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Talks finally start today
Both sides rigid on Hasan, authority over defence and EC reconstitution
Amid heightened hope in the public mind, the much awaited dialogue between ruling BNP and opposition Awami League (AL) kicks off today in Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban to break the ongoing political impasse over
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PM hopes reasonable solution to impasse
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday said she hoped that good sense will prevail and the main opposition will agree to a reasonable solution to the impasse over electoral reforms through dialogue, not
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Hasina urges Khaleda to accept reform proposals
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the prime minister to immediately implement the electoral reform proposals after reaching a consensus through a dialogue with the opposition
 
Effectiveness of 8th JS
Final day's sitting sees healthy debate
PM attends 195 out of 373 workdays, Hasina below 50
The current parliament sat on the last workday yesterday before curtain is brought down on it after 23 days amid debates between the ruling and main opposition parties over the effectiveness of the House
 
Order given to arrest local operators of terrors hiding abroad
The home ministry has directed the intelligence agencies to arrest the local operators of the top terrors hiding abroad, as the authorities have information that they were planning to kill personalities
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Outage
Road blocked, power office attacked again
Agitation for power continued yesterday all over the country including in Dhaka and Teknaf.
 
RMG Workers' Minimum Wage
Tk 1,700 final pay package to be announced today
The Minimum Wage Board will announce today a final and single pay package for the workers in the readymade garment (RMG) sector recommending around Tk 1,700 as the minimum wage for the entry-level workers.
 
Karwan Bazar kitchen market to be relocated
Ecnec okays Tk 206cr project; businesses to be shifted in 4 areas
The government is going to shift the wholesalers and retailers from the city's Karwan Bazar kitchen market to four other places in the capital with a view to introduce an improved market monitoring system
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Demand for Salary
Jute mill workers block Dhaka-Ctg highway for 4hrs
Thousands of people travelling to the port city and the capital faced immense sufferings yesterday as the agitating jute mill workers in Chittagong blockaded the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at differentpoints
 
Assault on Shooters
Federation to file case against cops
National Shooting Federation (NSF) yesterday decided to file a case against the policemen who assaulted national shooters and NSF employees at its complex in Gulshan on Monday.
 
Sanitation coverage goes up to 84pc in 3 years
Unicef report says on Bangladesh
Bangladesh made a spectacular progress in sanitation coverage from 33 per cent in 2003 to 84 per cent in 2006, a Unicef report revealed yesterday.
 
Fitra fixed at Tk 37
This year's fitra has been fixed at Tk 37 per head for Dhaka and its adjoining areas. For other parts of the country, the fitra has been fixed at the local market price of 1.650kg of flour or wheat.
 
Abbas mulls dissolving Hamas-led government
Rice seeks to boost Fatah standoff with radicals
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday he might opt to dissolve the Hamas-led government and that unity talks with the Islamist group had broken down.
 
Baghdad car bomb kills 14, wounds 75
At least 14 people were killed and 75 wounded in a car bomb attack in central Baghdad yesterday which targeted the convoy of Industry Minister Fawzi al-Hariri, Interior Ministry sources said.
 
DNA works earn US scientist Nobel prize in Chemistry
Roger Kornberg of the United States won the Nobel Chemistry Prize yesterday for work on a key process of life called genetic transcription, building on Nobel prizewinning discoveries by his own father.
 
Ctg Arms Haul
Main accused meet mates on court building rooftop
Principal accused in 10-truckload of arms haul case Hafizur Rahman held meetings with his associates on the rooftop of Chittagong court building on Tuesday.
 

 
   
 
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