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$13m US grants to Yunus under FBI scanner

Hillary Clinton’s Department of State awarded at least $13 million in grants, contracts and loans to her longtime friend and Clinton Foundation donor Muhammad Yunus, despite his being ousted in 2011 as managing director of the Bangladesh-based Grameen Bank amid charges of corruption, according to an investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The tax funds were given to Yunus through 18 separate U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) award transactions listed by the federal contracting site USAspending.gov, said the US based news portal. They highlight how Clinton mixed official government business with Clinton Foundation donors. Yunus gave between $100,000 to $300,000 to the foundation, according to the Clinton Foundation…

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Wong returns $4.34m more

Casino junket operator Kim Wong has returned to the Philippines authorities another US$4.34m (200 million…

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News

75pc tobacco packets have no pictorial warning

Although it has been made mandatory to insert pictorial heath warnings on 50 percent areas of tobacco products, about 75 percent packets of tobacco products have no pictorial warning, says a new survey, reports UNB. The survey reveals 14 brands of bidi, covered under the study, is yet to introduce any…

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Metro

Heat wave, water crisis paralyse Barisal

Water crisis due to a severe hot spell in Barisal city for the last 15 days has paralysed normal life. Erratic power supply has intensified the sufferings of the people, especially the aged and children. The Barisal Met Office reported 36.5 degrees Celsius temperature in different parts of the city.…

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Editorial

Unpleasant UP elections

Over the years it has been observed that local government elections, particularly the Union Parishad elections were held–barring some isolated incidents–in a festive atmosphere. However, this time contrary to our expectations the first two phases of Union Parisad (UP) elections was marred…

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Op-ed

Institutional approach for compulsory compliance

Part-2 Sustainability also addresses how companies can attract motivated and engaged employees that work towards increasing business developments. Now a days it is becoming more important for the companies to strive to become more engaged in the areas where the leadership strives for ever-improving…

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Business

ECNEC approves Tk 18,035cr project

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved the first revision of the Dohazari–Ramu–Cox's Bazar and Ramu–Gundum (near Myanmar) single-line dual gauge rail track construction project, at an estimated cost of Tk 18,034.48 crore. The project…

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Worldwide

30 dead as Taliban attack rattles Kabul

At least 30 people were killed and hundreds wounded when a Taliban truck bomb tore through central Kabul and a fierce firefight broke out Tuesday, a week after the insurgents launched their annual spring offensive, reports AFP. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a densely crowded neighbourhood,…

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Dhakalive

Samina Nafies� solo exhibition at AFD

Artist Samina Nafies’ solo exhibition titled ‘Baishakh and Reinterpretation of Indigenous Art’ is currently on display at Galerie Zoom, Alliance Française de Dhaka in the city’s Dhanmondi area. The two-week exhibition has begun on April 12 and will continue till April…

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Sports

DPL clubs in dilemma with chucking issue

While the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) emphasises on to be harsh on bowlers with suspected action in the Dhaka Premier League (DPL), the clubs are yet to be ascertained which method would be applied to find out the chucking problems. They are due to get a clear picture on the ‘ever escalating’…

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Nationwide

18 including 6 cops hurt in pre-poll violence

At least 18 people including six policemen were injured in pre-poll violence over union parishad election campaign in Narail and Mymensingh districts yesterday and on Monday. In Narail, three police personnel including a Sub-Inspector were injured while trying to pacify the aggressive supporters of…

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Experts ask EC members to quit

Election experts yesterday said that members of the Election Commission (EC) should step down for their failure to check violence and irregularities in the ongoing union parishad (UP) polls. They also observed that the EC’ failure has proved that it is not possible to hold fair polls under party…

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Panorama

The really big one

The next full-margin rupture of the Cascadia subduction zone will spell the worst natural disaster in the history of the continent. Credit Illustration by Christoph Niemann; Map by Ziggymaj / Getty When the 2011 earthquake and tsunami struck Tohoku, Japan, Chris Goldfinger was two hundred miles away,…

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