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UK retailers accused of ignoring Bangladeshi workers' plight

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 11 hours ago | No category

Source: The Guardian

Retailers accused of ignoring Bangladeshi workers' plight • Garment workers 'are paid as little as 7p an hour' • Campaigners say previous factory report was ignored Workers producing clothes in Bangladesh for some of the UK's biggest retailers are being...

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EC refuses FEMA permission to monitor polls

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: BDNews24

Dhaka, Dec 4 (bdnews24.com) The Election Commission has refused to allow Fair Election Monitoring Alliance to monitor the general elections as its chief is tied to a political party...December 6 and notifies EC about it," said Zaman. "Election Commission...

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Love, respects pour on Nurul Islam

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 24 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: BDNews24

Dhaka, Dec 5 (bdnews24.com) People including political leaders and activists are paying their last respects by showering flowers on the coffin of Ganotontree Party president Nurul Islam at the Central Shaheed Minar on Friday. Islam's coffin was brought to...

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Scrutiny serves AL, BNP major salvo

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

In some constituencies, even the back-up or independent candidates loyal to the electoral alliances led by two parties were declared unfit to contest the polls. At least 12 BNP candidates were declared unfit to contest the polls while five candidates...

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Chittagong journos stop work to seek new pay

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 19 hours ago | Technology News

Source: BDNews24

Chittagong, Dec 4 (bdnews24.com) Journalists and employees of seven newspapers in Chittagong observed a one-hour work stoppage for a second day on Thursday in support of their demand of pay in line with the seventh wage board. Called by...

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Mirza Abbas, Babar, Silver Selim freed on bail

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 22 hours ago | No category

Source: BDNews24

Dhaka, Dec 4 (bdnews24.com) Mirza Abbas, former minister for housing and works, Lutfuzzaman Babar, former state minister for home and former BNP MP MAH Selim, better known as 'Silver' Selim, have been freed on bail on Thursday evening. Deputy...

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Five die in Lalbagh fire

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 24 hours ago | No category

Source: BDNews24

Dhaka, Dec 4 (bdnews24.com) Five people, including three children, died in a fire at the capital's Lalbagh area at on Thursday, said firefighters. The fire originated from an Islambagh foam factory at around 12:30 pm that spread to surrounding...

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Bangla politician mysteriously wounded

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 1 day ago | No category

Source: Times of India

Political parties and citizens groups on Thursday demanded investigations after a "mysterious" apartment fire critically burned Left-leaning Ganatantri Party President Nurul Islam and killed his son. Islam, also a candidate nominated by the Awami League-led grand alliance for the upcoming...

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BB traces 88 loan defaulters

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 1 day ago | No category

Source: The New Nation

Staff Reporter The Bangladesh Bank (BB) and other commercial banks seen to be unable to block the participation of the loan defaulters in the coming parliamentary election as many of them managed to get nomination at the last moment to...

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PSC asks CA to punish vandals

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: BDNews24

Dhaka, Dec 4, (bdnews24.com) The Public Service Commission chief on Thursday asked the chief adviser to punish the perpetrators who vandalised the Public Services Commission on Tuesday. PSC chairman Sa'adat Hossain and other members met with chief adviser Fakhruddin...

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