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Dhaka to gain from Silk Route initiative: study
It will be a problem, if it becomes India-centric connectivity
Bangladesh stands out to gain if it joins the initiatives to restore Silk Route through Asian Highway Network and develop sub-regional transport corridors such as Kakarvitta,Panitanki,Fulbari,Banglabandha road and Akhaura-Agartala rail link, says a study.(The New Age BD)
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Ministers, ruling MPs denounce Tipaimukh plan Want bilateral talks
A parliamentary delegation, which will be assisted by leading water experts of the country,
Many Awami League lawmakers and cabinet ministers believe that the proposed dam at Tipaimukh across the Barak River might cause ecological disaster in downstream Bangladesh.(The New Age BD)
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Flood situation turns grave across country
Low laying areas in the districts of Netrokona, Sunamganj, Sylhet and Feni are experiencing flash flood
Thousands of people on the north and north-eastern part of the country have been marooned due to the ongoing flash-flood situation. In those areas hundreds of households were washed away by flood water causing miseries for scores of people.(The Independent )
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Lawlessness rules Dhaka city streets
10,00,000 motorised and non-motorised vehicles plying the city roads, lanes and by-lanes.
Lack of proper enforcement of traffic laws and the road users� reluctance to go by the rules put Dhaka�s streets in a state of total chaos, making the commuters� life miserable on weekdays.(The New Age BD)
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Alleged Hasina , Khaleda Poisioning Attempt
AL, BNP want investigation
The central leadership of the Awami League and its associate bodies as well as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have demanded a probe into the serving of �poisoned food� to the two top leaders of the country, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia.(The New Age BD)
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This government is product of foreign engineered conspiracy : Dr. Musharraf
Army being crippled as part of the plot, he says
BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Khandoker Musharraf Hossain has alleged a conspiracy is going on to cripple the army and thus destroy the country.(The BD Today )
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Private healthcare booms at poor's expense
It also shows that the annual expenditure of these establishments have soared by a staggering 15 times to Tk. 74.7 billion
Private healthcare has boomed over the last decade as commercially-run hospitals, clinics and pathological laboratories mushroomed in urban centers on soaring treatment costs in the name of better care.(The Financial Express)
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Flashflood grips low-lying areas
Thousands marooned in 4 districts as rain-fed rivers swell
Heavy downpour triggered flash flood in low-lying areas of several districts including Netrakona, Sunamganj, Sylhet and Feni yesterday leaving thousands of people marooned.
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CDD becomes model for poverty alleviation
It has reached over 190,000 poor households, and mobilized them into 14,274 small Jibikayan Groups that engage in savings and internal-lending
Nearly 6,000 families in the country’s two impoverished districts—Jamalpur and Gaibandha—came out of extreme poverty in just nine months with support from a pilot programme modeled on Community Driven Development (CDD) approach, reports UNB.
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Diplomat Excels over Environmentalists and Water Scientists
Mr. Chakraborti has been audacious enough to call the country’s environmentalists, water scientists, engineers as “so-called” claiming himself the pandit on the Tipaimukh project
Mr. Pinak Ranjan Chakraborti’s bold statements on the construction of the Tipaimukh project and its positive effects on Bangladesh portray him as a jack of all trades – diplomat, environmentalist, water scientist, and what not. His challenge to the nation’s environmentalists and water scientists goes unabated. Earlier he indicated that his country’s release of Ganges water make Bangladesh produce crops. What a great mercy on a continuing basis!
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Nuriel Rubini - who saw it all coming
Global Meltdown
14th September, 2008 – another beautiful day began in New York. Albeit US economy- especially housing sector was not in real good shape for the last few months, nobody would have thought what disaster was waiting for the world economy! It was a bolt from the blue not only to the stock markets but also to the rest of the world when the declaration came - Lehman Brothers, a 158 year old investment bank would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the Federal Reserve Bank declined to participate in creating a financial support facility.
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