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Army, Navy likely to implement projects

Army, Navy likely to 
implement projects
The government has approved a proposal to have the Chittagong-Dhaka oil pipeline built by the Army and the Pitolganj (near Kanchan bridge) to Kurmitola aviation depot pipeline by the Navy -- the two projects that will together cost Tk 2,700 crore. “We have already completed negotiations with the Navy and we hope the work will start very soon,” Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) director (operations and planning) Sayed Mohammad Mozammel Haque told The Independent. “We have been talking with the Army about the implementation of the Chittagong-Dhaka oil pipeline project. There are some issues to be solved before the project can be implemented,” he added. Last month, the Energy Division sent a summary to the Prime Minister…

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Rangamati landslide survivors return to ‘danger zones’
Rangamati landslide survivors return to ‘danger zones’
The survivors of the Rangamati landslides of June 13 have started returning to the hills to settle there…

China not to interfere 
in Myanmar issue

China not to interfere in Myanmar issue

China has reiterated its position over Myanmar saying that it does not want to interfere in its internal affairs, reports UNB. Deputy Head of the Chinese Communist Party's international department Guo Yezhou came up with the remarks as Beijing refused to condemn Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya…
No visible progress in probe even after 19 months

No visible progress in probe even after 19 months

COMILLA: Though 19 months have elapsed since the murder of Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu there has been no significant headway in the investigation of the gruesome murder, reports UNB. Family members and local elite expressed anger and frustration as the killers are yet to be indentified.…
Dhaka deluge

Dhaka deluge

The continuous downpour over the last few days has pushed much of the capital to ankle to waist-deep water, causing immense sufferings to the city dwellers. The manholes or potholes added to the sufferings as vehicles and pedestrians stumbled on them or fell over. People living in shanties are the worst…
The old order changeth . . .

The old order changeth . . .

The Taj Mahal controversy simply refuses to die down. If the BJP headed Uttar Pradesh government struck it off its tourism list, one of its legislators called it a blot on Indian culture. This is how it all began and later panned out. For starters, the state government knocked off the iconic Taj Mahal…
35 arrested, drugs seized in Satkhira

35 arrested, drugs seized in Satkhira

SATKHIRA: Police, in special drives from Friday night to yesterday morning, arrested 35 people including two drug traders and recovered 100-gram of hemp and yaba tablets from eight upazilas of the district, reports BSS. Sources with the district police said they were picked up from different areas of…
    ICT expo spotlights Bangladesh’s potential

    ICT expo spotlights Bangladesh’s potential

    ‘Bangladesh ICT EXPO 2017’ has just ended with the theme of ‘Make in Bangladesh’ and this expo had a unique platform to showcase the immense potential of the Bangladesh ICT industry, especially in the manufacturing segment of computer and ICT products and services. “This…
    Ceremony marks 75 years since key WWII Battle of El Alamein

    Ceremony marks 75 years since key WWII Battle of El Alamein

    EL ALAMEIN: Delegates from former foes gathered Saturday in the Egyptian town of El Alamein to mark 75 years since the pivotal WWII battle that saw the Allies turn the tables in North Africa, reports AFP. Officials from 35 nations paid their respects in a ceremony at a Commonwealth cemetery on Egypt's…
    Aranyak’s week-long Int’l Theatre Fest begins today

    Aranyak’s week-long Int’l Theatre Fest begins today

    Theatre troupe Aranyak Natyadal has organised a week-long international theatre festival titled ‘Pushpa O Mongal Utsab’ (Flower and Bliss International Theatre Festival) on the premises of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy to celebrate its 45th founding anniversary of the troupe. Featuring a…
    Mash to reach 50-match ODI captaincy

    Mash to reach 50-match ODI captaincy

    As Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will come out from the dressing room to toss along with South African captain Faf Du Plessis for the third ODI, he will become the only third Bangladeshi captain to lead the side in 50 matches. Habibul Bashar and Shakib Al Hasan were the only two captains of Bangladesh to toss…
    Preparations afoot to net hilsa

    Preparations afoot to net hilsa

    Bagerhat: Fishermen in coastal districts are preparing to net hilsa as the 22-day government ban on fishing the delicious fish comes to an end on Monday, reports UNB. Earlier, the government imposed a ban on catching, selling, hoarding and transportation of hilsa in different rivers for 22 days from…
    Dhaka property owners protest new holding tax

    Dhaka property owners protest new holding tax

    The Bangladesh House and Flat Owners Association (BHFOA) yesterday lodged its protest against the new holding tax which, it claimed, would impose an excess burden on Dhaka residents, as the government has increased the tax by 700 per cent to 900 per cent after 26 years. BHFOA leaders argued that the…
    Why Norway is teaching travellers to travel

    Why Norway is teaching travellers to travel

    We reached Trolltunga after seven hours, 13.5km and 1,000m of elevation gain. The fog rolled in as a line of 35 people waited to take their picture on the iconic cliff. Translating to ‘Troll’s Tongue’, Trolltunga juts out of a steep mountainside 700m above Lake Ringedalsvatnet near…
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