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America votes for president

With an anxious world watching, Americans began voting yesterday on whether to send the first female president or a volatile populist tycoon to the White House, reports AFP. The kickoff marks the end to a campaign like no other -- exhausting, often bitter -- as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump presented radically different visions of how to lead the world's greatest power. Polls opened at 6:00 am (1100 GMT and 5pm BST) in nine states, mainly in the east. Results should begin emerging late on Tuesday night, US time (from 04:00 GMT and 10am BST). Both candidates have held rallies in the battleground states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Clinton has a slim lead in the polls but no one was ruling out a Trump win. Democratic frontrunner…

Front Page

Hillary the favourite

The US presidential election, the most watched polling on the planet, started here yesterday with the…

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News

People to re-elect AL, hopes PM

The leaders of the newly formed Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) and the members of its advisory council paid rich tributes to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing floral wreaths at Tungipara in Gopalganj yesterday morning. The new committee members led…

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Metro

President stresses extracting marine resources

CHITTAGONG: Mentioning that it is the demand of the time to extract marine resources and ensure its best use, President Abdul Hamid yesterday said there is no alternative to building a strong, modern and dependable Navy to protect and extract the resources, reports UNB. “In our huge sea…

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Editorial

Disaster management

It is encouraging to note that the government will implement a number of projects with Chinese assistance to improve disaster management capacity and enhance social and public awareness about disaster prevention and reduction in Bangladesh. According to a report in this newspaper on Monday, a Memorandum…

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Op-ed

Facilitating transactions

Cards be it a credit or a debit has almost become a compulsory item in the wallet of any individual. The convenience of carrying, fast and easy way of transaction, issues of safety and security are couple of winning points which are driving us to gradually come out of cash. The evolution of e-commerce…

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Miscellaneous

‘Smuggled goods, arms worth Tk 3,016cr seized’

The outgoing Director General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Aziz Ahmed, who has recently been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General from major general, said they had recovered a huge quantity of smuggled goods and illegal firearms worth about Tk 3,016 crore in the last four years, reports…

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Business

BTRC public hearing Nov 22

Against the backdrop of dissatisfaction of mobile phone subscribers on quality of services Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to hold a public hearing to listen to subscribers’ complaints on November 22 from 9 am to 5pm. BTRC Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood said for…

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Worldwide

‘Caliphate’ leaves Iraqis in administrative limbo

Families fleeing Mosul as Iraqi forces move in are taking their "official" documents with them but also wondering who will recognise the stamp of the Islamic State group, reports AFP. From the outside, the "caliphate" IS proclaimed in June 2014 could look like a lawless land run…

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Dhakalive

Registration opens for public entry

The free registration for the ‘Bengal Classical Music Festival (BCMF) 2016’ has opened on Monday at the festival website and through SMS. Within only a few days, the curtain will rise on the 5th edition of the world’s biggest classical music event. Dedicating to ambidexter poet-writer…

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Sports

Ctg spoil a Mashrafe ‘special day’

When he was expected to celebrate his 15 years in international cricket as first Bangladeshi cricketer with some notable performance, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza couldn’t quite live up to the expectation. But that one performance in a domestic tournament shouldn’t take the gloss off from his wonderful…

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Nationwide

River ambulance lying idle for 8 years

The lone river ambulance of Chandpur 250-Bed General Hospital has been lying idle without any care for the last eight years on the premises of Chandpur Civil Surgeon office. Layer of funguses have grown on the ambulance body, looking derelict as it rests on the premises of Chandpur Civil Surgeon office,…

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Backpage

DNA test confirms Tamim identity

The Counter Terrorism and Transitional Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday received confirmation through DNA test reports from Canada that Tamim Chowdhury, the alleged neo-JMB coordinator and Gulshan attack mastermind, was indeed killed along with two of his cronies in a gunfight…

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Panorama

What will happen under a Hillary presidency?

If those of us in the Republican party cannot let go of the personal animosity that exists against each other and unite against the Democratic party, then the 2016 election will be the last election in American history. If Hillary Clinton becomes our next president, America will enter the longest period…

What will happen if Donald Trump becomes the President of the US?

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