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14,000 workers to lose jobs
Govt decides to shut 4 jute mills
The government has decided to shut down four state-owned jute mills and retrench 14,000 workers from 22 mills including these four as part of its three-year reform programme to revive the country's jute
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None allowed to visit Hasina
Tofail, Razzak meet acting AL chief
The jail authorities did not allow Sheikh Hasina's close relatives and lawyers to meet her at the special jail yesterday to discuss the Anti-Corruption Commission's notice for submitting her wealth statement.
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Market products in Lanka aggressively
Says SL minister to improve Dhaka-Colombo ties
Bangladesh will have to aggressively market its products in Sri Lanka and improve connectivity at the earliest to increase the paltry annual trade of $39 million, said Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Rohitha
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Khaleda demands Hasina's release
BNP leaders unaware of her statement
Setting a rare example, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday demanded immediate release of her arch political rival Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina, and regretted failure of the administration
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Buddha hair relic handed over to SL
Hair relics of Gautam Buddha were handed over to the representatives of Sri Lankan government at a festive ceremony at Chittagong Buddhist Monastery yesterday, marking a historic moment of sharing aninvaluable
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MCCI critical of monetary policy
Asks govt not to hike fertiliser, energy prices
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has criticised the central bank's recently announced monetary policy, saying it will push up inflation and lending rate.
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Panic leads to mass unconsciousness
Experts assert it is no disease; 77 more students fall sick
Following an on-the-spot investigation in Narsingdi, a team of psychiatrists again termed the mysterious illness of school students "psychogenic illness" in a large scale.
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Protests go on against arrest
Hartal in Rangpur today
Protest against the arrest of Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina and demand for her immediate release continued for the third consecutive day across the country yesterday.
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20 more top graft suspects getting ACC notice
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started serving notices on 20 more corruption suspects, including Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil, Sylhet Mayor Badruddin Ahmed Kamran, Rajshahi Mayor
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Due legal process will be followed in Sigma's case
Dhaka assures UN secy gen
The foreign ministry yesterday assured that the legal proceedings against the detained Sigma Huda, a UN Special Rapporteur and wife of former BNP minister Nazmul Huda, would follow due process.
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Deep-sea Port
Shipping ministry goes for Sonadia
The shipping ministry today places its recommendations to the advisers' committee on economic affairs for building the country's first deep-sea port at Sonadia island.
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4 JMB men arrested
Grenade shells, explosives seized
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) cadres and recovered 5kg power gel and 15 shells of high power hand grenade Tuesday night from Bajitpur of the district.
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5 of a family killed in gas cylinder blast
Five members of a family were killed and four others injured in a fire caused by a gas cylinder explosion at a tin-roofed bamboo made house at Jagannathpur upazila headquarters under Sunamganj district
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200 feared killed in Brazilian air crash
A Brazilian passenger jet skidded off the runway after landing and burst into flames at a Sao Paolo airport on Tuesday, leaving as many as 200 people feared dead in what would be Brazil's deadliest air
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17 troops among 34 killed in Pak battles
Suicide attack kills 15 at judge's rally
Pakistani soldiers yesterday fought fierce gun battles with militants after two separate ambushes near the Afghan border, leaving 17 troops dead and at least the same number of rebels, the army said.
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3 to die for '93 Mumbai bombings
An Indian anti-terror court yesterday sentenced to death three people convicted of involvement in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai in 1993 which killed 257 people, court officials said.
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Rejoinder
In response to an interview published in The Daily Star yesterday under the headline "Sircar might have to refund money, says Akbar Ali Khan on Tk 28 lakh medical bill", Speaker Jamiruddin Sircar hassaid
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