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Foreign funding ebb affects dozens of dev projects

Foreign-aid flow into Bangladesh is affected particularly for a 'wait-and-see' stance of some major Asian development partners over the post-uprising interim administration in the country, when it needs much to recharge forex reserves. Officials have said the eastern development financiers going slow on funding during the rule of the interim...

Five of a family die as bus hits car at toll plaza on Mawa Expressway

MUNSHIGANJ, Dec 27 (UNB): Five members of a family were killed on Friday when their private car was fatally hit from behind by a speeding bus at Dhaleswari Toll Plaza on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway, Fire Service officials said.The deceased - Sohan Mia, his wife Anamika Aktar, their son Emi, Anamika's mother...

Investigation panel inspects secretariat fire scene

Members of the committee entrusted with investigating the cause of the fire incident in Building No. 7 of the Bangladesh Secretariat on Friday inspected the affected building. "We have inspected building 7. We have started our investigation work," chief of the committee Nasimul Gani, also senior secretary of the home...

Reform, election preparation to go simultaneously: CA

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus suggests minimum voter age should be 17 as he called for all to join the post-uprising reform drive preparatory to the next polls. "To give their (youth) opinion on their own future, I think the voting age for them should be fixed at 17 years,"...

India announces 7-day mourning for Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 92, report agencies.India announced seven days of state mourning on Friday. "As a mark of respect for the departed dignitary, it has been decided that seven days of...

JICA's approval delay slows down implementation

The Roads and Highways Department's (RHD) work on the Matarbari Port Development Project is facing an inordinate delay as the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is taking "excessive" time to approve various processes, officials have said.The Japanese government is funding the project through JICA alongside the government of Bangladesh. A...