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Hasan Jahid Tusher

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CTG Chemical Factory: Rules bent to favour errant contractor

A Chinese contractor fails to restart the country's lone state-run chemical factory in over four years, yet it finds no problems in getting its employer to deliver undue benefits.
13 November 2017, 18:00 PM
13 November 2017, 18:00 PM
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New gas field found in Bhola

Bapex has found a large gas reserve at Shahbazpur of Bhola.
23 October 2017, 18:00 PM
23 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Orphan sisters find a parent in Rangamati DC

Meem and Sumaiya, only 6 years and 18 months old respectively, lost their parents in the devastating landslide in a Rangamati town on June 13. But in the aftermath of the tragedy, they have found a guardian in Mohammad Manzurul Mannan, deputy commissioner of Rangamati.
22 August 2017, 18:00 PM
22 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Project nightmare

The government is incurring a loss of around Tk 5.65 crore every month as a 14-month project to reopen the country's lone state-owned chemical factory could not be implemented in more than four years. The loss has been nearly Tk 82 crore since May last year, when the Tk 115 crore project to restart Chittagong Chemical Complex (CCC) in Sitakunda was extended for the second time.
17 August 2017, 18:00 PM
17 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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A legacy worth remembering

Until yesterday, Mohammed Sumon was worried about how to move forward after losing six of his family members, including parents
16 August 2017, 18:00 PM
16 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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GOVT CRITICAL

Some senior ministers yesterday expressed strong disagreement with the Supreme Court over the restoration of Supreme Judicial Council for removal of SC judges on grounds of gross misconduct or incapacity. The SC in the full verdict in 16th constitutional amendment case said the provision of SJC has been reinstated following the cancellation of that amendment, which had empowered parliament to remove SC judges.
7 August 2017, 18:00 PM
7 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Save hills, save lives

Unplanned settlement, deforestation, lack of guidelines for constructions in the hill region, development interventions, and heavy
4 August 2017, 18:00 PM
4 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Ctg waterlogging becomes unbearable for city dwellers

A video captured recently on the Chittagong-Kaptai road shows a vivid picture of the present scenario of waterlogging in Chittagong as most of the areas under the Chittagong City Corporation are inundated, causing immense sufferings for the commuters every day.
25 July 2017, 12:19 PM
25 July 2017, 12:19 PM

Security beefed up around TV channels

In the wake of the latest militant attacks on a Gulshan restaurant and Sholakia Eidgah, security has been beefed up around different
9 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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Security tightened

Law enforcers have stepped up security in all important places and establishments in the capital, especially in the diplomatic zone, following Friday's terror attack.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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Dream highway stirs new hope

The four-lane Dhaka-Chittagong highway formally opens today amid high hopes that it would boost trade and make smoother road...
1 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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Focus on fast-track projects

The government has given top priority to eight fast-track mega projects in the upcoming budget, setting aside Tk 18,727 crore for them.
2 June 2016, 18:00 PM
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More burden on Bangladesh's state coffer

The government will have to spend more money from the public exchequer on the salaries and perks of the 222 public servants who got promotion over the last three days, but who will continue to do their same old job.
15 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Promotion for prestige

The latest round of promotion in the civil administration will hardly bring any dynamism in bureaucracy as most of the promoted
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Padma Bridge project: River training to be dearer

The cost of the Padma Bridge River Training Works (RTW) is likely to increase further as additional areas have been brought under the RTW beyond the original plan due to excessive erosion of the river banks.
3 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Bangladesh cabinet approves draft law to probe misconduct

The cabinet yesterday approved in principle a draft law specifying the procedures for investigation into allegations of misconduct or incapacity against a Supreme Court judge and the judge's removal by the Jatiya Sangsad.
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Do not let renovations alter historic sites' originality

Stating that the authorities concerned have been destroying the original state of historical sites during renovations, Prime Minister
18 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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50pc cost hike for delayed start

The first-ever fast bus lane designed to run from Dhaka airport to Gazipur will be at least 50 percent costlier with the construction expected to begin in June, four years after the government took up the project.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Game on '71 war out on March 26

A group of girls have been kidnapped by the Pakistani occupation forces and are held hostage at a torture camp, four kilometres off from Shanir-char in Barisal, a strategically important Pakistani outpost. Shamsu Bahini, a group of five desperados and commandoes guerrillas who reclaimed the Char from the Pakistani's grip move to rescue their sisters.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Comments on CJ embarrassed govt

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government was “embarrassed” by the comments of two ministers about Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Move to stop malpractice

The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the Public Procurement (4th Amendment) Act-2016, incorporating a provision for bidders not to quote a price 10 percent lower or higher than the official estimated price of a public procurement tender.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Serving the orphans

Faridul Islam Farid would not want others to suffer what he went through.
12 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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15 lakh to get job in 3 years

The cabinet yesterday approved a draft deal to allow Bangladeshi private recruiting agents to send workers to Malaysia following the failure of the government-to-government (G2G) labour recruitment system.
8 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Civil bureaucracy plagued by in-situ

The government move to promote around 300 officials would see a further rise in the number of in-situ officials in the civil
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Promotion for commotion

The already top-heavy civil bureaucracy is set to get even heavier, as the government is going for another mass promotion to the ranks of additional, joint and deputy secretaries amid allegations of lobbying and nepotism over promotions.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Inter-cadre discrepancies to be removed

To appease the agitating officials of different cadres of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), the government has initiated a process to reform the organisational structures of the services to introduce "a permanent system" for promotions.
28 January 2016, 21:25 PM
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina talks on ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

PM intervenes to end row

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the secretaries concerned to examine the new pay scale's "discriminatory provisions" concerning different sections of professionals, including university teachers, and take steps accordingly.
4 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Heavy defeat despite heavy ballot-stuffing

He moved heaven and earth to win it.
30 December 2015, 18:00 PM

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