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Dhaka, Saturday May 10 2008

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INSIDE

WORLD

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SUPPLEMENT

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Interest payments set to emerge as top revenue expenditure in FY ’09

Shakhawat Hossain
Interest payment is set to emerge as the single largest revenue expenditure in the upcoming fiscal... read more>>

Home loan scheme draws poor response

The much-hyped home loan scheme of Bangladesh Bank has so far received a lukewarm response, prompting the central... read more>>

BB turns down yet another BPC request for fund

S M Jahangir
The central bank has turned down again an Energy Division's request for providing a US$ 1.0-billion... read more>>

POLITICS & POLICIES

DU loses traditional academic character without DUCSU

Demands for holding elections of the Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) appears to be surfacing among the... read more>>




	Leaders of Awami Motor Chalok League presenting a bouquet of flowers to Awami League acting president Zillur Rahman at his residence in the city Friday. — FocusBangla

COMPANIES & FINANCE

Prices of edible oil continue to rise at city markets

FE Report
Prices of edible oil and poultry birds continued to rise at the city's retail markets during the... read more>>




	Pubali Bank Ltd Chairman Hafiz Ahmed Majumder inaugurating new premises of its Mohakhali Corporate Branch as the chief guest in the city recently.

SPORTS

Redmond gives New Zealand boost

Aaron Redmond provided some much-needed backbone to the New Zealand batting on the second day at The Rose... read more>>

Bangladesh face Kyrgyzstan in a must-win situation

Bangladesh will face an uphill task to ensure their AFC Challenge Cup's finals berth when they take on... read more>>

WORLD

Medvedev vows to preside over wider freedoms

Neil Buckley
FT Syndication Service
MOSCOW: Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's new president, hinted at a possible thaw after the increasing... read more>>

Hezbollah fighters impose control on Beirut

BEIRUT, May 9 (Reuters): Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah took control of the Muslim part of Beirut Friday, tightening its... read more>>

News Watch


	Suspended DMCH employee stabbed to death in city

	Houses develop cracks near Barapukuria Coalmine

LAST PAGE

World bracing for $200 a barrel in next few months

Seven habits that finance regulators must acquire

Obama picks up 3 superdelegates, union endorsement

BAIRA polls today

METRO/COUNTRY

Repair work of Meghna-Gomti Bridge soon

Extra 20,000 tonnes of hilsa to be produced in Barisal belt

Disaster management facing problem due to shortage of equipment, staff

Mushroom cultivation on commercial basis begins in CHT

EDITORIAL

Fall in Kuwait-bound workers' traffic

Free marketeers must fend off the statists

Two steps forward and three steps backward against poverty

Greeting and hospitality business

MARKET & COMMODITIES

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Competition pushes BTTB to revise pricing policy

Political opportunism and the caretaker government

Where are we heading ?

Women take the driving seat

Perils of multi-client public relations agencies

'You have to figure how to manage the process'

Genes give clue to lung cancer among smokers

How money brokers help Iranians to sidestep sanctions

Israel's pride and prejudice at 60

Medvedev takes over Putin's Russia

Afghanistan grows more volatile

Queen who wrote and reigned

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Shakhawat Hossain Interest payment is set to emerge as the single largest revenue expenditure in the upcoming fiscal... read more>>