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Water bodies a must: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked city planners to keep spaces for adequate water bodies and reservoirs for new townships for environmental reasons and combating disasters like outbreak of fire, reports BSS. “Whenever any new township would be built, there should be enough water bodies and reservoirs so water is available in case of any fire incident,” she told a meeting relating to planning on the newly-established Mymensingh division at her office yesterday morning. The premier said the planners must keep in mind the issues of water logging and healthy environment while sketching their blueprints. Sheikh Hasina said she already issued specific and identical directives to authorities concerned in establishing countrywide…

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Govt mulls Indian participation

A high-powered Indian technical team is likely to visit Bangladesh towards the end of this month to…

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News

Ischenko and Romashina crowned again

Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina of Russia successfully defended their Olympic title in the synchronised swimming duets event on Tuesday, report agencies from RIO De Janeioro. The duo continued Russia's unbroken streak of gold medals in the event since the country first participated in it…

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Metro

Three BTCL officials caught red handed while taking bribe

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday in a drive at Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited’s (BTCL) Nandankanon office caught two officials red handed while taking bribe and recovered Tk20, 000 from their procession. Later ACC held another officer of the same office in…

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Editorial

Removing illegal structures from Karnaphuli bank

Strange things happen in Bangladesh. Not one, two, three or even a dozen structures, more than 2,181 of them were built in the banks of the Karnaphuli river in Chittagong illegally, according to a report published in this newspaper yesterday. Yet no official action was taken to stop building of or demolish…

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Op-ed

Health Development Surcharge in Bangladesh

The Health Development Surcharge (HDS) is a type of tax which is used on the import and production level of products like tobacco, alcohol which are considered harmful for public health. Such taxes are also known as ‘Sin Tax’ as well and mostly imposed on reducing the usage of harmful products…

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Miscellaneous

Sheep wool brings success in shawl, blanket production

Huge production of Sheep wool is bringing success in the production of various winter clothes including shawl, blanket and doormat, reports BSS. The information came from a inter-ministerial meeting of Fisheries and Livestock Ministry which said Bangladesh is now producing 3,060 tones sheep wools every…

Bumper jute production expected in Faridpur

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Business

BPC books record profits as international oil prices fall

The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), which has been in the red since 1999 due to soaring oil prices, has made staggering profits of Tk 7,050 crore in the outgoing fiscal year 2015–16. On the back of sliding global oil prices, this is a record profit that the state-owned corporation has…

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Worldwide

More than 82,000 flee California wildfire

AFP, LOS ANGELES: A rapidly spreading fire raging east of Los Angeles forced the evacuation of more than 82,000 people Tuesday as the governor of California declared a state of emergency. Despite the efforts of 1,250 firefighters with more on the way, none of the inferno was contained as of late Tuesday,…

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Dhakalive

Remembering the legend through three-day festival

Marking the 67th birth anniversary of Natyacharya Selim Al Deen today, theatre troupe Dhaka Theatre and Swapnadal are holding two separate three-day festivals on the premises of the Bangladesh Shilapakala Academy (BSA) in the capital’s Segun Bagicha area. The celebration will begin today…

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Sports

Abahani fail to beat 10-man Brothers

Mighty Abahani Limited fumbled once again to earn full points when they share points with a 1-man Brothers Union in a 1-1 drawn game of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Rafique Uddin Stadium in Mymensingh. After the draw, Abahani managed nine points from five outings with three draw and …

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Nationwide

Palm tree plantation gets underway in Sherpur

Sherpur: A massive palm tree plantation programme, aimed at holding on to the heritage of the tropical tree, has got underway in the district recently, reports UNB. The Department of Agricultural Expansion (DAE) has launched the palm tree plantation programme with its start in Nakla upazila. Sherpur…

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Foreign aid policy by Nov likely

Some 45 years after Independence, the government is formulating a national aid policy, which it is likely to be finalised in November, sources at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) of the finance ministry have said. The ERD had set a target to finalise the policy by June this year but failed due…

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Panorama

Will it answer in November?

In 2006, there were the May Day marches. In 2010, the Dream Act failed. In 2012, the president implemented deferred action for undocumented childhood arrivals. In 2013, the Senate passed immigration reform legislation. That legislation went nowhere ― so in 2014, the president announced deferred action…

The cave dwellers of southern Spain

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