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“I
did it.”
HAIDULLAH
a day-labourer
who confessed to have killed his seven-year-old son Ashraful
Alam.
Haidullah has been declared mentally unsound.
“Many
among the others have not implemented the 4th or 3rd Wage
Board and others still are unable to pay their regular salary
for months.”
Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB)
and Bangladesh Shongbadpotro Porishod (BSP).
stating its position on the demand for a 6th Wage Board for
the newspaper industry.
“Some
members of the NOAB and BSP broke the law by not implementing
the Wage Board. Now they want to justify it.”
Shangbadik
Shromik Kormochari Oikko Porishod
denouncing NOAB and BSP's stance on declaration of
fresh wage board.
“In
order of priority, I am here to see my wife.”
ASIF
ALI ZARDARI
husband of deposed Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto
on his arrival in Dubai.
Zardari served an eight-year prison sentence for graft. Benazir
is in a self-imposed exile in the Emirates.
“This
is a disaster. This is a disaster.”
ANIBAL IBARRA
mayor
Buenos Aires
after a fire in a discothèque killed 175, most of whom
were teenagers.
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Cartoon : MUSTAFA ZAMAN
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