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BNP plans 'effective' movement with other parties in October

BNP is getting ready to launch a 'brief but effective' simultaneous movement with other opposition parties in October next to force the government to release Khaleda Zia and hold the next national election under a non-party administration, reports UNB. According to BNP insiders, the party is also preparing to join...

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Govt conspiring to create communal division: BNP

BNP alleged on Tuesday that the government is conspiring to create a communal division in the country to fish in troubled waters, reports UNB."Obaidul Quader (AL general secretary) recently said a communal plot is on in the name of national unity, and the situation will be horrible if BNP comes...

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RMG workers have to work 28 hrs more than normal: Study

A garment worker has to work 28 hours more a month than the working hours stipulated in labour law 2006, a study revealed on Monday.Besides, garment workers work 2.5 extra hours on an average after regular eight-hour duty. They work 60 additional hours a month which is 30 per cent...

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ACC sues five over siphoning off Tk6.6m to India

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday lodged two cases against five people, including two Indian nationals, for their involvement in alleged siphoning off around Tk 6.6 million.The accused are - Regency Packaging Ltd and Regency Trims Ltd managing director Yogesh Kakar, director of the two companies Ruby Kakar, HSBC Bank's...

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AL factional clash leaves one dead in Faridpur

FARIDPUR, Sept 04 (UNB): An Awami League activist was killed in a clash between two factions of the party over establishing supremacy in Saltha upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Sakhawat Hossain, 50.Delwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Saltha Police Station, said supporters of Atghar union parishad chairman Shahidul Islam...

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Cops nab 16 BNP men in Sylhet

SYLHET, Sep 04 (UNB): Police in a drive detained a total of 16 local leaders and activists of BNP from Goalbazar union parishad chairman's residence in Osmani Nagar upazila on Monday night.Acting on a tip-off, police detained them while they were conducting a secret meeting around 10 pm, said Md...

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