Volume 4 Number 53 Fri. July 18, 2003    
 
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NCBs lose to earn
Tk 107 spent to get Tk 100
The nationalised commercial banks (NCBs) spend Tk 107 to earn Tk 100 because of excess operational costs and accumulated bad assets.

Rupali Bank spends Tk 136, Sonali Tk 99.19, Janata Tk 94.

 
Changes in exams planned to raise standard of education
The government is planning to bring about changes in the public examination system to raise the standard of education, said State Minister for Education ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon.
 
New gas exploration starts on Block 9 from Oct 14
Breaking the stagnation in oil and gas exploration, foreign oil companies Tullow, Chevron and Texaco along with local operator BAPEX start drilling an exploratory well in Kashimpur, Comilla on October
 
BNP leader with crime link gunned down in Old Dhaka
Unidentified assailants shot dead an alleged criminal and ruling BNP leader and injured his brother on bustling Johnson Road in old Dhaka yesterday noon.
 
Discord in ruling alliance as IOJ names choice for by-polls
An apparent discord crept into the ruling four-party alliance yesterday when one of its constituents unilaterally declared candidature for Netrakona-3 constituency in breach of the combine's understanding.
 
Dr Kamal's reply to SQ Chy's lawyer
In a reply sent on Wednesday (July 16, 2003) to Barrister Rafique-ul Haq, lawyer for Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, Dr Kamal Hossain, representing the editor of The Daily Star, wrote:

"The offendingpublication

 
New Saddam tape urges holy war
A speaker purported to be Saddam Hussein exhorted his followers to wage a holy war against US and British forces in a new recording played yesterday -- the anniversary of the revolution that put the former
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Flood spectre looms even larger
Floods have further strengthened over several of the 26 districts worst-hit in a month-long spell that left tens of thousands of people homeless or marooned.
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Dhaka, Hanoi should share experience in successful areas, PM tells Vietnam FM
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has welcomed the formal launching of the Vietnamese embassy in Dhaka and said it would strengthen the ties between the two countries.
 
Koreas trade fire
Shooting seen as a precursor to heightened tensions on the world's last Cold War border
South Korea exchanged machinegun fire with communist North Korea yesterday in a rare incident that could raise the diplomatic stakes just as Pyongyang appears set to return to talks on its nuclear ambitions.
 
Salvage of Nasrin-1 likely to be abandoned
The government is going to decide tomorrow whether the salvage operation for MV Nasreen-1 will be continued or abandoned.
 
Audit finds Tk 46 lakh fund misuse in BSC
A special audit on Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) under the shipping ministry revealed irregularities involving Tk 46.
 
Slain man at DU a 'criminal'
Sajjad alias Nata Rubel, 26, an outsider and non-student of Dhaka University gunned down at Sir A F Rahman Hall gate Wednesday night, was charged with 24 criminal cases including murder.
 
Boy kills friend over TV watch row
A trivial argument over watching television resulted in a teenage boy being killed in Mirpur on Wednesday.
 
Blair arrives in Washington
Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived in Washington for talks with US President George W Bush.
 
BIWTA union protests staff transfer
The employees union of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has protested the government decision to transfer all employees of the Sadarghat launch terminal.
 
Road mishaps kill 9 in Khagrachhari, Mymensingh
Nine people were killed and 73 others injured in separate road accidents in Khagrachhari and Mymensingh districts yesterday.

Of them, four were killed in Khagrachhari and the rest in Mymensingh.

 

 
   
 
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