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TK 116 crore spent on �faulty project

After spending TK 116 crore, and 6 years on the much-hyped Buriganga restoration project, the government has recently realised that the project is faulty. Consequently the concerned agency has decided to wrap-up the Tk. 944 crore project, started in April 2010. A summary in this regard has been prepared by the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), sources said. Sources in the Water Resources Ministry said Tk 116 crore, which has already been spent on the project, has gone to waste. Experts claimed that such projects are taken up without proper study only for misappropriation of public money. Of the 22 bridges of railways, roads and highways constituting the project, three will need reconstruction…

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Ctg Abahani lift trophy

Elita Kingsley blasted twice and set up another, as Chittagong Abahani Limited outplayed East Bengal…

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News

Teachers vow to resume agitation next month

Teachers from the primary to university levels have threatened to resume their movement from November to press for their demands on their pay structure. The teachers said they have given time to the government to fulfil their demands by this month, but no concrete steps have been taken so far in this…

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Metro

Owner untraced

Police yet to arrest owner of the Gharowa Restaurant in Motijheel Ariful Islam Shohel even after more than seventy two hours of the killing Riyad Hossain, 18, a worker of the restaurant. Family members of the victim alleged that Shohel is moving in broad day light after the killing and threatened to…

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Editorial

Bangladesh: Balancing between secularism and religion

“Remember Bangladesh is a young country and it is fighting hard to retain the spirit of secularism despite a looming threat from radical elements within the society and outside. So when you are reporting from there you should be sensitive.” This was the first thing a senior Bangladeshi official…

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Op-ed

West created ISIS : US General

General Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr., former Supreme Allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the war against Yugoslavia revealed recently on CNN that the Islamic State (ISIS) was “funded by our friends and allies in order to fight Hezbollah.” Clark stated…

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Business

NBR to go tough on errant traders

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to go tough on errant traders misusing the bonded warehouse facility offered to them in the name of their export oriented industries, and costing the government much needed revenue, reports UNB. A senior official of the Bond Commissionerate told the news…

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Worldwide

Mideast foes join key talks on Syria�s fate

AFP, VIENNA: Major powers, including arch-rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia who back opposing sides in Syria, met for the first time Friday in search of a political solution to the devastating war. Top diplomats from 17 countries, as well as the United Nations and the European Union, gathered in Vienna for…

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Dhakalive

Noor, Nasim, Ovi to celebrate birthday in own style today

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor, popular actor Ahsan Habib Nasim and entertainment reporter Ovi Mainuddin share the same birthday, which is today, and they will each spend the day in their own way. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will be spending a very busy day on his birthday…

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Sports

Nannu wants to produce more pacers

In a bid to strengthen the fast-bowling arsenal Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will soon arrange a pacer hunting programme after the end of the forthcoming home series against Zimbabwe. The bulk of the frontline fast-bowlers were sidelined with different injury problems. It is known that only…

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Nationwide

Fish worth Tk 95 lakh poisoned in 2 dists

Criminals poisoned fish worth about Tk 95 lakh in Jhenidah and Jamalpur districts over the past two days. In Jhendiah, criminals poisoned fish worth Tk3 lakh in a pond at Krishnapur village in Sadar upazila of Jhenidah on Thursday night. Police and locals said Taizul Islam, a union council member, had…

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Non-MPO teachers, staff begin fast unto death

Hundreds of teachers and employees undertook a fast unto death in front of the National Press Club yesterday, seeking listing of their institutions under the government’s Monthly Payment Order (MPO) programme. For the last four days, around three to four hundred teachers from non-government secondary…

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