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BTRC cancels GP-Sonali deal

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to cancel the contract between the largest mobile operator Grameenphone (GP) and state owned bank Sonali Bank Ltd. Under the contract, GP has been providing Sonali Bank with the Go Broadband services which according to BTRC, is illegal. In a meeting held on June 22, BTRC came up with the observation that GP was giving internet and telecommunication service to Sonali Bank through fixed connection through fiber optics cable violating its license contract with the BTRC, and the rules and regulation of the Telecommunication Act. The telecom regulator will also issue show cause notice to GP within the next one week. GP will be given 30 days for reply, informed the BTRC…

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Get devoted to nation’s welfare

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged her party leaders and activists to work with devotion…

UK decides in EU vote

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Bangladesh unlikely to extend contract with FireEye

Bangladesh's central bank is unlikely to extend the contract of U.S. cyber security firm FireEye to investigate the electronic theft of $81 million of its money, sources at the bank said on Wednesday, citing high costs as one of the factors: Streetinsider.com reports. The move comes as law enforcement…

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Metro

Nearly 1.17cr students getting stipend: Nahid

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said nearly 1.17 crore students at primary, secondary and higher education levels are getting stipend every year, reports BSS. “The government is costing approximately Taka 1900 crore each year to provide stipend facilities to 1.17 crore students,”…

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Editorial

Endangered species: We still have time

The recently published International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List says that 31 species have become extinct and the existences of some 390 are endangered in Bangladesh. The goal of the IUCN Red List is to provide information and analysis with regard to the status of, trends in, and…

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Op-ed

Olden days were not all golden

This is the lamentation heard by every generation in one form or another: What's the matter with kids today? The idea that the current generation is somehow deficient compared to those of the past (including ours, of course) echoes throughout history. Nowadays when some of our friends or acquaintances…

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Miscellaneous

Govt takes tough measures to curb secret killing: Tofail

Commerce Minister and Advisory Council Member of the ruling Awami League Tofail Ahmed yesterday said the government has taken tough measures to curb secret killings and militant attacks, reports BSS. “The militant attacks unleashed in the country would stop as the government has taken tough measures…

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Business

Thailand keen to help develop dairy sector

Thailand has formally proposed Bangladesh to provide cooperation for the development of the dairy sector as Bangladesh has 75 per cent shortage in terms of milk production, reports BSS. The proposal was formally placed to Bangladesh while Thailand's newly appointed envoy in Bangladesh Miss Panpimon…

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Worldwide

In Scotland, voters back EU with an eye on ‘Scoxit’

AFP, GLASGOW: In sunny Glasgow, many voters said they wanted Britain to stay in the European Union Thursday but were well aware that an overall Brexit result could lead to Scottish independence. “Being in the EU is an advantage for Scotland. It would be silly to leave,” said Gemma Rosaria,…

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Dhakalive

A special gift to Syed Abdul Hadi centring birthday, music career

Syed Abdul Hadi, one of the glittering stars in the sky of country’s music world, is spending 56th year of his music life. Besides, he is going to turn 75 on coming July. To honour his 56-year long music career and to celebrate his birthday in a special manner, eminent entertainment journalist…

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Sports

Arambagh get visa for final

A couple of goals from Kester Akon and Jafar Iqbal struck a sensational goal in the injury time which guaranteed Arambagh to get visa for the final of the Walton Federation Cup football tournament defeating Team BJMC by 3-1. Held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Arambagh came from a goal down to…

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Nationwide

Speakers call for patronising renewable energies

RAJSHAHI: All the government and non-government organisations concerned should come forward and patronise the sector of renewable energies for best uses of its existing potentialities, speakers at a public dialogue here said, reports BSS. They highlighted the enormous aspects of the sector in both rural…

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HC releases fine order

The High Court (HC) yesterday released its order that had, on June 16, asked 154 tannery owners, who are yet to relocate their ternaries from Hazaribagh to Savar according to its directive, to pay Tk. 50,000 per day each in compensation for damaging the environment. Advocate Manzill Murshid, counsel…

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Panorama

This Is Muhammad Ali’s Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — They flocked to Louisville from all over the world to pay last respects to Muhammad Ali a week after The Champ had died. A Nigerian from Venice Beach who spent a two-hour flight telling everyone around him how much Ali meant to him and the people of Africa. A woman from Ohio…

‘Contagious cancer cells are ‘widespread phenomenon’ in sea’

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