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EC invites BNP factions for dialogue separately today Shahidul Islam
The Election Commission yesterday invited both the rival factions of the BNP to sit today with it separately for the much-awaited talks on the electoral reforms, Commission officials said.
When contacted last evening, leaders of both the reformist and anti-reform groups of the immediate-past ruling party confirmed the development.
Meanwhile, the Government has intensified its preparations for holding the formal political dialogue with the political parties soon amid pre-conditions set by some major parties, including the Awami League (AL) and anti-reform BNP faction led by Khandaker Delwar Hossain.  |
18 killed as train rams into bus in Tangail
Tangail Correspondent
At least 18 people were killed and 30 others injured when a train rammed into a packed bus at the Rajbari railway crossing under Kalihati upazila in Tangail, about 20 kilometers from the district town, in the early hours of yesterday,
Eye witnesses and officials They said the Dhaka-bound Ekota Express from Dinajpur hit the passenger bus at Balla in Kalihati upazila at about 3:00am, killing 16 people on the spot and injuring 32 others.
The injured were admitted to Tangail General Hospital where two of them died and five others with critical injuries were sent to Dhaka for treatment, a police official said. |
ACC to seize Khoka’s bank files
UNB, Dhaka
As part of investigation into the graft case filed against Dhaka City mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka, his wife and two children, the Anti-Corruption Commission will soon seize the files and documents relating to income tax and bank accounts.
ACC assistant director Samsul Alam, also the investigation officer, has already written to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and the managers of the concerned banks for keeping the files and documents ready for the investigation team to seize those, sources at the Commission said. |
CA urges textile entrepreneurs Ensure welfare of workers
UNB, Dhaka
UNB, Dhaka
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Wednesday called upon all entrepreneurs of the country's textile sector to give proper attention to all the relevant matters of the workers for ensuring their welfare.
He assured that the government would always remain beside the entrepreneurs as dedicated supporter and auxiliary force for industrialization and hoped that the entrepreneurs would put in all-out strength in industrialization in the country in the days ahead. |
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Internet Edition. April 17, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
