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China keeps mum over Padma rail link funding

The government is facing a funds crisis to implement the Padma rail link project this fiscal year as the Chinese government is yet to respond to Dhaka’s request. Bangladesh had urged China to accord the utmost priority to the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project in the economic cooperation programme between the two countries, and accordingly arrange necessary funds for this project in 2017. According to sources in the railway ministry, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the finance minister wrote separate letters to China’s president Xi Jinping and commerce minister, requesting speedy funding for the project. Under such circumstances, the secretary of the rail ministry, Md. Firoz Salah Uddin, wrote to the planning secretary,…

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Indonesia urges ‘significant steps’ on Rohingya issue

Myanmar should take significant steps to achieve peace in Rakhine state, Indonesia’s foreign minister…

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Genocide or not, unacceptable no doubt, says UK envoy

The British, Canadian and Australian high commissioners in Dhaka have been left shaken by harrowing tales of violence and suffering they heard from Rohingya refugees in a registered camp in Kutupalong of Cox’s Bazar, UNB reports. The long-suffering Rohingya, once anointed “the most persecuted…

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Metro

Barisal Metropolitan Police suffers image crisis

The Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) is facing an image crisis after two cases were filed within 72 hours against four police officers, including the officer-in-charge of the Model Kotwali police station, for allegedly taking bribes amounting to Tk. 13 lakh. Confirming the development, BMP commissioner…

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Editorial

Gas crisis in Chittagong

Gas crisis has hit hard the people of Chittagong and the government’s relevant authorities have to take the sufferings caused by the ongoing crisis seriously. Day after day, people cannot go with extremely low pressure of gas in their burners. According to a report published in this newspaper…

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Op-ed

Reminiscences about the Liberation War

In the beginning of the Liberation War I was in Chittagong studying the Chittagong University. During my education career I was involved with journalism serving Daily Azadi as a reporter and university correspondent of national daily Ittefaq. I was also associated with Chittagong radio. On one of those…

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Business

Harassment of mobile phone subscribers goes on

Mobile phone operators are still offering unwanted package deals to the subscribers though the Post and Telecommunications Division had already asked them not to do so in a directive. When asked about this to a senior official of BTRC, he refused to comment, though one other official from BTRC said…

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Worldwide

Iranians march against Trump ‘threats

AFP, TEHRAN: Millions of Iranians marched on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution Friday in what the president described as a response to the new US administration and a rejection of “threatening language”. President Hassan Rouhani joined hundreds of thousands at an anniversary…

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Dhakalive

Russian Chekhov Studio mesmerise Dhakaties with their play

Chekhov Studio, a prominent theatre from Russia staged their popular theatrical production ‘Chekov O Gangchil’ (The Seagull) on the premises of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segun Bagicha in the capital on Thursday. Consists of four acts, the play ‘The Seagull’, which…

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Sports

Kohli keeps record breaking spree

For the last seven months, India skipper Virat Kohli has been hogging the headline for various positive reasons—from his disciplined life that resulted in his stunning fitness to his record-breaking spree, which now became the talk of the world cricket.When he ended the first day of the Hyderabad…

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Nationwide

No initiative yet to demolish illegal structures

No tangible initiative has been taken yet to demolish the 147 illegal structures that have been constructed on both banks of the Bhola canal in defiance of government orders and a High Court verdict. Thanks to the continuous grabbing of lands on both banks of the canal and construction of permanent…

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Wi-Fi facilities on public buses elude Dhaka commuters

With the number of hours that people need to spend as a result of traffic snarls increasing day by day, public buses are probably the best spots to have Wi-Fi facilities, but very few fruitful initiatives have so far been taken in the capital to cater to the digital requirements of commuters. The state-run…

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