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Dawn-to-dusk hartal tomorrow

The Awami League-led 14-party combine Sunday called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for tomorrow (Tuesday) to protest the "killing and torture" on opposition leaders and activists during Saturday's rail-road-waterway blockade programme, reports UNB. Under the next course of action, the combined opposition will also observe country . . . . . . Read Full Story

Businesses in the capital, port city and other places in the country were badly affected Sunday by an opposition-led countrywide rail, road and waterway bl

Opposition's blockade badly hits businesses in city, ports

ockade programme. Transactions in banks and other financial institut . . . . . . Read Full Story

HEADLINE

Opposition's blockade badly hits businesses in city, ports

Businesses in the capital, port city and other places in the country were badly affected Sunday by a

Dawn-to-dusk hartal tomorrow

The Awami League-led 14-party combine Sunday called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for tomorrow (

Police officer among two killed in violent clashes

Two people, including a police officer, were killed and over 150 injured in sporadic violent clashes

POLITICS & POLICIES

All urged to work unitedly for standard education

All irrespective of party and opinion have been urged to work with a synergy, holding education abov

Depict truth for protecting country's interest, Aminul urges newsmen

RAJSHAHI, July 2 (BSS): Journalists have been urged to play effective role in depicting truth to pro

Several hundred injured across country during blockade

Several hundred people were injured across the country during the clashes between the opposition wor

METRO/COUNTRY

Far-flung EPZs remain fallow

Even a 20 per cent cash incentive for agro-processing companies, offered eight months ago, has faile

Four die in separate incidents in Sylhet, Noakhali

SYLHET, July 2 (UNB): Three people were killed in separate incidents here from Thursday to Friday.

Jute traders of Khulna region demand realisation of their dues by July 31

KHULNA, July 2 (UNB): Jute traders demanded that the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) author

EDITORIAL

Consequences of trifling with the voters' list

THE Election Commission (EC) has been approaching the task of drawing up a voters' list not in a b

Are NGOs donors' favourites?

THE donors find the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) more trustworthy than the government so fa

A theory of evolution for outsourcers

ABOUT 10 years ago, I visited a nut factory in Italy and learnt something astonishing about pistachi

MISCELLANY

Conventional political trick runs afoul of economic diplomacy

THE diplomatic correspondents of Dhaka newspapers, who were treated by the foreign minister with lun

Market economy and China

IT was the summer of 1981. I was on a fortyfive day training programme on Petroleum Administration i

Learning From Malaysia

MALAYSIA is a beautiful country as well as resourceful also. To the eyes of tourists, it is a charm

LETTER TO EDITOR

Need for international standard certifications

IN the era of globalisation, the need for maintaining international standard in all sectors is param

Admission crisis in colleges

THIS year we are all happy over the percentage of pass in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examina

COMPANIES & FINANCE

Steps taken to enhance shrimp production

The government has taken up a number of plans to enhance shrimp production by setting up a full-fled

SMC launches IUD services through its Blue Star Network

Social Marketing Company (SMC) has launched a pilot programme on IUD (intra-uterine device) through

Last date for Citigroup Microentrepreneurship Awards nomination July 7

The deadline for submitting nomination for Citigroup Microentrepreneurship Awards is drawing to a cl

BUSINESS/FINANCE

Australia blames lack of flexibility for WTO talks failure

SYDNEY, Jul 2 (AFP): Australia Sunday blamed a lack of flexibility by major trading nations for the

Zambian govt to reduce its borrowing to 0.5pc of GDP

LUSAKA, Jul 2 (Xinhua): Zambian government has said it will reduce its borrowing to 0.5 per cent of

Chinese bank incurs controversy in move to discourage small deposits

BEIJING, Jul 2 (Xinhua): A Chinese state bank has taken the lead in the industry to offer a much low

MARKET & COMMODITIES

Asian currencies up amid signs of Fed rate relief

HONG KONG, Jul 2 (AFP): Asian currencies gained ground against the dollar last week after the US Fed

US, Canada ink deal to end timber row

GENEVA, Jul 2 (AFP): The US and Canadian trade chiefs Saturday inked a deal ending a longstanding an

Malaysia's Petronas rules out handing more money to govt

KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 2 (AFP): Malaysia's national oil company Petronas has dismissed calls to raise con

SPORTS

World Cup goes European as France stun favourite Brazil

BERLIN, July 2 (AFP): The World Cup was reeling in shock Sunday after Brazil were dumped out by a re

Portugal defeat England in 3-1 shootout

GELSENKIRCHEN, July 2 (AP): The ending is familiar: Luiz Felipe Scolari pumps his arms, his players

Brazilians cry over shattered World Cup dreams

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 2 (AFP): Brazilians across the country crawled out of bed with their eyes dried

WORLD

Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, July 2 : Two British soldiers have been killed in battle in southern Afghanistan's Helmand

Iran rejects deadline for nuclear response

TEHRAN, July 2 (AFP): Iran again rejected Sunday a deadline to respond to an international offer aim

Laden urges Islamist fighters to free Iraq

CAIRO, July 2 (Reuters): Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, in a new audio message posted on the Intern

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