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Name: Dhaka

First reported 19 mins ago - Updated 12 mins ago - 1 reports

Psychological distress may explain ‘ghost’ sighting at Bangladeshi garment factory

As AFP reports , 3,500 workers stopped work at the plant in Gazipur, north of Dhaka on Tuesday. They smashed furniture as they protested and demanded action to remove the ghost. "The agitating workers refused to join duty and vandalised the factory after ... [Published Big News Network - 19 mins ago]

Entities: Workers, Protest, Police

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

6/20/2013: SPORT: A step closer to their dreams

Chandigarh finished runners-up in the U-19 Dhruv Pandove Trophy, with two local lads — batsman Vineet Dhaka and all-rounder Arpit Singh Pannu — giving credible performances. Now they hope their efforts are enough to propel them to the Punjab squad fo ... [Published Hindustan Times - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Chandigarh

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

Two editors get bail

A Dhaka court granted bail to chief Editors of daily 'Manobkantha' and news portal 'Dhaka Times' in a defamation case filed by Minister for Jute and Textiles Abdul Latif Siddique.The Minister had sued them over reports they ran which he considered de ... [Published The New Nation - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Bail, Abdul Latif, Magistrates Court

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Sadly familiar

ILLEGAL construction of a market on the footpath bordering the wall of the T&T office at Gulistan in the capital Dhaka under the auspices of some Juba League leaders, the youth front of the ruling Awami League, yet again provides a glaring example of ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Juba (South Sudan), Illegal, Construction, Bangladesh Chhatra League, Zero Point

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Rainfall brings relief to city dwellers

At last capital Dhaka had welcome rain on Wednesday late afternoon after continued hot spell coupled with irritating load shedding that battered life of city dwellers for the last few days.The scanty but soothing rain was also experienced by some other ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Khulna, Rajshahi, New Age

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

30 passport brokers jailed

. UNB, DhakaA Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) mobile court in a special drive on Wednesday sentenced 30 brokers, including four female ones, to one month's sentence at Agargaon passport office.RAB headquarters sources said a team of RAB-2 conducted the drive ... [Published The New Nation - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Anisur Rahman, Harassment, Action

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Frequent power cuts add to sufferings

Frequent power outages amid scorching heat have added to sufferings of people across the country for the past few days.Power distribution agencies are causing outages for four to six hours a day in urban areas while the situation is worse in rural areas ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Md Mizanur Rahman, Khulna, New Age

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Govt sits on single authority plan for drainage

The government is yet to decide over placing the drainage system of the Dhaka city under a single authority, a move initiated 10 years ago.The city corporations and the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority officials said the ministry concerned did ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Drainage, Sewer, Water Supply, Ataur Rahman Sunny

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Motorbike registration suspended

Drive against unfit vehicles soon: ministerStaff CorrespondentThe government on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to suspend registration of motorbikes for one month in Dhaka with effect from today in a move to restore discipline in the city traffic ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Ramadan, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Transportation

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Dhaka stocks inch up as turnover goes higher

Dhaka stocks inched up with a higher turnover amid volatile trading on Tuesday as a section of the investors made fresh investments while another opted for profit-taking.The benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, gained 0.45 per cent, ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Bourse, Turnover, Stocks, Declination, Index

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Govt submits list of 124 houses to HC

The government has submitted to the High Court a list of 124 houses allotted to government high-ups and its offices and officers.The directorate of government accommodation and the housing and public works ministry submitted the list to the bench of Justice ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: judges, Allotment, Hussain Haider, Mirza Hussain

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Construction works of Dhaka Elevated Expressway to begin in August: Minister

New Age OnlineThe construction works of much-talked-about Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) will begin in August this year.Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday told the reporters at a press briefing in the secretariat, our senior staff correspondent ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Construction, New Age

Quotes

"One worker might have hallucinated on a ghost-like object and as the news spread other workers started to think that they also saw that ghost or (thought) it attacked them" Rahman said

Psychological distress may explain ‘ghost’ sighting at Bangladeshi garment factory [Published Manufacturers Monthly - 12 mins ago]

"As individuals they don't get emotionally hijacked; if they go play for other teams they play brilliant cricket" he said

Proteas annihilated [Published Times Live South Africa - 3 hours ago]

The Prime Minister said the opposition made a mistake. "I think they wanted to mention about that (Dr Kamal's son-in-law), but mistakenly uttered my daughter-in-law's name."

My daughter-in-law not Jew, but Christian: Hasina [Published The New Nation - 7 hours ago]

"I think manpower business and the realreal estate are full of corruption. But, the ACC can't do anything to check the graft as it is not a scheduled offence of the ACC as per the ACC act."

ACC–A toothless tiger [Published The New Nation - 7 hours ago]

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ACC–A toothless tiger [Published The New Nation - 7 hours ago]
Govt sits on single authority plan for drainage [Published New Age Bangladesh - 8 hours ago]
Titas faces resistance in different areas [Published New Age Bangladesh - 8 hours ago]
Frequent power cuts add to sufferings [Published New Age Bangladesh - 8 hours ago]
Lightning kills 11 people [Published New Age Bangladesh - 8 hours ago]
Abul refutes WB Padma allegation [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - 9 hours ago]
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8 members of fake marriage media held in city [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - 14 hours ago]
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Tripartite partnership stressed for development [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - 15 hours ago]
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Blogs

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Dhaka Journal: What Garment Workers Wear [Published WSJ.com: India Real Time - Jun 09 2013] A Bangladeshi garment worker probably buys three outfits a year, compared to more than 20 times that purchased by the average American. ...
Josephine d'Allant: Microfinance for Slum Dwell... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Jun 08 2013] Microfinance -- the provision of credit and other financial services to micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses that lack access to mainstream banking -- has proven to be a remarkably effective way to reduce poverty in cities across the developing world. ...
Morning Brief: NSA collecting call logs of mill... [Published FP Passport - Jun 06 2013] NSA collecting call logs of millions of Verizon customers Top news: The National Security Agency iscollecting business call logs involving millions of Americans under a secret warrantfrom the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the Guardian ...
CNN Washington AM Note [Published CNN Political Ticker - Jun 06 2013] BREAKING OVERNIGHT: CNN: North and South Korea agree to idea of talks on shuttered industrial zone After months of unsettling tensions, North and South Korea tentatively agreed Thursday to hold talks about reopening their shared manufacturing ...
U.S. Embassy Pakistan: First to Pass One Millio... [Published Brookings Up Front - Jun 05 2013] The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan has just cracked a diplomatic milestone: becoming the first mission in the world to pass one million fans on Facebook . Its rise to top spot has been swift. The embassy only decided to make social media a priority in ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: Police and Islamists clash in Dhaka [Published BBC News Video - World - May 05 2013]
VIDEO: Anger after Dhaka factory collapse [Published BBC News Video - World - Apr 29 2013]
VIDEO: Dhaka death building owner held [Published BBC News Video - World - Apr 29 2013]
VIDEO: Survivors found in collapsed factory [Published BBC News Video - World - Apr 26 2013]
Bangladeshi workers protest after deadly buildi... [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Apr 25 2013]

Press Releases

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Leading Aircraft Charter Broker Chapman Freebor... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Feb 16 2013]