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Vow for eradicating dowry in building flourishing char society RANGPUR, Feb 07, 2014 (BSS) – Hundreds of char people at a daylong community fair yesterday vowed for eradicating social curses like dowry, child marriage and making birth and marriage registration campaign successful to build a flourishing char society. They also committed to continue resisting dowry, …

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DHAKA, Feb 07, 2014 (BSS) – The government is going to start selection of educated youths for developing them as First Track Future IT Leaders (FTFLs) from the last week of February aiming to provide them job in the country’s Information Technology (IT) industry, official source said. They said Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and …

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Relatives of Rana Plaza victims get financial help from PM office GAIBANDHA, Feb 07, 2014 (BSS) – Relatives of two more Rana Plaza victims of Sadullapur upazila got financial assistance of Taka four lakh from the Prime Minister’s office on Thursday. UNO Ahsan Habib handed over the cheques of financial assistance to the close relatives …

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PM inaugurates first-ever light and sound show at Lalbagh Fort DHAKA, Feb 7, 2014 (BSS)-The country entered a new era of technology today as a light and sound show was launched at Lalbagh Fort, an archaeological site, in the capital. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the show this evening through a function expressing the …

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  Official list of martyred intellectuals by June Liberation war affairs minister tells JS; says monthly allowance of freedom fighters increased The government will publish a comprehensive list of all martyred intellectuals of 1971 by June, and has increased the monthly allowance for freedom fighters to Tk 5,000 from existing Tk 2,000, with effect from …

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Govt to finalise deal for construction of Dhaka-Mawa expressway DHAKA, Feb 03, 2014 (BSS) – Finance Minister AMA Muhith today said the government will finalise deal for the construction of Dhaka-Mawa expressway within the current fiscal year and the cost for this project will be US$150 million.  “The probable outlay for the construction of expressway …

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Remittance inflow rebounds in January DHAKA, Feb 3, 2014 (BSS) – Shedding the negative trend in the previous two months, the remittance inflow rebounded in January, comforting the central bank in marinating its higher reserve. Data released by Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday showed the rebounding trend in remittance – the life blood for the …

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Branding Bangladesh: India’s Neighbor Is Becoming A Major Startup Hub Anushay Hossain Posted on: 28 January 2014   Poverty, natural disasters, and cheap labor may be what you would normally associate with Bangladesh, but India’s neighbor could be Asia’s next major startup hub. “Bangladesh is becoming a land of opportunity,” says Samad Miraly, a Canadian-Bangladeshi …

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New parliament goes into session tomorrow DHAKA, Jan 28, 2014 (BSS)- The 1st session of the 10th parliament will begin at 6 pm tomorrow at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban. President M Abdul Hamid summoned the session on 13 January as per Article 72 (1) of the constitution. As per the constitution, President Abdul Hamid …

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Biman’s New York-Ticket sale from feb Staff correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 2014-01-27 Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start selling tickets for its New York flight from the next month. “We are planning to start sale of tickets for our New York flights sometimes during first half of February,” Kevin Steele, Managing Director of the flag carrier said at …

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