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From buyer to builder

For the first time in the country, Bangladesh Navy is going to build six big frigates (naval warships) so as to become a self-reliant marine force in the region. The frigates would be constructed by its enterprise, the Chittagong Dry Dock Ltd (CDDL). In order to build the big warships, equipped with modern equipment and devices, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recently gave her approval in principle, sources in the Bangladesh Navy and CDDL said. CDDL expects to start the construction of the warships from the end of this year. It would likely to build the warships in cooperation with foreign warship-building companies under the joint venture (JV) system, the sources added. As part of the implementation of the Forces Goal 2030, the Navy will build…

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All eyes on Myanmar as maiden JWG meet begins tomorrow

The attention of the country appears to be focused on the first meeting of the Bangladesh-Myanmar joint…

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News

Myanmar army’s admission of killings a positive step: Suu Kyi

Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has welcomed an unprecedented army admission that security forces carried out extra-judicial killings of Rohingya Muslims as a "positive step", state-backed media reported yesterday. After months of staunch denials of abuse, the army on Wednesday…

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Metro

Thick fog disrupts flight, vessel operations in Ctg

CHITTAGONG: Dense fog and cold spell partially paralysed the life in Chittagong and its adjacent areas with massive disruption of air, water and road communications causing untold sufferings to thousand of people, reports BSS. Traffic control room of Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport (CSAIA)…

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Editorial

Illegal logging

According to media reports, complaints have been raised about local influential people running unlicensed sawmills near the forest of Charmontaj range in Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali district. It is well known that timber is a precious commodity in Bangladesh. High timber prices have made the timber…

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Op-ed

India’s medical sector saga

The New Year saw the covernment backtrack on more occasions than one: the significant being the national anthem and the National Medical Commission Bill. On the first, the Government stepped back voluntarily and on the second it was pushed. The “push” came close on the heels of the…

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Business

Building world-class vessels

The country’s shipyards ended 2017 with the slogan ‘Let’s turnaround’ and aimed to starts the New Year 2018 with a new motto, ‘Increase Productivity’. The emerging shipbuilding sector, which was struggling to survive from 2008 to 2016 due to a global and local economic…

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Worldwide

UK govt blames protests as Trump cancels London trip

LONDON: The British government blamed the threat of mass protests for President Donald Trump’s decision Friday to cancel a visit to London to open the new US embassy, and warned that criticism of the White House risked harming US-UK relations, reports AFP. Trump said he was abandoning next month’s…

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Dhakalive

Remembering ‘Natyacharya’ Selim Al Deen on 10th death anniv

Theatre troupe Swapnadal is set to stage ‘Hargaj’, a much-acclaimed play of Natyacharya Selim Al Deen, at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on the playwright’s 10th death anniversary today as part of a two-day commemorative festival. Swapnadal will bring out a procession from Old…

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Sports

Streak vows to give tough fight

Though Heath Streak describes Zimbabwe as underdog in the tri-angular series, he said that they have enough ammunition in the current contingent who can give tough fight against other cricket nations outside their home territory what they showed against Sri Lanka last year. But Streak also said that…

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Nationwide

Nomination seekers wooing voters for JS polls

There are five constituencies in eight Upazilas of Chandpur district. With the start of the new year, as the days of the coming poll are drawing nearer, the probable ruling party candidates for the coming national poll are becoming active. Some of them are gearing up their public and social contacts…

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PM bemoans losing of mother tongue

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it is not expected that the mother tongue will be lost under the 'stress of civilisation', reports UNB. "Time is changing and the civilisation is marching forward with the invention of new technologies. But, we never want the mother tongue to…

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