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Allocate Tk 1,000cr to pay jute mill workers

Amidst an agitation by the workers of seven state-owned jute mills in Khulna region, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the finance minister to allocate Tk. 1,000 crore to pay the dues of the workers of 27 state-owned jute mills before Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year 1423. “It is not acceptable that the jute mill workers should be demonstrating for their dues, when we will be celebrating Pahela Baishakh,” the Premier told finance minister AMA Muhith in an unscheduled discussion during the Cabinet meeting. The finance minister assured the PM that he would allocate the amount for the jute mill workers. Hasina also instructed jute minister Md Emaz Uddin Pramanik to start paying the pending salaries of the…

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Response �lukewarm�

The union parishad (UP) elections are being held under the political banner, but candidates nominated…

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News

Think about AL in newer way: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said time has come to think about the ruling Awami League in a newer way to keep it dynamic and vibrant, reports UNB. The Prime Minister said this when the newly elected presidents and secretaries of the Awami League units of Dhaka City North and South met the…

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Metro

Stress on research-driven teaching

Speakers at a seminar in the capital yesterday stressed the need for research-driven teaching and learning system to increase quality of education at the tertiary level in the country, reports UNB. They also said it is highly essential to ensure best practices of teaching and learning at the higher…

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Editorial

Kerala temple fire

What was clearly preventable has turned into a heartbreaking reality. A massive explosion sparked by fireworks have killed at least 110 while injuring another 200 more inside a temple in India’s southern region of Kerala on last Sunday. An investigation has been ordered as officials said permits…

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Op-ed

Female leadership and education

One of the most consistently documented relationships in the field of political behaviour is the close association between educational attainment and political participation. For some scholars, the reason for this relationship is clear: education gives citizens the skills and resources needed to participate…

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Miscellaneous

28,000 curved-leg children get treatment

NAOGAON: About 28,000 curved-leg children were provided treatment free of cost during last five years (2011-16) by the Glencoe Foundation through 48 hospitals across the country, reports BSS. The foundation disclosed the treatment figure at a seminar at Naogaon Sadar Hospital auditorium on Sunday. The…

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Business

Cyber security at a snail�s pace

The work to form an organisation to ensure cyber space security recommended by National Telecommunications Monitoring Centre (NTMC) has not yet started. However Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said that they have started the work as soon as they received instructions from…

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Worldwide

G7 urges restraint in South China Sea disputes

AFP, HIROSHIMA, Japan: Group of Seven foreign ministers on Monday expressed concern about maritime disputes in Asia, as worries grow in the region over China’s territorial and military ambitions. Beijing lays claim to almost all of the South China Sea despite conflicting partial claims from Brunei,…

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Dhakalive

�Hajaro Konthe Barshabaran 1423�

On the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, Channel i, in association with Surer Dhara, will be organising the annual ‘Hajaro Konthe Barshabaran’, where a thousand voices from talented young artistes will be heard performing to embrace the new year. Just like the previous years, an extravagant arrangement…

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Sports

Still in learning curve of Test cricket

Part I Although Bangladesh has achieved considerable success in One-Day Internationals and Twenty20, Test cricket still remains a puzzle for the nation. Since its elevation to Test cricket in 2000, Bangladesh is yet to beat any top-ranking opponent in the longer format. As of now, Bangladesh has played…

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Nationwide

Flower traders busy ahead of Pahela Baishakh

Hundreds of flower traders are passing busy time in Jhenidah ahead of Pahela Baishakh (Bangla Nababarshya). Sources said over 4,000 flower traders and more than 5,000 are engaged to meet the demand for flowers on Pahela Baishakh, which falls on Thursday. General secretary of Jhenidah…

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Another deadline expires, tanneries yet to relocate

The Government is yet to act against the tannery owners for their failure to relocate factories to Savar Leather Industrial City from the city’s Hazaribagh area before the deadline ended on Sunday. The Government had extended the deadline by seven days on April 3, but the owners failed to execute…

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Panorama

How humanity first killed dodo, then lost it as well

Most people are familiar with the sad story of the dodo. This plump, flightless bird was so tasty and so tame that it was hunted to extinction within a century by Dutch sailors arriving on the shores of Mauritius. Rather fewer people realise that this story is largely incorrect. Tasty? Apparently not…

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