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Government mulls retender to scrap BGMEA building

Shawdesh Desk: The government is considering floating a retender for demolishing the illegal 15-storey building of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association on Hatirjheel in the capital. Housing minister

Rivers around capital swell

Shawdesh Desk: There is no possibility of flood waters entering the capital though all the rivers flowing by it are swelling, the Water Development Board told New Age Sunday. At

DU students want separate certificate for college students

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka University students on Sunday went on demonstration on the campus demanding that the university authorities should issue certificates in different colours and contents to the students from

Floods affect 13pc Aus paddy

Shawdesh Desk: Over 13 per cent of the country’s standing Aus paddy has already been affected by the ongoing floods that inundated at least 23 districts in the northern and

Sporadic notes: BirthStrike

SCIENTISTS to some people are bad. The cause: scientists present horrifying facts about climate. To many others, scientists are good people, doing incredible work, helping humanity. With the latest findings

Dharmasena admits World Cup final ‘error’

Sports Desk: The umpire who awarded England six runs from a freak overthrow in the last over of the World Cup final has admitted he made an ‘error’ and should

Banks tell BB single-digit rates not possible now

Shawdesh Desk: Top executives of banks on Sunday informed Bangladesh Bank that bringing down the interest rates to single digit would not be possible now considering the liquidity situation in

DIG Mizan shown arrested in bribery case

Shawdesh Desk: Suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman has been shown arrested in a case filed for transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe. Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of