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Flood approaches Dhaka
Rivers around the city swell further
Floodwater is approaching the eastern fringe of the capital as water levels of all major rivers surrounding the city continue to rise.
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Tax Evasion Case
Bashundhara chief's properties attached
Police yesterday attached the movable and immovable properties of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan alias Shah Alam and his family and sealed their Gulshan house following a court ruling issued
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Coal Mining
Germany shows the way
While many fear that open pit coal mining will inflict disasters on a densely populated and agro-based country like Bangladesh, Germany's coalmines demonstrate that intelligent mining can protect allinterests
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Manpower export spawns Tk 4,000cr hundi business
Recruiting agencies are smuggling around Tk 4,000 crore every year to the manpower receiving countries, especially in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, in absence of an authorised business mechanism.
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Khaleda may sue NBR on tax issue
Writ petition likely today challenging ACC notice to Hasina
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia may sue the National Board of Revenue (NBR) if it ultimately declines to accept the tax on undeclared money.
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CPD Expert Group Consultation on Flood
Need for improved govt coordination
There is an urgent need for enhancing the government's concern about the unfolding flood in the country, according to an expert group consultation organised yesterday by the non-government think tankCentre
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CA seeks private help in relief opeation
Welcoming private initiatives, Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday said the government has no reservation about private-level relief operations for the flood victims.
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Army chief asks all to help flood victims
Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed yesterday urged all, irrespective of party and opinion, to come forward in aid of the flood victims. "Bangladesh is now under water.
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Deluge damages 75 embankments
Seventy-five flood control embankments across the country have been damaged by raging floodwaters so far, contributing to the worsening flood situation, Water Development Board (WDB) sources said.
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Phuket scraps hajj deal with Biman
Private Thai airlines Phuket Air has cancelled its agreement with Biman Bangladesh Airlines for leasing out aircraft to the national flag carrier for carrying hajj pilgrims, Biman sources said yesterday.
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Sister claims Sigma Huda seriously ill
Sigma Huda, detained wife of former minister Nazmul Huda, is suffering from serious ailments, according to her sister Khushi Kabir, who yesterday differed with a statement made by the jail authorities
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Hasina wants to be with her ailing husband
Applies for permission
Detained former prime minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina last night applied to the government for allowing her to attend to her ailing husband.
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They were not loan defaulters
Two farmers, released on orders of Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed last Monday following media reports that they were held on charges of defaulting on Tk 319 loan, were in fact arrested for assaultinga
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Rajuk, Rangs differ on extent of demolition
The task for demolishing the top 16 floors of Rangs Bhaban at Bijoy Sarani in the capital went on in full swing on the second day yesterday although Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) is yet to finalise
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Suicide car bomb kills 9 in Pakistan
14 others die in shootout
A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb at a busy bus station in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least nine people and wounding 35 others, officials said.
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