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Snooping row: Modi meets Netaji’s kin in Berlin

Amid a row over snooping on close relatives of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, his grand nephew, Surya Kumar Bose, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night in Berlin and raised the issue of declassification of all secret files related to the freedom fighter. Modi-SuryaSurya Kumar Bose met the Prime Minister after attending a reception hosted in Modi’s honour by India’s ambassador to Germany Vijay Gokhale. Surya, also the president of the Indo-German Association in Hamburg, was invited by the Indian embassy to attend the reception f...

Businessmen dominant in city polls race

Most of the mayor and councillor aspirants in Dhaka North and Dhaka South city polls are businessmen, a citizen’s forum said on Monday. The rate of businessman among the mayor and councillor aspirants is 67.02 percent and 71.82 percent in Dhaka North and Dhaka South city polls respectively. city pollsThe Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujon), a citizen’s forum campaigning for good governance, revealed these after analysing the information of mayor and councillor candidates submitted to the election commission. Shujon secretary Badiul Alam Majum...

Exuberance, ignorance mark Pahela Baisakh

Pahela Baisakh, the first day of 1422 in the Bangla calendar, is set to arrive. The youth are going overboard in their exuberance and enthusiasm to celebrate this traditional festival. Young men and women are thronging the shopping centres, buying new clothes and accessories for the occasion. They are rushing to the bazar’s to buy hilsa, willing to Poyla Boishakh22pay exorbitant prices for the fish. They are chalking out the day’s plans in advance. Yet amidst this frenzied festivity, there is a shocking lack of knowledge about ...

Unrest hits Baishakh sales hard

As customers crowd outlets of leading fashion brands, businessmen of the smaller store say they are unlikely to make much profit during this year’s Pahela Baishakh celebrations. They blame the political unrest for the below-average sales, mostly of clothes that are sale boishakhsold ahead of the Bengali new year. Nevertheless, crowds are seen roaming around the markets in Dhaka city. “We don’t have a large number of customers for Baishakhi wear this year. The political turmoil has hit the sales,” said Mursalin Bithun, managing di...

Payra Deep-Sea Port: Dhaka-Beijing deal soon

Dhaka has decided to ink a deal with Beijing to build the Payra deep-sea port after it shelved the much-hyped Sonadia deep-sea port multi-billion project amid oppositions from major countries, including India, over Chinese involvement. The latest policy direction from the prime minister’s office would pacify China after they were left disgruntled when the government abruptly backtracked from signing a memo in July, last year, on the Sonadia port, a senior official in the PMO said, china BDreports New Age. The shipping ministry has undertaken a move t...

Law in India to rehabilitate Hindu refugees from Pak, BD?

The Indian government is likely to soon enact a law for rehabilitation of Hindu refugees from Pakistan and Bangladesh. At a meeting held at home minister Rajnath Singh’s residence, the issue was discussed along with the recent Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh and how to get past the roadblocks in the way of the land acquisition bill. indiaThe meeting was attended by Union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari, Ravi Shakar Prasad and Venkaiah Naidu apart from BJP president Amit Shah, party member Ramlal and RSS functionary Krishna Gopal. Sources sa...
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