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Downtrend in nat’l economy: Local and international factors responsible
Pulack Ghatack
Taming inflation and maintaining macroeconomic stability appear to be major challenges before the country as it entered into a new financial year Tuesday accompanying with grave economic and political uncertainties, analysts say.
Heavy borrowing from the banking system to cover the budget deficit of the fiscal year will be a major risk for the government which may lead the nation towards fiscal indiscipline.
The New Year dawned with a bad news for farmers, poor and middle-income groups due to escalated fuel prices, which is sure to provoke inflation further.  |
Delwar accuses govt of bias towards AL
Staff Reporter
BNP Secretary General Khondoker Delwar Hossain yesterday alleged that the Caretaker Government was filing cases against the party leaders to make them ineligible for contesting the election and added that many such cases were being readied.
Delwar's comment came a day after the Anticorruption Commission filed a case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and five others on charges of embezzling funds of Tk2.1 crore from Zia Orphanage Trust from 1991 to '96. |
5 killed in Narsingdi train accident
Narsingdi Correspondent
At least five people were killed and another one was seriously injured when a train rammed into a private car at an unmanned level crossing in Ghorasal in Palash upazila yesterday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Rokeya Begum, 60, her daughter Eti Begum, 15, her son's mother-in-law Roksana Begum, 70, Roksana's unidentified son, 32, and car driver Yunus Ali. They hailed from Sreenagar upazila in Munshiganj district. |
Rathajatra celebrated
BSS, Dhaka
Members of the Hindu community across the country today celebrated one of their great religious festivals Rathajatra with due religious fervour and festivity.
Thousands of Hindu devotes gathered at select places and joined with full enthusiasm the ritual of pulling Chariots to celebrate the occasion. Old and young, male and female, boys and girls together joined the ritual amidst much fanfare.
The main Ratha Jatra programme in the capital was organised by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). |
Music Revolution Concert: Blending of rock, metal songs thrill audience
Sheikh Arif Bulbon
The weather was gloomy yesterday afternoon as the torrent rains made city life paralysed for the last couple of days. At the same time yesterday was a weekly holiday. City dwellers had a little bit of space to gather or to enjoy for sometime. As a result, a huge number of people gathered at the Level-7 of Bashundhara City Complex in the evening. A concert was held at the same floor of the shopping complex in the capital.
The concert titled 'Music Revolution Concert' was full of rock melodies with metallic version songs that enthralled the viewers especially the youngsters. |
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Internet Edition. July 5, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
