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Budget Today
New dawn, new opportunities
The indicators could not have been any better for a budget year -- foreign exchange reserve is building fast, exports and remittances are robust and the manufacturing sector doing well.

Mayor Minu lands in jail on surrender
Lobi, Quader, Mamun remanded
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) Mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu was sent to jail after he surrendered before a Rajshahi court while former BNP lawmaker Ali Asgar Lobi, former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Obaidul

Hasina challenges wealth claim
Denying the propaganda of possessing hundreds of crores of taka, Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday threw a challenge saying that she would hand over all the money if anyone can prove

WorldTel Deal
Guns turn to Babar
Detained former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, who already made newspaper headlines by revealing startling information about his and his cohorts' corruption in the past five years, is nowfacing

EU Troika for early polls, lifting of ban on indoor politics
The visiting European Union (EU) Troika team yesterday said it wants general elections and withdrawal of the ban on indoor politics at the earliest as it feels that government ambitions for quality in

SoE liabilities much bigger than claimed
The finance ministry has detected that the liabilities of the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) was much larger than what they showed.

EC Decision
Political parties can't have overseas units
Political parties will not be allowed to have overseas units if they intend to be registered with the Election Commission.

Troublesome road...

CA for DCs' active role in curbing graft
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) to work together to give institutional shape to all reforms and positive outcomes of the present caretaker government so that

DU Scandal
4 teachers asked to skip exam process
First class of three students cancelled
Dhaka University (DU) Syndicate on Tuesday put an end to the master's degree result scandal of the political science department by asking four teachers including the examination committee chairman not

Attack on UK Envoy
HuJi boss Hannan, 5 others to be charged
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is likely to submit charge sheet next week against six people, including Harkatul Jihad (HuJi) leader Mufti Abdul Hannan, in connection with the case filedfor

Unlicensed chemicals...

DU cancels admission of 77 fake students
Dhaka University (DU) authorities have cancelled admission of 77 students who got admitted through fraudulent means.

Aug 21 Attacks
CID starts probe into case against Khaleda, others
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday started investigating the case filed against former premier Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman, Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami and 25 others for the

Re-commissioning of Navy frigate Bangabandhu on June 14
The Tk 500 crore state-of-the art frigate of Bangladesh Navy will be re-commissioned on June 14 after more than five years.

Verdict of graft case against Mamun today
A special court dealing with graft cases will today deliver the verdict of a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against Giasuddin Al Mamun, a close friend and business partner of Tarique

German president seeks advice from Prof Yunus on cutting poverty
German President Horst Köhler has sought advice from micro-credit guru Prof Muhammad Yunus on what the industrialised countries should do on reduction of poverty, globalisation, trade, climate changeand

Explosives chemical seized
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested two people and seized huge amounts of chemical from a factory at Armanitola of Kotwali in the city.

Berserk sweepers...

Only 50 respond to Biman offer for voluntary retirement
The Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) offered to the Biman officials and employees has received a lukewarm response, with only 50 officials responding to it in the last two days.

No banner business this time
Banner artist Bachchu Mia at Nilkhet used to write around 20 banners on the eve of national budget but this year he has not got a single work order. And this applies to all banner artists in the city.

6 killed as 2 buses collide in Savar
At least six people died and 30 others were injured as two passenger buses collided on the Dhaka-Aricha highway here yesterday evening.

German police battle anti-G8 protesters
German police fired water cannon against demonstrators who tried to fight their way to a security fence around the Group of Eight summit yesterday as thousands tried to block roads.

350 opposition activists arrested ahead of anti-Musharraf rally
Pakistani police have detained around 350 opposition party activists in the latest attempt to muzzle criticism of embattled President Pervez Musharraf, officials said yesterday.

US, Japan aim for flexible measures on climate change
US President George W Bush said he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed yesterday to work together to create a "flexible" framework to combat climate change.