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4 killed in last phase

The final and the sixth phase of the union parishad (UP) polls ended amid irregularities and stray incidents of violence that claimed four lives yesterday. Over 100 others were injured, including people who sustained bullet injuries. Among the deceased, one each was in Feni, Noakhali, Mymensingh and Sunamganj districts. The elections—held in 698 UPs—were marked by various irregularities. There were clashes among supporters, casting of fake votes, snatching of ballot papers, and use of arms to grab polling centres. Even presiding officers unlawfully helped candidates to gain advantage in the polls. Frustrated over the irregularities in the polls, 26 candidates of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and 11 other candidates—including…

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Adieu to greatest sports legend

Heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali, a 20th Century icon whose fame transcended sport during a remarkable…

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Bankers urged to prevent, combat money laundering

RAJSHAHI: Senior bankers at a training workshop have urged the branch level executives and other bankers to put in their best efforts to resist money laundering and other malpractices in banks for the sake of uprooting various social crimes, reports BSS. Terming the border-belt districts like Rajshahi…

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Metro

Anti-tobacco activists disappointed

Adhunik, a national anti-tobacco organisation, in a reaction to the national budget proposals 2016-17 covering tobacco and tobacco products has expressed disappointment terming the tax increases for most parts as more symbolic than real as a deterrent to the use of the ‘deadly’ products,…

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Editorial

The passing of a global icon

The way people in the social media shared news of Muhammad Ali’s death yesterday morning is an ample proof of how people all over the world loved this greatest boxer of all time. After suffering from Parkinson’s syndrome from 1984, he died in a hospital at the age of 74. But describing Ali…

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Op-ed

India and its neighbours

Two major decisions by the Indian government are likely to have a bearing on its neighbor and ally Bangladesh. The first is about sealing the Indo Bangladesh border and the second is about draft amendments to citizenship law. Under this law, there will be exemption to minority citizens of Pakistan…

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Miscellaneous

Minister urges teachers for improving education system

RANGPUR: Minister for Primary and Mass Education Mostafizur Rahman has called upon the teachers to take the responsibility for improvement of the country’s education system. “The present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken various realistic approaches and extended necessary…

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Business

Tobacco tax: Who really pays it?

Every annual budget, like all other consumers, tobacco users wait with bated breath to find out whether their precious pack or pouch will burn a bigger hole in their pocket. Those usually do, drawing cheers from anti-tobacco campaigners and groans from the incorrigible addicts. The government looks…

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Worldwide

Iraq forces gain ground from IS west of Fallujah

AFP, NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq: Iraqi forces gained new ground from the Islamic State group Saturday in a key area west of the jihadist bastion of Fallujah, security sources said. Fighters from the army, the police and from the Hashed al-Shaabi—a paramilitary organisation dominated by Tehran-backed…

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Dhakalive

Remembering ‘Pop Guru’ on 5th death anniv

DL Reporter Azam Khan (28 February 1950—5 June 2011), the late legendary Bangladeshi singer, certainly created a major impact as far as the music scene in Bangladesh is concerned. Considered to be one of the main pioneers of popular Bangladesh pop music, he was popular as honorific nicknames ‘Pop…

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Sports

Tasamul century keeps Mohammedan at bay

Tasamul Haque hit a brilliant century to help the Kalabagan Krira Chakra escape from the relegation zone as his side stunned mighty Mohammedan Sporting Club by six wickets in the Dhaka Premier League yesterday at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium. While the victory even gave the KKC a glimmer of hope to…

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Nationwide

Afforestation drive awfully slow; DoF renews target

Having failed to achieve its earlier target to increase the country’ forest coverage to 20 percent by 2015, the Department of Forest (DoF) has now set a goal afresh to have 15 percent vegetation coverage by 2021 through strengthening its afforestation programme, reports UNB. In 1994, the government…

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Social instability behind violence: EC

Chief Election Commission (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday said the irregularities, violence and killings during polls are not at all desirable and social instability is one of the major reasons for the incidents violence. He also expressed his deep shock and prayed for the salvation of the departed…

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Panorama

Muhammad Ali: The 20 best moments that made him ‘The Greatest’

1) Takes up boxing after his bike is stolen (1954) If it wasn’t for the lure of free food, Muhammad Ali may never have boxed. As the 12-year-old Cassius Clay he pedalled on his red and white Schwinn bike to the Louisville Home Show, an exhibition for black businesses, for the free popcorn, hot…

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