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Which businesses can remain open after 8pm?
Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Employment has said everything except for the following establishments must be closed after 8pm from tomorrow:
Trump says solution to shutdown impasse ‘so simple’
With the government mired in shutdown week four, President Donald Trump rejected a short-term legislative fix and dug in for more combat, declaring he would “never ever back down.”
US in longest govt shutdown
The US government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump's row with Democrats over building a Mexico border wall entered a record 22nd day Saturday.
Trump renews threat over wall
President Donald Trump, facing the prospect within days of the longest US government shutdown in history, was considering declaring a national emergency that would likely escalate a policy dispute with Democrats over his proposed US-Mexico border wall into a court test of presidential power.
Cases filed against BNP men as they committed crimes: PM
Responding to BNP's allegation of facing too many cases, PM Hasina said that cases have been filed as they had committed such crimes adding that those who burnt people to death in the name of movement must be punished.
Superstore owners keep shutter down protesting ‘harassment’
Owners of nearly 100 superstores keep their shutter down in Dhaka and other parts of the country since this morning, protesting “harassment through implementation of discriminatory policy and misuse of law”.
Torch march for Tonu tomorrow, hartal the day after
Students will march with torch tomorrow in favour of the countrywide hartal on April 25 protesting government’s failure to catch the killers of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
Jamaat hartal ends peacefully
The daylong countrywide hartal (shutdown) sponsored by the Jamaat-e-Islami ended without reports of any significant occurrence anywhere in Bangladesh. In Dhaka metropolitan, despite a marginally thinner traffic, all public and private transport services are plying the streets as usual.
Jamaat calls hartal tomorrow over Quasem verdict
Jamaat calls countrywide hartal for tomorrow over the Supreme Court ruling upholding death penalty of its leader Mir Quasem for war crimes.
20-party alliance calls 72-hr fresh hartal from tomorrow
BNP-led 20-party alliance calls 72-hour fresh hartal from 6am tomorrow protesting "arrest of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed", says the alliance's press statement
Movement to continue: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia once again announces that the ongoing movement will continue until its ultimate goal is achieved
Khaleda to hold press conference on ongoing political situation at 4pm tomorrow
BNP chief Khaleda Zia to brief the media tomorrow on the ongoing situation of the country
Govt showing utmost patience: PM
Terming Khaleda Zia as the leader of the militants, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that the BNP chief would have to face punishment for getting people killing in petrol bombs attacks.
2 Juba League men killed in Natore, Bogra
Two Jubo League activists have been killed by undefined attackers in separate incidents in Natore and Bogra
3 hurt in Dhaka bomb blasts
3 people, including a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, were injured in separate crude bomb blasts in Dhaka
Chapainawabganj arson victim dies
A truck helper, who suffered burns in an arson attack on a truck in Chapainawabganj, dies at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
5 JCD men held at DU
Detectives detained five activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Dhaka University campus for their alleged attempt to bring out a procession supporting the ongoing hartal and blockade .
20-party threatens fresh hartal from Sunday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has once again threatened to enforce a fresh shutdown from Sunday if its demands including holding elections under a nonparty administration are not fulfilled.
2 hurt in 14-party rally blasts
Two people were injured in crude bomb explosions during a rally of the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance at Hazaribaghin Dhaka.