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Expats bear the brunt

Over 300 tonnes of goods, sent by about 5,000 Bangladeshi expatriates to their relatives, are rotting in warehouses of the Civil Aviation Authority Bangladesh (CAAB) at Chittagong’s Shah Amanat International Airport (CSAIA) for the past nine months. The goods have not been released yet because of an ongoing tussle between the Customs authorities and the C&F agents over warehouse charges and revenue. The revenue and warehouse charges were expected to be a maximum of Tk 1.5 crore, but they now stand at about Tk 10–12 crore, sources in the airport and CAAB said. The huge pile-up in CAAB warehouses has been caused by the suspension of clearance of consignments at the airport form November 2015 to February 2016 due to a tussle between…

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Identity of 5 attackers, chef confirmed thru’ DNA tests

The identities of five militants and one of their suspected associates, who were killed in a commando…

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News

Loading and unloading disrupted at Ctg port

Loading and unloading operations at Chittagong port and its 16 adjacent wharves have been affected, with workers of lighter vessels going on strike from Monday night. “All the loading and unloading activities at the outer anchorage have been suspended due to the strike,” said Chittagong…

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Metro

JnU students continue strike for dorm on jail land

Students of Jagannath University (JnU) will announce fresh programmes today afternoon if their demand for constructing residential halls for them on the empty land of Dhaka’s old central jail is not met by then, reports UNB. Rashedul Hasan, a 4th year student of the university, said this while…

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Editorial

Unsafe gas cylinders

It is very disconcerting to note that the state-owned company LP Gas Ltd is providing cooking gas to households, using about half of its total cylinders that are date-expired. In a country where we often hear about the gas cylinder explosions, especially on roads in gas-run vehicles and quite often…

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Op-ed

Some thoughts on World Humanitarian Day

The world observes August 19th as World Humanitarian Day commemorating the selfless sacrifices made by humanitarian workers and organisations for the distressed people across the globe in times of despair. The United Nations designated this as World Humanitarian Day in memory of the 22 UN and relief…

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Miscellaneous

Govt to recruit 10,000 nurses next month: Nasim

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday said the government would recruit around 10,000 nurses next month across the country, a release said, BSS reports. "Through appointing new nurses, people of the country would receive better services," he told Canadian High Commissioner…

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Business

Cafe attack aftershock hits Gulshan hotel business

Gulshan has always been considered one of Dhaka’s posh areas, but there has been a dramatic change after the militant attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1. One five-star hotel, and several hotels and restaurants are situated in Gulshan. It was essentially a residential area before, but…

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Worldwide

Turkey strikes IS as Syria border tensions flare

Turkey yesterday pounded Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria with new artillery strikes as expectations grew of a major Ankara-backed offensive against the jihadists after a deadly suicide bombing on its soil, reports AFP. With tensions flaring on the Turkey-Syria border following the bombing in the…

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Dhakalive

‘Damer Madar’ to be staged again today

Theatre troupe Natyam Repertory will stage yet another show of its first production ‘Damer Madar’ today at 7pm at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), in the capital’s Segun Bagicha area. The play is based on an ancient Bangla folk narrative. Folk narratives…

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Sports

ECB chief security’s concern internal travel safety

The fate of England’s tour of Bangladesh, due to start on the last day of next month, is expected to be decided this week and to hinge on the assessment report by the England and Wales Cricket Board’s chief security officer, Reg Dickason, reports The Telegraph, United Kingdom. Dickason flew…

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Nationwide

Call for ensuring rights of disabled people

RANGPUR: Socio-political and human rights of the persons with disabilities should be ensured for mainstreaming them in the society through accelerating their development, empowerment and establishing equal rights, reports BSS.The opinion came at a views-sharing meeting on ‘Sustainable Development…

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Dhaka caving in alarmingly as groundwater level falls

With the groundwater level continuing to fall in Dhaka, the land on which the capital city stands has been caving in over the years. This could result in buildings tilting and developing cracks, and putting around 17 million city dwellers at risk of dwindling supply of drinking water. There is a big…

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Panorama

Inside the dark world of Islamic State’s cadres of child soldiers

Among the darkest and most disturbing pieces of propaganda disseminated by the Islamic State’s (Isis’s) media machine are the slew of posed photos, hate-filled proclamations and grisly beheadings featuring children from Iraq, Syria and now Libya – the Caliphate Cubs. In their most…

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