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Veteran politician Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan passed away Wednesday at 12:01 am at a city hospital. He was 67.
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Tk 3,000 minimum salary; highest raise 87pc; effective from Nov 1; mixed reaction among workers, owners, businesses
Refayet Ullah Mirdha
The government yesterday formally announced the new minimum salary structure for readymade garment sector hoping to put an end to the longstanding worker unrest over wages.
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Usurpation of State Power
Shakhawat Liton
The parliamentary special committee for constitutional amendment might recommend inclusion of a stringent clause in the constitution blocking the way for extra-constitutional usurpation of state power.
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BNP's First NEC Meet Tomorrow
Rakib Hasnet Suman
Conflict within the party and strategy to forge an anti-government movement are likely to top the agenda for the first meeting of BNP's national executive committee tomorrow.
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Financial Transactions
Shakhawat Liton
As many as 31 of 38 political parties including Awami League, BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami are yet to turn in reports on annual financial transactions to the Election Commission with the seven-month deadline for submission expiring tomorrow.
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HC asks BIWTA
Staff Correspondent
The High Court has directed Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to demolish and remove within 30 days its recreation centre in the Buriganga river in Kamrangirchar area of the capital.
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5th Amendment Judgment
Staff Correspondent
A number of senior legal experts yesterday expressed mixed reactions over the Supreme Court verdict that declared illegal the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.
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TIB Survey
Staff Correspondent
Three in every four people in the country oppose the government move to make it mandatory for the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) to take permission before filing corruption cases against public servants, a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) survey says.
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Cabinet okays 9:00am to 3:30pm
Staff Correspondent
Office hours during Ramadan will be from 9:00am to 3:30pm for government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations.
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War Tribunal
Staff Correspondent
The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday directed the prison authorities to produce the four detained top Jamaat-e-Islami leaders before it on August 2.
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Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday placed Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee on a one-day fresh remand in connection with a case filed following an attempt on Prof Humayun Azad's life.
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Graft Case
Staff Correspondent
The High Court (HC) yesterday scrapped the 13-year imprisonment sentence against former home minister and Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), deeming the conviction against him as illegal.
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15 hurt, 5 held
Staff Correspondent
At least 15 people including five law enforcers were injured in a clash between police and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists in the capital's Motijheel yesterday.
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Staff Correspondent
India has agreed to export three lakh tonnes of rice to Bangladesh.
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Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh joins hand with 12 other Tiger Range Countries (TRC) to save global tiger population.
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Unb, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday gave a strong instruction to doctors who have been posted in villages to perform their duties at their respective villages and make sure that villagers do not suffer for lack of doctors.
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Recruitment Row
Our Correspondent, Dinajpur
Law enforcers rescued Dinajpur Education Board Chairman Taslima Akter Banu yesterday evening after unruly muster roll staff kept her confined in the office room for hours alleging her of taking bribes for making fresh recruitments.
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