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WB decision on Padma Bridge funding after panel's review of FIR
Muhith hopeful of positive response
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The World Bank (WB) said Tuesday, it will give its decision on financing of the Padma Bridge project on the basis of assessment of the First Information Report (FIR), filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Monday, by its external panel of experts.
The WB statement came as Finance Minister AMA ...read more
Hartal passes off peacefully
Home Minister thanks organisers
The countrywide daylong hatral enforced by the left-leaning parties demanding a ban on communal politics, including that of Jamaat-Shibir, and ...read more
News Analysis
Apparel exporters need to seek right solutions
Shamsul Huq Zahid
The just concluded Batexpo, organized by the Bangladesh Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) in the ...read more
ECNEC okays Tk 219.85b metro rail project
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The government's highest economic policy-making body ECNEC Tuesday approved the much-awaited Tk 219.85 billion first metro-rail project for Dhaka ...read more
FIR transparent, correct
ACC chief claims
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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Tuesday formed a four-member probe team to find out more information about 'corruption conspiracy' relating ...read more
EDITORIAL
Abe to lead Japan in difficult times
Japan now looks forward to a new government to assume power to give shape to its policies on both economic ...read more
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SPORTS
Pioneer Football final today
The 81-team Dhaka South & North City Corporation 21st Pioneer (Under-16) Football League will conclude today (Wednesday) with the final ...read more
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Barricades were put up at different points of Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, as was in the case of many other busy roads across the city, during the daylong shutdown, called by some left-leaning parties Tuesday. — Banglanews24.comBNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam addressing the press conference at party's Nayapaltan central office in the city Tuesday. — Banglar Chokh Photo Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) brought out a procession in the city Tuesday supporting their dawn to dusk hartal. — FE Photo Some women activists of Bangladesh Jama'at-e-Islami including Mollah’s wife and ICS were produced in CMM Court Tuesday. — FE Photo Wasim AkramHOBART: Australian fast bowlers Mitchell Starc (L) and Peter Siddle (R) embrace after bowling Sri Lanka out on the final day of the first cricket Test match here Tuesday. — AFP PhotoA Pakistani mother mourns over her daughter, who was killed while on the job as a polio vaccination worker, at a hospital morgue following an attack by gunmen in Karachi Tuesday.Jacob Zuma INDIA : National Federation of Indian Women activists shout slogans during a protest following the gang-rape of a student in New Delhi Tuesday. Indian police December 17 arrested the driver of a bus after a student was gang-raped and thrown out of the vehicle, reports said, in an attack that has sparked fresh concern for women's safety in New Delhi. The attack sparked new calls for greater security for women in New Delhi, which registered 568 rapes in 2011 compared with 218 in India's financial capital Mumbai the same year — AFP Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmad addressing a press conference at Election Commission Secretariat in the city Tuesday on inclusion of about 7.0 million new voters in the voter list. — Banglar Chokh Photo Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman addressing the CSR Programme of First Security Islami Bank Ltd (FSIBL) as the chief guest at a city hotel Tuesday where the bank handed over donations worth about Tk 20 million in different sectors of the country. — FE PhotoChairman of Mercantile Bank Limited Md Abdul Jalil, MP, inaugurating the 84th branch of the bank as the chief guest at Haji A Aziz Super Market, Golakandail of Bhulta in Narayangonj Tuesday. Chairman of Executive Committee AKM Shaheed Reza, Director MS Ahsan, Managing Director & CEO (CC) Md Abdul Jalil Chowdhury and Deputy Managing Director of the bank Choudhury Moshtaq Ahmed were present on the occasion.Deputy Managing Directors of Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB), Quamrul Islam Chowdhury and Md Hashem Chowdhury inaugurating MTB Kamrangirchar branch on the branch premises Tuesday. Local elite, leaders of the local business associations, people from different strata and senior officials of MTB attended the programms. Senior Executive Vice President and Head of MTB Chittagong Division branches, Mohammad Ali Chowdhury was present.Chairman of the board of directors of Uttara Bank Limited Azharul Islam speaking at the budget conference-2013 in the city Monday. Managing Director & CEO Shaikh Abdul Aziz, additional managing director and deputy managing directors of the bank, among others, were present in the conference.Deputy Managing Director of Bank Asia Limited Aminul Islam poses for photograph with the participants of a training programme on anti-money laundering and combating terror financing at the bank's training institute in the city recently.Freedom Fighter & Cultural Personality Aly Zaker and Deputy Managing Director of Prime Bank Limited Quazi ASM Anisul Kabir distributing prizes among the winners at the prize giving ceremony of Prime Bank-NDDC 24th National Debate Competition in the city Monday.Mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited recently distributed sweaters among the underprivileged and poverty-stricken villagers of Kaluarchar, Char Joy Kumar and Kismat Chanai of Kurigram. From Robi Mohiuddin Babar, Vice President- CSR, Arif Uz Zaman, Rangpur Area Manager were present at the event along with Md. Mazharul Islam, UNO, Razarhat and Sadequl Haque, Chairman, Kaluarchar, Sinai.Brahmanbaria district administration brought out a rally on the occasion of International Migration Day-2012 sponsored by Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, Brahmanbaria branch Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Nur Muhammad Majumder attended, among others.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presiding over an ECNEC meeting at NEC Conference Centre in the city Tuesday. — PID PhotoGuests and participants pose for photograph at a workshop on 'Promoting Gender Equality and Preventing Violence against Women at Workplace' arranged by Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, Bangladesh in the city recently. A total of 30 participants from different departments and branches of the bank attended the workshop which was organised jointly by Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC and Bangladesh Employers' Federation in collaboration with International Labour Organisation, Dhaka.Country Head of Bank Alfalah Limited S A A Masrur handed over a cheque for Tk 0.3 million to Co-chairman of GLP Foundation Razia Currimbhoy in the city recently. The foundation is running two schools for underprivileged children in Dhaka where 400 students are getting quality education free of cost.ATR 72-600 Private Jets & Planes.ATHENS: A 35-year-old deaf woman sits on a metal sculpture at Athens central Omonia square, allegedly threatening to jump due to her economic situation Tuesday. The woman, reportedly mother of two, finally went down with the help of a fire brigade. — AFP PhotoCHINA: Doves are displayed for sale at a pigeon market in Beijing Tuesday. The market was once the city's largest until plans were announced to demolish the area to make way for an office development. Vendors, who pay around 0.4 Yuan ($ 0.06) per square metre, according to state media, offer a variety of pigeon-fancying paraphernalia and other animals including rabbits, dogs, and crickets. — AFP PhotoChairman of PRAN-RFL Group Lt. Col. (retd) Mahatabuddin Ahmed inaugurating the Best Buy outlet of the company at 1/1 Rankin Street, Wari in the city Tuesday. Among others, Director-RFL RN Paul and Chief Operating Officer (Best Buy) Nabanur Islam Khan were present on the occasion.HERAT, Afghanistan: A young Afghan vendor selling water pots here Tuesday. Afghanistan has been the top recipient of US aid over the past ten years, with some US$18.8 billion flowing from Washington to projects meant to stabilise the war-torn country and win "hearts and minds" from a stubborn insurgency. — AFP PhotoSREEMANGAL: A bone-chilling cold is prevailing in this terraced township over the week disrupting the normal life, particularly affecting the tea garden workhands. — Banglar ChokhGAZIPUR: Spewing black smoke from a brick kiln vitiating the environment of a densely populated area here in clear violation of all restrictions against such establishment. — Focus Bangla
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