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Power crisis deepens with onset of summer
Power supply situation has worsened across the country with the onset of summer although power generation this season is 200-500MW more than that during the same period last year...[ + ]
Intense heat makes
life miserable
Many suffer from heat-related diseases, situation to worsen in few days
The ongoing intense summer heat is causing various illnesses like heatstroke, dehydration, diarrhoea, and pneumonia, hospital sources said...[ + ]
No move to resolve CHT voters’ roll complexities
The Election Commission is yet to make any move to resolve the long-standing legal complexities over preparation of a separate voters’ roll for election to the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council and three hill district councils...[ + ]
Dhaka to list items for duty-free access promised by Indian PM
A month after the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, announced to offer duty-free market access for products of its poorer SAARC neighbours, Dhaka has now decided to complete a ‘technical exercise’ of making a permissible list of items for export to India...[ + ]
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Most govt offices reluctant to cut power consumption
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Fresh move on for hiking power tariffs
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People resort to IPS to cope with outages, summer heat
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Commonwealth secretary general unconvinced of 18-month polls timeline
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National Tagore song festival begins
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Army chief to visit New Delhi: Indian media
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Blair’s Labour Party suffers losses in British local polls
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Suspects grilled intensively over railway bombings
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AL seeks govt permission to receive Hasina at ZIA
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Borat’s in, Bush is out: Time magazine
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Four die after jumping off launch into Buriganga
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Police to press charges in Ramna bombing case soon
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Low over Bay turns into depression
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Benazir Bhutto urges Musharraf to quit army
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Hostage killed in foiled plane hijacking in Cuba
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Aide to Hasina held
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Alternative energy source is a must, says Tapan
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Overseas callers suffer due to delay in opening up VoIP
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Asia has few plans yet to deal with rising seas
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Redwan’s moveable property attached
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Minor girl injured in Naogaon bomb blast
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BSF returns bodies of 2 Bangladeshis
Growing confidence of investors pulls DSE
Growing investors’ confidence pushed up stock prices and average turnover significantly on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in the last week. Amid a rally, market capitalisation on the prime bourse on Thursday crossed Tk 40,000 crore mark, the highest ever at the country’s stock market...[ + ]
Heat wave boosts sales of electrical appliances
The heat wave and power supply disruption have boosted sales of cooling and luminous electronic equipment including air conditioner and instant power supply devices in the market...[ + ]
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GP posts 33pc revenue growth
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Australia’s central bank cuts inflation forecast
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Murdoch says to keep WSJ independent
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Rosneft buys Yukos assets in Siberia for $6.8 billion
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Australia trade deficit blows out to $1.3b
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