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District watch in pictures: BARISAL: Primary and Mass Education Minister Adv Mostafizr Rahman MP speaking as Chief Guest at the inauguration ceremony of Barisal scout bhaban on Friday.

14 Dec 2014, 12:00 am0

BARISAL: Primary and Mass Education Minister Adv Mostafizr Rahman MP speaking as Chief Guest at the inauguration ceremony of Barisal scout bhaban on Friday.

US job gains disappoint, unemployment holds at 4.1pc

AFP, Washington :The US economy’s job creation ability disappointed in December, despite solid hiring in manufacturing and construction, according to government data reported Friday.But with the country believed to be near full employment, the jobless rate still held steady at its 17-year low of 4.1 percent.Employers added just 148,000 new hires in the final month of the year, all but 2,000 of them in the private sector-far below economists’ expectations of 200,000 jobs or more.Those upbeat forecasts had been boosted...

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