BNP on mission caretaker govt

Moves to link up with small parties, win over out-of-favour AL leaders, allies

BNP is working to form a platform for political parties to resist the next parliamentary elections under the Awami League-led coalition government.
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No respite for workers

Middlemen out to make money as KL starts to regularise workers Aug 1

Undocumented Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia are falling prey to the same crooked manpower agents who are responsible for their misery over the years.
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Ctg survivors still reel from shock

One succumbs to injury; toll rises to 40

Abdullah Al Mamun has been silent since the Mirsarai tragedy in which he lost nine friends. Lying on his bed at Centre Point Hospital in the port city, he only gives blank looks as his parents wait anxiously to hear him speak.
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PM visits Mirsarai

Says she feels the pain

“May Allah, the almighty not give such deep shock and sorrow to anyone. I know how it feels when our dearest ones leave this world for ever. May Allah give you the strength to endure the pain of losing your beloved children.”
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Husband's swindling proves too costly

Wife kills kid, herself to go beyond humiliation

A woman committed suicide after killing her baby girl in the capital's Nadda yesterday, failing to withstand the humiliation by people her husband had “cheated.”
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Rivers Take New Look

Comes water, comes festivity

Arrival of upstream floodwaters has not only flushed the stagnant dirty water out of the four rivers around the capital but also sparked festivity among millions of people on the banks.