Weekend
SPRGC in Ctg observe
hunger strike
Several hundred stranded Pakistanis on Saturday observed a hunger strike, demanding elimination of power and water crisis at the Sardar Bahadur Nagar Camp at Pahartoli in the Chittagong city. They observed the eight-hour strike from 8:00am on the Sardar Bahadur Nagar High School premises under the banner of Stranded Pakistanis General Repatriation
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Need for human rights commission reiterated
Judges, physicians, journalists and right activists at a workshop in Dhaka on Saturday reiterated the need for establishing a human rights commission in the country. The Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights organised the workshop at the conference room of the LGED Bhaban at Agargaon, for sharing ideas on the role of law enforcing agency members and citizens to implement justice, good governance and human rights, says a press release...[ + ]
WC worries
for SA
Ever since South Africa won the 2010 World Cup, local organisers have appeared almost permanently to be on the brink of being engulfed by teething problems. But concerns about stop-start stadium construction, security in one of the most crime-ridden societies on the planet and all the other logistical issues associated with hosting the finals in Africa for the first time will be put to one side today when the qualifying draw for 2010 takes place in the city where football was first played in South
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German pair linked to England job
As the anticipation and speculation gathers surrounding who will be England’s new manager, the list of contenders now contains an array of foreigners including two Germans, an Italian and a wily Portuguese...[ + ]
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Discipline the discipliners
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Post cyclone relief: coordination is the main requirement
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Why the truth commission?
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‘Mr Toilet’ Sim Jae-Duck
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