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Rescuers work at the site where two trains collided in an early morning accident in Zibo in eastern China’s Shandong province on Monday. — AFP photo
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Free Khaleda, Hasina to make formal dialogue meaningful: BNP
Party places 18-point demand to govt
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday called on the military-controlled caretaker government to release the party chairperson Khaleda Zia and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina to ensure their participation in the formal dialogues in order to make the talks between the government and the political parties meaningful...[ + ]
Bureaucrats want pay hike, say they are
hard-pressed
Top bureaucrats on Monday proposed salary hike for public servants to help them cope with rising costs of living. Secretaries to the government made the proposal at a routine meeting at the cabinet division with cabinet secretary Ali Imam Majumder in the chair, according to official sources.....[ + ]
A MONTH UNDER CHIEF ADVISER’S WATCH
Market shows no sign
of cooling down
The overheated commodity market hardly showed any sign of cooling down in last one month since chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed took over the charge of monitoring as series of earlier measures failed to keep prices in check...[ + ]
ACC seeks exemption for Matia from graft charges
The Anti-Corruption Commi-ssion on Monday appealed to a Dhaka court seeking to exempt former food minister Matia Chowdhury and eight others from corruption charges in a 2002 case...[ + ]
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EC almost finalises the draft of new electoral laws
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Supreme Judicial Commission’s activities stayed for 3 months
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Businessmen want end of emergency
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City AL submits memo to chief adviser
demanding Hasina’s release
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Police take away food meant for distribution among the poor
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Cyclone ‘Nargis’ may cross Indo-Bangla coast within 4-5 days
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Salahuddin new BFF president
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London will not support military rule: UK envoy
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SSC, HSC examinees to face spoken English test
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SCBA ends first day of vote
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Hindus vow to protect Nepal’s embattled monarch
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Act planned to hold bureaucrats liable for budget flaws
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Aziz apprehends social discontent over fuel price hike
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DGFI man stabbed to death in city, killer arrested
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Short-term rental power plants likely to miss deadlines
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70 killed in China train crash
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NMC signs deal with mobile operators to install tapping equipment
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Biraj wins World Press Photo JoopSwart Masterclass award
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10 grenades, 422 bullets recovered in Ctg
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Spanish embassy opens in Dhaka
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Kuwaiti poll candidate for expulsion of Bangladeshi workers
1 in 5 RMG units irregular in payment: report
More than one in every five garment units in the country still does not pay regularly their workers who are struggling with the rising costs of living. A recent report of the labour ministry disclosed such callousness of the garment owners while labour rights activists claimed the situation to be even severer, which, they think, might instigate mass outbursts of workers anytime...[ + ]
Stocks prices, turnover drop for selling pressure
Stocks dropped on Monday due to selling pressure from investors, said market operators. The general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange lost 25.42 points or 0.82 per cent to close at 3061.69, while its blue chips index, DSE20, shed 21.07 points or 0.88 per cent to finish at 2380.18...[ + ]
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Labour-intensive sector to get priority in next budget
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Oil prices hit close to $120
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Biman selects competitor as GSA in India
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BRAC Bank declares 10pc stock dividend
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Dhaka’s export to Canada up 230pc
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India central bank faces dilemma as inflation rises, economy slows
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Philippines may cut rice subsidies
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Singer AGM approves 35pc stock dividend
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Gallerie Apex opens showroom
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Dollar mixed against euro, yen
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