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HC �seeks� defaulters� list

Taking a tough stance against tannery owners for missing several deadlines for shifting their tanneries to Savar Tannery Industrial City from Hazaribagh, the country’s apex court is now likely to issue summons against those who have failed to comply with the High Court order in this regard yet, industries ministry sources said. The latest deadline set by the High Court for shifting tanneries from Hazaribagh to Savar expired on June 30. Now, the government has said that tanneries that fail to relocate by December could face disconnection of their electricity and gas lines by the concerned departments. “We have received a letter from the High Court. The HC has sought a list of tannery owners who have not complied with the HC order…

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Police rank insignia to change

The police department has proposed changing the collar patch (gorget), peaked cap, beret blue, belt…

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News

Family planning for nat�l development stressed

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a post-rally discussion said collective effort has become an urgent need to make all the fertile couples adopt family planning for the sake of happy and prosperous Bangladesh, reports BSS. They viewed that there is no way, but to create public awareness about aspects of planned…

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Metro

Battery rickshaws stage a comeback

Despite a ban by the High Court, battery-run rickshaws, popularly known as ‘engine rickshaws,’ are again being run in some pockets of the capital. Just a little more than a year ago, engine rickshaws had flooded the city, but now they are operational in some areas of Mohakhali, Wireless…

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Editorial

Absence of Zakat in poverty alleviation strategies of Bangladesh

Notwithstanding bewildering advances in science and technology, explosion in the supply of consumer goods and higher standards of living enjoyed by ever greater number of people, global poverty remains roughly in the same formidable form. There are more people in planet earth today like never before…

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Op-ed

The scam linked to Shivraj Chouhan

Close on the heels of Union Minister Sushma Swaraj and Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje’s controversial links with Lalit Modi, wanted in India for economic offences, came Union Minister Smriti Irani’s conflicting claims on her educational qualifications. Now comes another blow: another Chief…

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Miscellaneous

�Reduced health, edn allocation may hinder development�

The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think tank, in its post-budget issue of monthly Bangladesh Economic Update reveals that declining allocation for health and education is likely to hinder the achievement of the country’s development targets, reports UNB. The UO in its…

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Business

Thriving Kunming

Kunming, the city of everlasting spring and capital of Yunnan in the south-western part of mainland China, is warming up to becoming an important destination of South and Southeast Asia. Sprawled over a swathe of green hills, adorned with necklaces of snow-white clouds, Kunming is adored as a city of…

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Worldwide

Typhoon swipes eastern China

AFP, SHANGHAI: Typhoon Chan-hom swiped eastern China yesterday, paralysing transport links and devastating farmland as authorities evacuated more than a million people, the government and state media said. The storm, which killed five people in the Philippines earlier in the week and injured more than…

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Dhakalive

Bibi Russell inaugurates PH Design Studio

Internationally acclaimed fashion designer Bibi Russell along with eminent photographer Chanchal Mahmud inaugurated a fashion house named PH Design Studio, owned by fashion designer Parveen Hussain. She attended the inaugural ceremony of the fashion house as the chief guest that took place on Friday…

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Sports

Papon motivates Tigers to regain form

As the team’s run of success in the one-day international cricket is at stake, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon met the players to motivate them ahead of the second match against South Africa. The president had a meeting with the players as well as the five-member…

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Nationwide

Heavy rains paralyse life in districts

Normal life of the people in Narail, Noakhali and Jhenidah districts has been seriously hampered due to incessant rain over the past four days. Our Narail correspondent reports: Narail town and its surrounding low lying areas have been inundated due to heavy downpour since Wednesday morning. Most of…

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Environmental activists want focus on �green� development

The 7th Five-Year Plan should concentrate on environment-friendly infrastructure development, climate change-resilient resource mobilisation and building skilled human resources, so as to reach the mark of middle-income country, suggest environmental activists. During a view exchange meeting titled…

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