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Volatile situation during caretaker govt if talks fail
Speakers tell roundtable
The situation during the next three months of the caretaker government would be volatile if the proposed dialogue between the ruling party and the opposition fails to reach an agreement on electoral reforms
 
Form labour tribunal outside EPZ, reinstate workers
Demands BCWS
Bangladesh Centre for Workers' Solidarity (BCWS) yesterday demanded reinstatement of all suspended and terminated workers as well as convenors and members of all Workers' Representatives and Welfare Committees
 
9 killed, 56 injured in road accidents
At least nine people were killed and 56 others injured in separate road accidents in Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Jessore and Tangail on Tuesday and yesterday.
 
EMS can cut operation cost in super markets
Establishment of the Environment Management System (EMS) in super markets could reduce operational cost and power use, and improve corporate value.
 
Financial Crisis In Biman
Employees announce fresh agitation programme today
Officials and employees of Bangladesh Biman will launch a fresh movement to press for their demand for steps to resolve the financial crisis facing the national flag carrier and make it free from corruption.
 
Anti-adulteration Drive
2 Ctg eateries, first food shop fined
A mobile court here yesterday in separate anti-adulteration drives fined two posh restaurants and one fast food shop around Tk 1.
 
'No alternative to consensus on electoral reforms'
Jatiya Party Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju yesterday said there is no alternative but to reach a consensus over the opposition's electoral reforms to protect country's democracy and constitution.
 
One shot dead
One truck helper was shot dead by a gang of unidentified assailants at Shympur in the city yesterday afternoon.
 
2 RMG workers found dead in Gazipur
Police recovered decomposed bodies of two garment workers from a fish farm of Faukal village in the district. Md Helal, 20, and Al Amin,19, used to work at the Nilo knitting as sewing operators.
 
Constitutional committee of Sramik League formed
Humayun Kabir and Habibur Rahman Akand were made president and general secretary respectively of the constitutional committee of Bangladesh Sramik League at its bi-annual conference in the city recently.
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PM takes Iftar with diplomats, judges
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday had an Iftar with diplomats, judges and former caretaker government advisors.
 
Journos restricted from entering RMCH
Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) authorities have imposed restriction on journalists and photojournalists from entering the hospital to perform their professional duties.
 
RU staffs demand job regularisation
Controversially recruited 546 Class III and IV employees of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday again asked the vice-chancellor to regularise their appointment.
 
Death threat to Rajshahi journo
An unknown miscreant threatened Rashed Ripon, a Rajshahi journalist, to kill him by ramming him under a truck.
 
RRSP lays siege to PDB chief engr's office
Rajshahi Rakkha Sangram Parishad (RRSP) yesterday laid a siege to the chief engineer's office of Power Development Board in Rajshahi demanding uninterrupted power supply.
 
Shibir Threat To Prof Azizul Huq
Amnesty urges PM to provide adequate security
The Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to provide adequate security to noted litterateur Prof Hasan Azizul Huq, who was threatened with death in August allegedly by
 
$1m for AMCH
The expatriate Bangladeshis living in the United States met in a fund raising event for Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH) in the Dhaka Club in New York recently and instantly collected over one million
 
Distortion of history protested
Forum for Secular Bangladesh, Rajshahi unit, on Tuesday evening set fire to a television set protesting disto-rtion of history in a programme telecast by state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV).
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Appeal for help
The father of a ten-year-old boy, who had been suffering from congenital heart defects, has sought financial assistance for the surgery the boy underwent at a city hospital recently.
 

 
   
 
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