh Bur...

Ensure effective traffic management in capital: HC

February 06, 2012 06:56 pm

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Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – The High Court has issued a rule upon the government to explain why it should not be directed to ensure an effective traffic management system in capital Dhaka to reduce road accidents.The rule cam...