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BD wants China, Russia, India, Japan to help resolve Rohingya crisis: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday Bangladesh expects China, Russia, India and Japan to play a major role in resolving the Rohingya crisis, reports UNB."We expect China, Russia, India and Japan to play a major role in resolving the crisis," she said.The Prime Minister said this while the visiting...

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DSE submits revised proposal to BSEC

Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) formally submitted the revised proposal of Chinese consortium, a proposed strategic partner of the premier bourse, to Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Monday.The proposal was submitted after taking shareholders' approval to the share sale agreement at an extra-ordinary general meeting (EGM) held at a city...

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DMTCL inks two deals on metro rail project

State-owned Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) has signed two separate deals worth around Tk 40 billion on package 5 and 6 of the much-hyped metro rail project. Under the two deals, a total of seven metro rail stations and an 8.1-kilometre viaduct will be constructed from Agargaon to Motijheel...

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JS polls schedule in October: EC

The schedule for the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election will be announced in October next, Election Commissioner (EC) Md Rafiqul Islam said, report agencies. He came up with the remark at a press conference on delimitation of JS seats at Nirbachan Bhaban in Agargaon in the city.The Election Commission has...

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Agro processors demand separate ministry

The country's agro processors on Monday demanded a separate ministry for the agro processing sector to make it a major export earning source in next one decade.They urged the government for infrastructural development to minimise post-harvest loss, which is 32-40 per cent in the country and worth Tk 200 billion...

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Plastics in the oceans -- new planetary crisis!

For quite some time, plastics in the oceans have been in the forefront of environmental discussions. The matter has even been dubbed as yet another planetary crisis. Truly, it merits being so.Plastics have become an unavoidable part of our living today. There has been an exponential increase in production and...

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Poland eyes B’desh for construction workers

Polish businesses are turning to Bangladesh for construction workers to fill vacancies in trades such as building, welding and lorry driving.Poland's economic growth is being threatened by the mass exodus of workers to Germany and the UK, experts warn, according to reports by www.theweek.co.uk and AFP. According to Sky News,...

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Cops find woman, two daughters dead in city

Police have found the bodies of a woman and her two minor daughters at their home in city's Mirpur, reports bdnews24.com.Darussalam Police Station OC Selimuzzaman told the news agency he heard about the incident and sent a team to the house near Mirpur Bangla College.Another police official at the scene...

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Commuters facing difficulties in crossing

Commuters facing difficulties in crossing Shaheed Captain Mansur Ali Sarani in the capital, as a spell of storm uprooted many large trees on Monday morning — FE Photo

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