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Major changes likely in central working body

The ruling Awami League (AL) is planning a major reshuffle in the AL Central Working Committee (ALCWC), the highest policy-making body, in its upcoming 20th Triennial National Council Session scheduled for March 28. According to party insiders, some major changes can be expected in different party forums, besides induction of several new faces in the Central Executive Committee, picked from among dedicated members, who have been active in party activities. The number of executive members, especially posts for women members, will go up, thus expanding the size of the National Executive Committee, party insiders said. The party may announce an 81-member Central Executive Committee through the Council, party sources said. The ALCWC currently has…

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SME Foundation in disarray

Some officials of the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Foundation, an apex institution for SME development…

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News

President, PM greet audience, broadcasters

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted the audience, broadcasters, officials and technicians of radio across the globe on the occasion of World Radio Day 2016, reports BSS. In separate messages on the eve of the day, they wished success of all programmes undertaken marking…

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Metro

CT scanner lies inoperative for one month

KHULNA: The lone CT (Computed tomography) scanner at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) lies inoperative for long one month, with no visible steps from the authorities for its repair, hindering prompt diagnosis of critical health problems, reports UNB. The CT scanner machine has been lying inoperative…

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Editorial

UNESCO guideline and teacher policy development

Transformation of social respectability in teaching in Bangladesh and elsewhere is not only an interesting aspect. There is vast scope for extensive research on this changeover. The trend of change and its aftermath, including implementation of the decisions from time to time concerning teachers, is…

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Op-ed

Alternative energy paths

Bangladesh has no natural fuel (coal or oil), and natural gas reserves are finite and declining! Alternative sources of energy, that is naturally available to us, needs to be maximized. The sooner it is the better! In this regard some of the proven and promising options are open and needs to be developed…

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Business

Better infrastructure envisaged to boost exports to India

Infrastructure facilities such as warehouses, power supply, telecommunication, cold storage at land custom stations across the borders will be improved to increase exports to India, said commerce ministry officials. As part of the initiative, the government will urge Indian authorities to provide effective…

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Worldwide

Korean peninsula looks more divided than ever

AFP, SEOUL: North and South Korea’s perennially volatile relations seem headed for a new and potentially dangerous low, with all official lines of communication cut off and a host of tension-raising issues on the near horizon. The two rivals, who have remained technically at war over the past…

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Dhakalive

Tele-drama �Ador� starring Mishu Chy to air tonight

Please talk about tonight’s tele-drama. ‘Ador’—a single-episode tele-drama, will be aired tonight at 9pm on BTV. Produced by Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Arman Parvez Murad and Momena Chowdhury, among others, have shared the screen with me. What is the story of ‘Ador’? The…

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Sports

Bangladesh now look to third place

Despite being demised of a dream run to play in the final, Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team is expecting to place them amongst the top five out of the Test playing nations as they will face-off their Asian rival Sri Lanka in the third-place deciding match at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium (KSOAS)…

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Nationwide

Four killed, 31 hurt in road accidents

Four people were killed and 31 others injured in separate accidents in Manikganj and Sherpur yesterday. A four-year-old child was killed and 30 others were injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch near Muljan bus stand here yesterday. The deceased was identified as Umme Tanha Tuktuki, daughter of…

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EP for agreed mechanisms before 2019 polls

The visiting delegation of the European Parliament favours some ‘agreed mechanisms’ well ahead of the next general election due in 2019 so that ‘many parties’ can participate in it in a free, fair and open manner with ‘maximum choices’, reports UNB. “It’s…

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Panorama

The diplomat and the killer

When four American women were murdered during El Salvador’s dirty war, a young US official and his unlikely partner risked their lives to solve the case On December 1, 1980, two American Catholic churchwomen—an Ursuline nun and a lay missionary—sat down to dinner with…

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