Trade union movement
in doldrums for years
Party’s interest more important to union leaders than workers’ rights
Opportunism, corruption, undue political interference, workers’ disunity and the ideological divide between the leaders have stalled the trade union movement in Bangladesh for decades, which has allowed the workers’ rights to be trampled across the country, said analysts and activists...[ + ]
Khaleda, sons appeal
for withdrawal of
all 20 cases
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and her two sons, Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman on Thursday filed separate applications seeking withdrawal of the all 20 cases lodged against them during the military-backed interim government’s rule......[ + ]
Govt to cut jobs
to end resource
waste: Muhith
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday defended the government move to cut the jobs of 10 per cent public servants, terming it a logical decision to stop wastage of resources...[ + ]
Free textbooks for
70 lakh secondary students from
next year
The government on Thursday decided to distribute textbooks among all the 70 lakh secondary students free from the academic year 2010, the education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, told New Age. ‘The decision was made at a meeting attended by the finance minister and the chairman and members of the parliamentary standing committee on education ministry,’ said the minister who also attended the meeting...[ + ]
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May Day today
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No professional recognition of farm labourers
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Newsmen deprived of legitimate rights
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Female workers paid less as they protest less
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Bangladeshi dies of swine flu in Mexico
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Another BDR soldier dies, reportedly of kidney disease
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Golam Rahman made ACC chairman
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PM addresses May Day rally in city today, Khaleda tomorrow
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PM eager to meet Obama during US visit
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Govt gets prepared to face Khaleda in court
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Inflation lowest in five years
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MPOs for 4,000 more non-govt schools
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Pakistan army pounds Taliban positions
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Man held with 2,200 kgs of ‘gunpowder’
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Demonstrators demand action against BCL activists
Govt likely to be strict on tax rebate
The government is likely to be strict on the tax rebate facilities in the budget for next fiscal year. National Board of Revenue sources said they have got the green signal from the finance ministry in this regard and are working accordingly...[ + ]
Young entrepreneurs amaze many
They were excited for obvious reasons, but at the same time their innovative business ideas amazed many. The Surma hall of Sonargaon Hotel was literarily too small to provide the encaustic young entrepreneurs with enough space, and with the announcement of the Young Entrepreneur Award 2008-09, the hall was about to be exploded with thundering claps and whistles...[ + ]
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