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Investors shut DEPZ factories as violence flares again
They urge authorities to close DEPZ indefinitely
Investors yesterday decided to shut down all their 92 factories in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) from today following another bout of workers' violence and said they will not re-open those until
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Economy in FY06
Successes overshadowed by raft of negative factors
CPD says economic policymaking influenced by political considerations, donor conditions, private interest groups
All incremental successes achieved in the economy in recent past have been overshadowed by factors such as price hike of essentials, increase in interest rate, power shortage and currency depreciation,
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Economists trash conspiracy theory
Want commission to resolve problem
Leading economists of the country have urged the government and the garment owners to stop looking for the "conspiracy theory" and form a commission to identify and resolve the basic problems of the garment
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FDI dips 10.7pc this fiscal year
BB statistics belie BoI figures
Belying the Board of Investment (BoI) claim of substantial increase in foreign investment, Bangladesh Bank's statistics recorded a 10.7 per cent year-on-year decline during July-March of this fiscal year.
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Lawmaker Shahidul
'Torture' victims demand his punishment
About 60 victims of alleged torture by BNP lawmaker Shahidul Islam and his men yesterday formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the capital demanding his arrest and exemplary punishment.
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BGMEA wants quick solution
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday urged the government to immediately solve the problem arising out of workers' agitation at Dhaka Export Procession Zone (DEPZ)
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Politicised GDP growth rate
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday said governments estimate higher GDP growth rate in the election years to show a bright picture of economy but later the rate is revised downward when a newgovernment
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Govt planning polls fixing in 100 seats
Hasina tells party men
Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina has alleged that the BNP-Jamaat coalition has been pursuing an evil design of election engineering, targeting 100 seats.
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CEC should resign, says Oli Ahmed
BNP Standing Committee member Oli Ahmed yesterday said the chief election commissioner (CEC) should resign in the wake of the Supreme Court's latest verdict on voter list.
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PM discusses EPZ issue with top ministers
After receiving a letter from domestic and foreign investors following fresh labour unrest at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ), Prime Minister Khaleda Zia had a meeting with five ministers yesterday
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3 officials of DEPZ removed
The government last night relieved three Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEZP) officials of duty for their negligence during workers' agitation in the zone.
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Jamaat says opposition trying to split alliance
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Ameer and Industries Minister Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami yesterday said their opponents' main target is to take results of the upcoming general elections in their favour by
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Sylhet elite find 'conspiracy' against Saifur
A section of the elite of Sylhet yesterday urged the prime minister to stop Finance and Planning Minister Saifur Rahman from tendering resignation, saying there is a "deep-rooted conspiracy" against him.
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London Raid
UK police hunt for 'dirty' bomb
British anti-terrorist police are hunting for a "dirty" chemical bomb that could be used in an attack in Britain after a major raid failed to uncover a device they believe exists, newspapers reportedyesterday.
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4 Russian embassy workers kidnapped
Russian, 7 Iraqi soldiers killed
A Russian embassy worker was killed and four of his colleagues were kidnapped in west Baghdad yesterday while seven policemen were killed in insurgent attack on a checkpoint near Baquba, an interior ministry
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Iran awaits world powers' proposal
But Tehran won't halt enrichment
Iran said yesterday it was awaiting a new international proposal to ease a crisis over its disputed nuclear programme but stuck by its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment work.
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