Prospect of unification
of BNP looks brighter
Khaleda asks factions to unite, Saifur
offers to quit as dissidents’ leader
Prospects of unification of two BNP factions have brightened further as former finance minister M Saifur Rahman wished to quit as dissidents' camp chief and both groups welcomed speaker Jamiruddin Sircar's tacit proposal to mediate...[ + ]
AL demands talks
by March, without condition
Demand for Hasina’s release
to be made at dialogue
The Awami League on Friday demanded that the government should immediately initiate dialogues with political parties and complete the talks by March so that the government can duly implement the roadmap towards the national elections...[ + ]
Ekushey book fair begins
Amar Ekushey Granthamela 2008 began at the Bangla Academy with a call for upholding the spirit of the language movement. The chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, inaugurated the fair in the afternoon. The academy's president Harun-or-Rashid presided over the programme.....[ + ]
Hundreds protest against RMG worker’s death
At least 10 garments workers were injured Friday morning as the police charged at them with truncheons when the workers rallied at Mirpur Section 1 in Dhaka demanding punishment for the people responsible for the death of a worker. Mohammad Khokon, 22, a worker of the World Dresses Limited, who was beaten Wednesday night by the factory management on suspicion of being involved in stealing, died in Dhaka Medical College Thursday morning...[ + ]
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SAFE index in the offing
The South Asian Federation of Exchanges will launch SAFE regional index within three to four months. The index would be listed and traded at all member exchanges and Dow Jones is actively cooperating with SAFE in this regard, said Ahmad Rashid Lali, senior vice president of Dhaka Stock Exchange at the concluding ceremony of the two-day second South Asian capital markets conference on Friday...[ + ]
Price of broiler falls; edible oil, fishes goes up
The prices of broiler chicken declined significantly while that of fishes and edible oil increased in the city markets in the past week. Traders said chicken were getting cheaper as fresh outbreaks of bird flu across the country were making consumers panicky reducing consumption of chickens...[ + ]
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