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RMG protests enter 3rd day
Garment workers have taken to the streets for the third consecutive day, with hundreds of RMG workers laying siege to the Dhaka-Tangail Highway at Ashulia
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Please click here for all event photos at http://priyoaustralia.com.au/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=11236...71-member new puja committee formed
The Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee has formed its new 71-member committee at a biennial conference....
Anelka to sue L'Equipe
French Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka is suing the sports daily L'Equipe for slander over a story that he insulted France manager Raymond Domenech during the...
Gazipur police on alert
The police are on high alert at Gazipur to avert further unrest over the newly announced minimum wage for RMG workers....
Pakistan slump after Prior century
Matt Prior's courageous 102 not out on the third day of the first Test helped England recover from early trouble to set Pakistan a world...
Govt circular causes split among upazila chairman
Govt circular causes split among upazila chairman...
Di Stefano released from hospital
Real Madrid legend Alfredo di Stefano has been released from hospital on Saturday after undergoing treatment for a heart condition....
Gunners held at home
Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw by AC Milan in their opening Emirates Cup match on Saturday, despite the efforts of new signing Marouane...
Religious parties to go, in line with SC verdict: Shafique
Religious parties to go, in line with SC verdict: Shafique...
Plaza's "Eloise" suite mixes luxury and whimsy
The lovable fictional heroine of Kay Thompson's classic book "Eloise," who turned the landmark Plaza hotel on its head with her wild antics, is back...
BNP's closed door meeting ends after 12 hours
The first meeting of the national executive committee of the opposition BNP has ended....
1.5 lakh new ID cards for DCC voters
The election commission is set to distribute over 1.5 lakh newly updated national identity cards for the Dhaka City Corporation areas from Sunday....
Upazila chairmen demand activating parishads
Upazila parishad chairmen will launch mass campaign across the country demanding revitalising the parishads....
Vettel runs away with Hungary GP pole
Germany's Sebastian Vettel stormed to his fourth successive pole position on Saturday in a Red Bull sweep of the Hungarian Grand Prix front row with...
Record-setting Ottey aims to run at worlds
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Bartoli ousted at Stanford
Victoria Azarenka overcame a slow start to upset defending champion Marion Bartoli 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the Stanford Classic on Friday....
Narayanganj RMG workers' leader held, family claims
Garment workers' leader Mantu Ghosh has been detained, his family members claim....
Lemaitre completes European sprint double
Christophe Lemaitre became the first Frenchman to complete a sprint double at the European championships when he clocked 20.37 to claim victory in the 200...
Signal 3 in seaports
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Nani ready for action
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Most ISD call rates down from Sunday
From Sunday, the costs of telephone calls to most overseas destinations will be reduced, according to the website of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)....
EC not empowered to ban religion-based party
The election commission has nothing to do with cancellation of any political party, commissioner Sohul Hossain has told bdnews24.com....
CU students to toughen protests against tuition hike
Chittagong University students opposing a hike of tuition fees have called for a demonstration on Sunday. They have declared a blockade on the campus....
PM inaugurates job scheme in Gopalganj
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the national service job scheme in Gopalganj through teleconference as bad weather prevented her from attending the inaugural ceremony....
Separate cadre service for diploma engineers
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Amended money laundering act soon: Muhith
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said that the government will amend the money laundering act in the next parliamentary session....
Amended money laundering act soon: Muhith
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said that the government will amend the money laundering act in the next parliamentary session....
Hernandez strike hurts United
Javier Hernandez scored against his new team as Manchester United were beaten 3-2 by Chivas Guadalajara in the last match of their North American tour...
Gazipur police on alert
The police are on high alert at Gazipur to avert further unrest over the newly announced minimum wage for RMG workers....
UN panel to probe further Kyoto CO2-cut projects
A United Nations climate panel will ask a working group to investigate further claims that a Kyoto Protocol scheme may be incentivising participants to emit...
WHouse: Europe crisis stunted US, world growth
The White House blamed the second quarter slowdown in US economic growth reported on Friday on "headwinds," including the debt crisis in Europe....
BP may sell German gas stations for $2.6 bln
BP Plc is seeking to sell its German petrol station chain Aral for around 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion), German magazine Wirtschaftswoche reported on Saturday,...
England lose openers before lunch
England lost openers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook to reach 49 for two at lunch on the third day of the first Test on Saturday...
Amini warns against banning Islamist politics
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Inzamam offers to assist as batting coach
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Review system has a few rough edges: Butt
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Tendulkar rested for Sri Lanka tri-series
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High court judge criticises police for Lahore attack
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Wenger slams new squad rules
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger discarded his usual diplomacy when he dismissed the Premier League's new squad rules as 'disastrous for football' on Friday....
Barcelona release Mexico captain Marquez
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Chief justice criticised over 'oath' controversy
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Straight shooter Roy Smith dies
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Hasina threatens stern action against protesting workers
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has threatened to take stern measures against those responsible for creating unrest in the readymade garment sector....
Hasina warns against RMG anarchy
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has threatened to take stern measures against those responsible for creating unrest in the readymade garment sector....
Most ISD call rates down from Sunday
From Sunday, the costs of telephone calls to most overseas destinations will be reduced, according to the website of Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited....
Worker protests turn Ashulia into battle ground
Ashulia's Industrial Zone turned into a battle ground on Saturday with the police firing hundreds of rounds of rubber bullets as several thousand readymade garment...
Narayanganj RMG workers block key link road
Readymade garment workers in Narayanganj on Saturday blocked the Dhaka-Narayanganj Highway link road for one hour, demanding a minimum wage of Tk 5,000 and the...
PM to launch national service in Gopalganj
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the national service job scheme in Gopalganj on Saturday....
Two secretaries killed in road accident
Two secretary-level government officers were killed in a road accident on Saturday in Manikganj....
Khaleda meets BNP executive committee
Opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia is meeting with the party's newly formed national executive committee members on Saturday....
Hasina's Gopalganj tour cancelled
The tour of prime minister Sheikh Hasina to Gopalganj on Saturday has been cancelled....
RMG workers, police clash in Ashulia
Several thousand readymade garment workers have taken to the streets in Ashulia Industrial Zone's Jamgarah area to protest against the newly-announced wage scales....
RMG workers, police clash in Ashulia
Several thousand readymade garment workers have taken to the streets in Ashulia Industrial Zone's Jamgarah area to protest against the newly-announced wage scales....
Create ground for anti-govt campaign: Khaleda
Opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia has called for strengthening the organisation in a bid to prepare the ground of a street campaign through public unity...
Energy star ratings in disarray
LABOR was yesterday dealt another blow when building industry heavyweights discredited the star ratings being applied to hundreds of thousands of homes....
Blunder strikes BCS questions
A question paper in Friday's Bangladesh Civil Service's preliminary test is found to have been riddled with clumsy errors....
Gazipur workers block highway over death rumour
Readymade garment workers vandalised around 10 vehicles on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway and blocked the busy road for around half an hour over a rumour of a...
Nigerian with 6 kg 'heroin' caught
Customs officials at Shahjalal International Airport on Friday foiled a bid to smuggle a large quantity of suspected heroin out of the country....
Anderson puts England in command
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50 injured in Magura AL-BNP clash
At least 50 people were injured in a clash between local Awami league and BNP supporters at a village in Magura on Friday over supremacy,...
50 injured in Magura AL-BNP clash
At least 50 people were injured in a clash between local Awami league and BNP supporters at a village in Magura on Friday over supremacy,...
FM gets a taste of power outage
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Security tightened at Ashulia
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Anderson and Finn rock Pakistan
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15 injured in clash over 'incest'
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Liverpool, Juve win Europa League ties
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Sami Khedira to join Real Madrid
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RMG federation demonstrate in Narayanganj
Bangladesh Garment Workers' Federation on Friday demonstrated in Narayanganj, demanding withdrawal of the recently-declared wage structure and resetting the minimum wage at Tk 5,000....
Trees felled for billboards; man held
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Sharapova, Bartoli reach Stanford quarter-finals
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Two fire incidents in Dhaka
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Snubbed Howard affirms love for cricket
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Israel honours elder for defying Nazis
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Coal-gas water safety queried
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12 BNP men injured in 'AL attack' in Bagerhat
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Murali, Kumble plan spin-bowling academy
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CA back Isaack for ICC top post
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Juba League rally halts highway traffic
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BNP national executive committee meet Saturday
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BNP blames govt policy for RMG turmoil
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Asif inspires Pakistan's revival
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Police asked not to fall into workers' trap
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Roads open as police baton-charge RMG workers
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Watchdog asks govt to handle RMG workers with care
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Ashraful readies MPs for possible worker disorder
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BCS exams end
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Japan robots chat, help find lost specs
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BCS exams underway
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RMG workers demo at Mohakhali
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Hinch suppression case to High Court
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Heavy fog disrupts travel on east coast
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3 BNP leaders sued in Jessore for threatening Hasina
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5,000 to get jobs in Gopalganj
The government will give jobs to 5,000 unemployed youth in Gopalganj under a national scheme created to ease the country's chronic unemployment situation....
5,000 to get jobs in Gopalganj
The government will give jobs to 5,000 unemployed youth in Gopalganj under a national scheme created to ease the country's chronic unemployment situation....
Woman inmate injured in escape attempt
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Morgan ton caps England's day
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CU students demo enters Day 3
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BIFF to be a firm to woo private fund
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BIFF to be a firm to woo private fund
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Overseas students inflate migration bubble
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INXS hit gets the Harper touch
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AFP in as Telstra 'taps' staff
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$3.2m payout for jail-van death
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Rescue as smugglers take poll position
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Keneally tries to calm storm
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US can't question HR breach of war criminals'
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Ex-DGFI chief, secy to be quizzed
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RMG owners agree to implement new wage
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RMG workers' leaders reject new wage
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Kapil Dev bowls to British PM
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CCC panel mayors elected
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Morgan, Collingwood revive England
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Kapil Dev bowls to British PM
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Tk 7.42 bn CCC budget unveiled
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US elected to UN rights council for first time
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Tk 7.42 bn CCC budget unveiled
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9 JMB men get life sentence in Comilla
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5 Mogla port officials to pay Tk 3.5 mln for misappropriation
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Inter begin at Bologna
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Beckham considering West Ham move: report
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RMG worker minimum wage announced
The labour minister announced that the minimum wage for readymade garment workers will be Tk 3,000....
RMG worker minimum wage announced
The labour minister announced that the minimum wage for readymade garment workers will be Tk 3,000....
Mobile ISD call with 00 code from Aug 1
From Aug 1, mobile-phone subscribers will have to dial 00, instead of 012, before the country code to make cheap international calls....
Tribunal wants 4 Jamaat leaders before it
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HC orders BIWTA to dismantle recreation centre
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ICB declares dividends for 18 Mutual Funds
The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh declared cash dividends for eight mutual funds on Thursday for 2009-10....
ICB declares dividends for 18 Mutual Funds
The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh declared cash dividends for eight mutual funds on Thursday for 2009-10....
Watchdog proposes naming Padma bridge after Begum Mujib
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Aamer strikes for Pakistan
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Raina and Tendulkar lead Indian plunder
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Most people against ACC law change: TIB
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HC rejects Nasim's jail sentence
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Partial BCL Dhaka city committees announced
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Sylhet, Joypurhat DCs changed
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Man confesses to strangling his wife
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additional secretaries promoted to secretary
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ULFA leader, assistant sent to jail
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New ambassador to Bhutan appointed
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Ashulia workers again on strike for Tk 5000
The workers of two readymade garment factories in Savar's Ashulia area on went on strike on Thursday demanding a minimum wage of Tk 5000....
Sayeedee on further one day remand
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Sayedee remanded in Humayun Azad case
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Tendulkar double keeps India going
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BREAKING NEWSMobile ISD call with 00 code from Aug1
From Aug 1, mobile-phone subscribers will have to dial 00, instead of 012, before the country code to make cheap international calls....
Through the eyes of witnesses
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Constitution committee starts its work
The special parliamentary committee looking into the amending the constitution has decided to chart out the "consistencies and inconsistencies" of the court's verdict on the...
Ashraful readies MPs for possible worker disorder
Local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam urged parliament members representing Dhaka, Naryanganj and Gazipur constituencies to be ready to face any disorder after the minimum...
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