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25 Bangladeshi ministers, MPs complicit

December 2, 2011

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Judicial probe finds over 26,000 involved in 18,000 major crimes; govt to file cases if victims fear retaliation           This photo shows Purnima weeping as she tries to narrate her ordeal in a press briefing after she was gang-rapped on October 8, 2001. The state minister for home yesterday said out […]

Bangladeshi Economy in critical condition: Khaleda

December 2, 2011

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Slams govt for inefficiency, graft Projecting a bleak picture of the country’s economy, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday blamed inefficiency, corruption and mismanagement of the government for the situation. “The economy is in deep crisis. An anarchic situation has been created in the macro-economic management but there is no visible initiative to overcome this situation,” […]

Meeting on stockmarket under way

November 20, 2011

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Stakeholders are in a meeting Sunday evening to discuss a proposed package to rejuvenate the country’s trouble-torn stockmarket. The meeting began around 7:00pm at the capital’s National Economic Council with Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair. The meeting will hold discussions on bringing normalcy in the market and facilitating the affected investors to recover […]

War crimes trial to free nation from stigma: PM

November 20, 2011

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  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought cooperation of all professionals in holding the trial of war criminals saying that it would free the nation from another stigma. “No area of the country was spared from their [war criminals] atrocities during the Liberation War in 1971 and the people of the country who were subjected […]

Accused Jubo League leader arrested

November 15, 2011

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Detectives in the capital last night arrested Narsingdi town unit Jubo League president Ashraf Hossain, an accused in the Lokman Hossain murder case. Ashraf is the first among the 14 accused killers to be arrested, more than two weeks after the sensational killing of the Narsingdi municipality mayor. He is the 11th accused in the […]

Bangladeshi Stock Market in free fall

November 15, 2011

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A steep fall in share prices continued for a third day yesterday, prompting the prime minister to call a maiden emergency meeting with market stakeholders today. The 4.67 percent fall at the close of trade at Dhaka Stock Exchange also set off protests by some retail investors in the busy financial hub of Motijheel. Sheikh […]

Nov 29 Cases will go to trial

November 15, 2011

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        The much-awaited trial in the 10-truck arms haul cases is finally set to get underway on November 29. A Chittagong court yesterday framed formal charges against 11 accused, including Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami and former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar in connection with the biggest-ever arms bust in the […]