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  Bangabhaban invites six more parties for talks

  United News of Bangladesh | Updated at 07:01pm on December 20, 2016

  The President's Office on Tuesday invited six more political parties for the second phase of talks with President Abdul Hamid on the formation of the...

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  UGC finds TIB report on lecturer recruitment ‘absurd, imaginary’

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 06:37pm on December 20, 2016

  The University Grants Commission on Tuesday protested the Transparency International Bangladesh’s research findings of bribery, political influence, nepotism and regionalism in the recruitment of lecturers...

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  Siddhirganj plant starts power supply three years behind schedule

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 04:26pm on December 20, 2016

  The Siddhirganj 335MW gas-fired plant on Tuesday afternoon started power generation on trial basis, almost three years behind...

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  Owners close down 55 apparel factories in Ashulia 

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 04:14pm on December 20, 2016

  The state minister for labour and employment, Mujibul Haque, on Tuesday warned of strict action against the protesting apparel workers of...

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  MoU signed to build rail track from Payra port to capital

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:24pm on December 20, 2016

  Bangladesh Railway and DP Rail Limited on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a 240 kilometre rail track between...

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  ACC planning to form armed unit to conduct drives

  United News of Bangladesh | Updated at 03:18pm on December 20, 2016

  The Anti Corruption Commission is working out a plan to form an armed unit to conduct drives for arresting graft suspects and ensuring the security...

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  Man killed in Jhenaidah road accident

  Our Correspondent | Updated at 03:20pm on December 20, 2016

  A man was killed and another injured as a bus crushed a motorbike near Bhatai Bazar on Jhenaidah-Kushtia Highway in Sailkupa of...

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  Two extremist financers held in city

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha | Updated at 01:11pm on December 20, 2016

  Rapid Action Battalion personnel in an overnight raid arrested two youths from city’s Pallabi area for their alleged involvement in providing...

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  Sexual assault on Pahela Baishakh : Lone arrestee charged 

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:47pm on December 20, 2016

  Police on Tuesday pressed charges against the lone arrestee in the case for sexual harassment of some women at Dhaka University during...

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  Workers’ unrest : 50 apparel factories closed in Ashulia 

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:18pm on December 20, 2016

  At least 50 apparel factories in Ashulia industrial belt, on the outskirt of Dhaka city, were forced to close on Tuesday in the face of...