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PM instructs to weigh coal import options

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed officials to find out import options of coal to immediately mitigate the coal supply crisis created because of the mysterious disappearance of 1.42 lakh tonnes from the Barapukuria coal mine site. The shortage of coal has caused the shut down of the Barapukuria coal-fired 525MW thermal power plant, triggering power crisis in the nothern parts of the country. The prime minister gave the instruction yesterday at a meeting in her office. Senior officials from the power, energy and mineral resources were present at the meeting. Hasina asked for the formation of a high-powered committee from the Prime Minister Office (PMO) to investigate the disappearance of the large amount of coal from the Barapukria…

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Imran claims victory in Pakistan election

Pakistan cricket hero turned politician Imran Khan claimed victory Thursday in the country's tense…

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News

Joy opens labs, startup accelerator

Information and Communica-tion Technology (ICT) adviser to Prime Minister Sajeeb Wazed Joy yesterday inaugurated a startup accelerator and two specialized laboratories of Bangladesh Computer Council at ICT Tower in the city, reports UNB. Startup accelerator is fixed-term, cohort-based programs that…

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Metro

Charge-sheet in Sholakia blast case next week

The police is set to submit charge-sheet in the next week accusing five militants in the case over the suicidal bomb blasts near Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj in July, 2016, reports BSS. “We have already prepared the charge-sheet in the case over the blasts near Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj.…

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Editorial

Harnessing 5 g technology for swift prosperity

At a seminar in the city to unveil the super-fast 5 g Internet, speakers were unanimous in pointing out the potential of swift internet as a potent catalyst for notable social progress in Bangladesh. The current Internet situation in Bangladesh is overwhelmingly positive since compared to many other…

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Op-ed

Government servants are crucial for development

Government servants are a group of organized public servants employed for the overall administration of government. The first and foremost duty of govt. servant is to render service to common people in line of democracy. The attitude to serve the nation and its people is inevitable. Regarding…

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Business

Infozillion BD ready to launch MNP service after BTRC nod

Infozillion BD Teletech is only waiting for the green signal from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to launch the mobile number portability (MNP) service across the country. The managing director of Infozillion BD, Mabroor Hossain, told this to The Independent yesterday.…

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Worldwide

Form-45 puts a question mark on the Pak polls

ISLAMABAD: At the time of writing these lines, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is leading in the poll count and is expected to make government at the centre. The PTI may also form government in the largest provincial assembly of Punjab, reports Dawn. Though, all this may only happen with the support…

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Dhakalive

Tagore’s dance-drama ‘Shap Mochan’ on Shilpakala stage today

Pallavi Dance Centre is bringing Rabindranath Tagore’s popular dance-drama ‘Shap Mochan’ on the stage today evening at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in Segun Bagicha of the capital. The play will be staged as a part of a fundraising event titled ‘Utsho…

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Sports

Bangladesh stumble in final over as Windies level ODI series

AFP, PROVIDENCE (GUYANA): Shimron Hetmyer scored a superb century as Bangladesh stumbled in the final over to hand the West Indies a series-levelling victory in their one-day game here Wednesday. The hosts made it 1-1 in the best-of-three series after Bangladesh failed to score eight runs off their…

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Nationwide

Cattle traders gear up cow fattening ahead of Eid

Satkhira: Cattle traders in the district are now awfully busy fattening their cattle using harmful steroid in a bid to make quick buck during the Eid-ul-Azha, a festival when Muslims sacrifice millions of cattle across the country, reports UNB. Although the use of steroids and harmful drugs for fattening…

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Candidates go all out

Candidates of the three city corporation elections in Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet are making last-ditch efforts to bag votes, as two more days are left for campaigning to end. It's a no-holds barred contest between the Awami League (AL) and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). BNP candidates…

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