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Dhaka district Awami League gets new president, general secretary

Dhaka district Awami League has made Benzir Ahmed the new committee president and Poniruzzaman Tarun the general secretary.

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Benazir Ahmed and Poniruzzaman Tarun Bangla Tribune

Dhaka district Awami League's triennial conference draws huge crowd

Thousands of leaders and activists of the ruling party joined the Dhaka district Awami League's triennial conference on Saturday.

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Dhaka Tribune

Bangladeshis among thousands of workers evicted in Qatar before World Cup

Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers including Bangladeshis in the same areas of Doha where visiting soccer fans will stay during the World Cup, workers who were evicted from their homes told Reuters.

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Dengue claims 6 more lives; Death toll now 134

Six more deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning raised this year's fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 134.

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Dengue patients under treatment at Mitford Hospital in Dhaka. The photo was taken on Friday, August 6, 2021 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Dhaka seeks alternate payment option to trade with Russia

Dhaka is seeking alternative payment systems amid multiple sanctions, including Swift ban, against Russia as bilateral trade continues to suffer due to lack of safe transaction mechanism.

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A picture illustration shows Russian rouble banknotes of various denominations on a table in Warsaw, Poland, January 22, 2016 Reuters

Fakhrul: BNP MPs ready to resign from Parliament if party asks

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said MPs from his party are ready to resign from the current Parliament as their main goal is to restore democracy by ousting the Awami League government.

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Dhaka Tribune

UP polls: AL to start sale of nomination papers on Sunday

The ruling Awami League is going to start the sale of nomination forms for polls to nine union parishads on Sunday.

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File photo of Awami League Headquarters at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune

Govt to set up 1,000 more cyclone shelters

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman on Friday said the government has taken a step to build 1,000 more cyclone shelters.

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Chhatra League to get new leadership in January

The Chhatra league, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, will get new leadership at its council in January next year.

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Chasing the next gig

Those gig economy companies -- the food delivery and informal economy ones -- are sometimes not paying fair wages, benefits, and even offer poor working conditions. This is, of course, an outrage. The thing is though, what do we do about such an outrage?

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