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Govt seeks spl budgetary support from World Bank

The caretaker authority is courting the World Bank for an "interim budget support," mainly to help n

Pilot project of voter ID card with photos begins

SRIPUR (Gazipur), June 10 (BSS): A pilot project for preparing the electoral roll with the voters' p

Monsoon downpour paralyses city life

Incessant downpour paralysed life and business activities in the capital Dhaka Sunday. The heavy r

POLITICS & POLICIES

IGP advises police to earn confidence of masses

RAJSHAHI, June 10 (BSS): Inspector General of Police (IGP) Noor Muhammad has said that the police fo

Dhaka for ensuring minimum wages for migrant workers

Bangladesh mooted a proposal for a global collective effort to set minimum wages for migrant workers

Yunus dissatisfied with failure of G8 on climate change, trade issues

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus vented his disappointments over the failure of the Group-8 (G8) rich n

METRO/COUNTRY

Cultivation of new aman variety may solve Monga

RANGPUR, June 10 (UNB): Speakers at a training programme Saturday stressed the need for cultivating

Anti-HIV campaign launched in Cox's Bazar

COX'S BAZAR, June 10 (BSS): A special week-long mass campaign against HIV/AIDS organised by the dist

Sixteen persons killed in separate incidents

Sixteen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the

VIEWS & ANALYSES

The great American disconnect -- II

From 2003 to the present, the work building, maintaining, and continually upgrading these bases (and

Iraq: Blood, sweat and tears at new US embassy

The U.S. Justice Department is actively investigating allegations of forced labour and other abuses

Mired in holy quandary

After a landmark superior court decision downgraded secular law and constitutional guarantees agains

EDITORIAL

Prices of medicines and Drug Administration

COUNTRY'S pharmaceutical sector has achieved impressive as well as enviable growth since the promulg

Budget for FY'08: Pragmatic yet conventional

THE budget presentation this year lacked the usual ambience. The clicking noise and blinks of flash

Towards a true price for energy

THE British government published early this month a policy document entitled "Meeting the Energy Cha

LETTER TO EDITOR

Torments from higher prices

EVEN coarse rice is now selling unthinkably at Taka 22-24 per kg. The prices of such varieties of r

Tuberculosis threat

NEARLY 85 per cent of treated cases of TB in this country, according to reports in the media, have

COMPANIES & FINANCE

Govt borrows Tk 6.50b thru' auction of treasury bills

The government borrowed Tk 6.50 billion (650 crore) Sunday through auctions of treasury bills. It w

13 ice mills out of 42 in production

BARGUNA, June 10 (BSS): Catching of hilsha fish has been reduced to a great extent due to exorbitant

IFIL approves 12.5pc cash dividend for '06

Islamic Finance and Investment Limited (IFIL) has approved 12.50 per cent cash dividend for its shar

BUSINESS/ECONOMY

Blue Chip forecasts slowed US consumer spending this year

WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters): US consumers will curb spending this year after being hit by continue

Japan moves to clip bureaucrats' 'golden parachutes'

TOKYO, June 10 (AFP): Some of Japan's highest-flying bureaucrats may soon lose their golden parachut

Hillary to oppose ratification of free trade pact with S Korea

WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters): Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic front-runner in the pr

MARKET & COMMODITIES

Asian currencies mostly higher against dollar

HONG KONG, June 10 (AFP): Asian currencies ended the week mostly higher against the dollar, with the

ASCO accepts 375 abstracts of Sanofi-aventis

A total of 375 abstracts on the oncology commitment of Sanofi-aventis have been accepted by the Amer

Cambodia's oil bonanza muted by uncertainties

PHNOM PENH, June 10 (AFP): Two years after discovering oil off its coast, uncertainty clouds Cambodi

SPORTS

Jayawardene, Dhoni steer Asia

A promising start by the African XI in the final match of the Afro-Asia Cup swiftly dissipated into

Eng chip away at WI resistance

Steve Harmison produced his best spell of the series and Monty Panesar struck shortly before lunch a

Rains wash away B League match

Heavy rains washed away the B League football match between Arambagh KC and Farashganj SC scheduled

WORLD

Tehran condemns G-8 stance on nuke programme

TEHRAN, Jun 10 (AP): Iran has condemned a G-8 warning that it could face more sanctions over its con

Pakistan joins fight on nuke terror

ISLAMABAD, Jun 10 (AP): Pakistan will join an international initiative aimed at keeping nuclear mate

More fighting in Lebanon refugee camp

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jun 10 (AP): Sporadic gunfire and artillery shelling rang out from a Palestinian re

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