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Green light to cut 4,000 trees
A timber trader chopped down over trees and destroyed two betel leaf enclosers at Kailin Punji near Nahar Tea Garden in Srimangal yesterday after the High Court gave the go-ahead to cut down trees Earlier trees were already felled in br br The HC bench comprising Justice Md Mamtaz Uddin ... |
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MPs to get Tk 15 crore each for development works
The MPs will get Tk crore per constituency for development works under a massive rural infrastructure development project worth Tk crore okayed Tuesday making a big stride in implementing this government's maiden budget br br It is one of development projects the Executive Commitee of the National Economic Council ECNEC ... |
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Indian Khasia fish in Jaintapur under BSF guard
A group of Indian Khasia indigenous people intruded into Bangladesh territory on boats and caught fish from the Dibir haor on Jaintapur borders under the protection of the Indian Border Security Force yesterday br br Showing utmost restraint BDR posted red flags in the area but the intruders continued fishing ... |
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Zia Uddan name signs dismantled: Back old name 'Chandrima’
Name signs at Zia Uddyan were dismantled on Saturday night The four-hour long demolition work started at pm A cabinet meeting last month decided to rename establishments across the country in many cases restoring names previously given by the last Awami League government which had been changed by the subsequent ... |
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Bangladesh Rifles Week-2010
Director General of Bangladesh Rifles BDR Major General Mainul Islam yesterday said that the border force had fought and overcome many of the difficulties it faced since the bloody mutiny erupted during Rifles Week a year ago br br The BDR director general was addressing the annual BDR Darbar yesterday ... |
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Tax-evasion case: Arrest warrants against Tarique, Koko, Patal
Two courts here on Monday issued arrest warrants against the two sons of ex-premier and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and also her party leader and ex-minister of state Fazlur Rahman Patal in three separate cases br br Both the sons of Khaleda Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko-are abroad for ... |
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21 workers killed at a Gazipur sweater factory
The fire which killed workers at a Gazipur sweater factory on Thursday night had spread fast and produced thick black smoke for acrylic yarn stored inside Firefighting officials said the smoke could not get out because the seven-storey building was poorly ventilated br br As the flames consumed oxygen from ... |
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Bangladesh to emerge from crisis with stronger growth: World Bank
Bangladesh will emerge from global economic crisis with stronger growth performances as these countries have sound economic policies the World Bank said in a recent report br br India Bangladesh and Bhutan are expected to emerge from the global crisis with stronger growth performances These three countries generally have sound ... |
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Renaming of ZIA airport to cost Taka 1400 crore
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Dhaka seen br after renaming on Monday br br The renaming of the Zia International Airport as Shah Jalal International Airport was performed on Monday by putting up printed banners on the entrance and departure sides of the main terminal building but the entire process of ... |
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Peelkhana (BDR) Mutiny trial starts today
The trial of the Peelkhana mutiny will start at Durbar Hall from today a year later since the BDR jawan at BDR's headquarters in the city took arms against their army officials killing scores and holding their families hostage br br A special court is due to convene from noon ... |
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Nation pays tributes to language martyrs
The nation is observing the Amar Ekushey February the International Mother Language Day on Sunday paying tributes to the language movement martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the mother tongue years ago br br Thousands of people from different strata of life are seen flocking to the Shaheed Minars across ... |
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2 indigenous men killed as troops open fire in Rangamati
At least two indigenous persons were killed and seven injured including an army man as the security forces opened fire on feuding indigenous people and Bengali settlers in remote Gongaram Mukh area of Baghaichhari upazila in Rangamati on Saturday br br However Parbatya Chattagram Janasanghati Samity PCJS a regional political ... |
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Build Bangladesh as knowledge-based, non-communal country: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged people of all strata to build Bangladesh as a knowledge-based liberal and non-communal country free from prejudice imbibed with the spirit of the language movement br br She also called upon the country s artists poets writers and other intellectuals to further advance ... |
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21 February - International Mother Language Day
International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO in November C br br On May the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution A RES called upon Member States to promote the preservation and protection of all languages ... |
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Shaheed Minar loses 6 trees for Ekushey celebration
Branches of six Palash trees on the Central Shaheed Minar premises in the city have been chopped off for ensuring easy telecast of the Language Movement Day programme in the early hours of February br br Visiting the spot yesterday afternoon this correspondent found the six trees standing without any ... |
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Dhaka-Delhi deal to build power grid, plant
A cross-border electricity grid will be constructed within two years officials said Friday after a daylong meeting discussing the details of cooperation between India and Bangladesh br br They signed two MoUs on power generation and distribution and agreed to install a km power grid br br Power secretary Abul ... |
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