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Ershad quits party post
Hands rein to Anisul Islam for reforms in JP
HM Ershad yesterday quitted as the Jatiya Party (JP) chairman and appointed Presidium Member Anisul Islam Mahmud to deputise for him till the council elects a new chief.
 
Nothing to take place beyond BNP constitution
Says Khaleda, will place her reform proposals at council
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asserted that reforms within the party will not be implemented according to any individual's wish but through a democratically held party council where everyone will
 
Date for announcing polls in 15 days
Pilot voter listing project ends
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda yesterday said a complete roadmap for holding the next parliamentary election with a specific timeframe for preparing a voter list with photographs and
 
Razzak comes up with his own reform plan
Awami League's (AL) reformist Presidium Member Abdur Razzak yesterday announced a set of reform proposals including a provision for barring the party president and the general secretary from holding the
 
Budget has measures to contain price hike, scopes for job creation
Says finance adviser
Refuting criticisms of the budget for fiscal year 2007-08, Finance and Planning Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam yesterday said the budget has measures to keep prices of essentials at a tolerable level andcreate
 
Over 400 RMG units yet to fix minimum wage as deadline ends
More than 400 garment units are yet to fix minimum monthly wage for their workers though the time limit for it ended yesterday, a survey of the garment manufacturers and exporters association has found.
 
Legal framework must to keep criminals away from politics
Lt Gen Masud shares his anti-graft drive experience
A legal framework should be in place to make sure that the political parties stay out of criminalisation and respect people's basic rights of movement and livelihood, coordinator of the National Coordination
 
Migrant Workers
Govt wakes up to find reasons for low wage
The government has taken an initiative to investigate why the Bangladeshi workers abroad get lower salary than the same category of workers of other countries, and take necessary measures towards itsredress
 
Falu sent to jail after 12 days on remand
A Dhaka court yesterday sent former BNP lawmaker Mossaddak Ali Falu to jail custody on completion of his 12 days on remand, in four phases, in connection with two cases filed against him for misappropriating
 
Ex-Jamaat MP Taher sued again
Two more cases have been filed against detained former Jamaat lawmaker Abdullah Mohammd Taher and his brother on charges of misappropriating public funds allocated against different projects.
 
Council Meeting
Govt to make getting passports easier
The caretaker government is going to make easy the issuance and renewal of passports by simplifying the existing intricate rules and formalities.
 
Birdem doctors' job contracts to be renewed
Says diabetic assoc
The Diabetic Association of Bangladesh in a press release yesterday said it would renew the job contracts of indoor medical officers at Birdem Hospital and take immediate steps for regularising them.
 
Govt may invite tender for 3 IPP power plants this month
The government is likely to invite international tenders this month for setting up three large independent power producer (IPP) plants.
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Waist-deep water


 
UN shuts down Iraqi WMD monitoring
Four years after the US-led invasion of Iraq failed to turn up Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, the Security Council Friday shut down a UN programme that monitored such arms, closing "anappalling
 
US raids Baghdad slum: 26 Iraqis die
Suicide bomber kills 16 police recruits, dozens of bodies found in mass grave
American soldiers rolled into Baghdad's Sadr City slum yesterday in search of Iranian-linked militants and as many as 26 Iraqis were killed in what a US officer described as "an intense firefight.
 
Search continues to rescue Danida staff
Security forces at Thanchhi are still conducting search and rescue operations for one of the abducted Danida employees.
 
40 fishermen missing in rough sea
Some 40 fishermen went missing as 14 trawlers capsized in the Bay since Friday noon to early yesterday amid inclement weather.
 
British police hunt bomb suspect
Police mounted increased patrols in a jittery London yesterday as detectives conducted an intense hunt for a man seen running from an explosives-packed car in the heart of the city's entertainment district.
 
8 rescued from human traffickers
Eight people including women and children were rescued from human traffickers by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Friday night at Bhomra border. The victims were being trafficked to India.
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