2 killed, 100 hurt as police fire into
RMG workers
Two people were killed as the police fired into garment factory workers rallying for pay unpaid for three months at Ershadnagar in Gazpur on Saturday. More than a hundred, including law enforcers, were injured. The killing and the firing into the workers of the Nippon Garments Industry Limited, who had blocked the Dhaka–Mymensingh Road for about four hours, led to further clashes between the workers and the lawmen in the Tongi Industrial Area.....[ + ]
JS panels’ advice gets lukewarm response
Committee heads to seek PM’s intervention
Parliamentary supervision of the executive branch has not gained ground as the ministries’ responses to legislative recommendations and their implementations are below the expected levels, alleged a number of heads of Jatiya Sangsad committees...[ + ]
Tigers go 2-1 up
Contrasting half-centuries from Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Ashraful propelled Bangladesh to a four-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the third one-day international giving them a 2-1 lead in the five-match series in Dhaka on Saturday. Tamim plundered 80 off 72 balls hitting 10 fours and two sixes before Ashraful stroked 63 from 91 balls as Bangladesh ambled past their target making 198-6 in 40.4 overs after the bowlers had restricted Zimbabwe to 196 in 41.1 overs...[ + ]
Confces of AL associate bodies unlikely soon
Committees of all eight associate bodies of the ruling Awami League served out their tenures two or three years ago, but their council sessions are unlikely to be held by this year despite the party's willingness to do so...[ + ]
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