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Flood Impact
Donors fear food price hike, GDP fall
Their assistance to depend on magnitude of loss
International donors yesterday expressed concern over the likely rise of already high food prices caused by the ongoing flood in the country, which might bring down current fiscal year's estimated GDP
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Rampant graft eats away golden fibre
3 more jute mills stare at closure as BJMC staff, CBA dons make fortune; donors' reform prescriptions fail to revitalise the sector
Years of financial malpractices by a band of corrupt BJMC officials and CBA leaders paved the way for the shutdown of state-owned Peoples Jute Mills Ltd and brought three others on the verge of closure.
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Flood victims cry for food, medicine
An elderly woman approached this correspondent from behind and grabbed him by his wrist as he was finishing off talking with a family in a flood shelter at Razarbagh Adarsha Binodini High School.
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Hasina's Appeals
HC adjourns hearings in all 3 graft cases till Aug 21
The High Court (HC) yesterday adjourned till August 21 hearing of three appeals by detained former prime minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina for quashing three graft cases against her in connection
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Khaleda wants to visit flood-hit areas, but govt won't allow
Adviser cites "lack of security"
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has decided to visit the flood-affected areas in Tangail and Sirajganj on Saturday but Food and Disaster Management Adviser Tapan Chowdhury yesterday said she will not be allowed
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UN, EU ready to help flood victims
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep sorrow at the loss of hundreds of lives and sufferings of tens of millions by floods in South Asia, including Bangladesh, and reaffirmed the readiness
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CA pledges to tackle waterlogging in DND area
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday said the government will take necessary steps to tackle flood and solve waterlogging problem in the eastern part of the capital, including the DND embankment
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Property of Abbas' wife to be attached
A Dhaka court yesterday issued an order to attach moveable and immovable properties of Afroza Abbas, wife of detained former housing and public works minister Mirza Abbas.
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Student boom at DU
Unplanned admission chokes academic activities, accommodation and transportation
A number of additional students are getting admission at Dhaka University each year thanks to the loopholes in the rules of the general admission committee that supervises the admission process.
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Laptop Supply
Bidder questions transparency, EC denies allegation
A bidder has questioned the transparency in the evaluation process of a tender for supplying 8,000 laptops to the Election Commission for simultaneously preparing a voter list with photographs and national
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Bangabandhu Murder Case
Hearing rolls into third day today
On the second day of the resumed hearing of Bangabandhu murder case at the Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) yesterday, the counsel of a convict condemned for death continued reading out the High
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AL in dilemma over flood relief activities
The Awami League (AL) leaders are in a dilemma over helping the flood victims by the party, as due to ban on indoor politics they cannot organise the party men to make any coordinated plans for floodrelief.
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Discussions on Aug 15 might not be allowed
Discussions will not be allowed during August 15 programmes commemorating the 32nd death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, as there is a state of emergency
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US airstrikes kill 32 in Sadr City
Iraq slaps 3-day driving ban on capital
A US-led raid and airstrike targeting networks allegedly smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran killed 32 suspected militants yesterday in Baghdad's Shia stronghold of Sadr City, the military said.
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Koreas hold 2nd summit Aug 28
The two Koreas announced yesterday that their leaders will hold a second inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang Aug 28-30 to promote peace and cooperation on the peninsula.
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Airlines sue FBI, CIA over 9/11
Airlines and aviation-related companies sued the CIA and the FBI on Tuesday, asking a federal court to let them interview investigators who can tell whether the aviation industry was to blame for theSept
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