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It’s Ivy again

The incumbent mayor Awami League candidate Selina Hayat Ivy won the much-hyped Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls held yesterday beating her prime rival BNP’s Advocate Shakhawat Hossain Khan by a huge margin. Returning Officer Nuruzzaman Talukdar announced the results while talking to reporters at his makeshift office at Narayanganj Club around 11:20pm. According to the unofficial results, Ivy bagged 175,611 votes while Shakhawat got 96,044 votes in the polls held in a free, fair and peaceful manner, barring allegations of voter intimidation by Awami League (AL) leaders and activists. The returning officer also said the voter turnout in the election was 62.33 per cent. Most voters and residents of Narayanganj city told The Independent…

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30 more factories closed

About 30 more readymade garments (RMG) factories in the Ashulia industrial belt were closed yesterday…

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News

Cops still clueless on motive

Investigators yesterday said the motive behind the sensational murder of Muhamuda Khanam Mitu could only be ascertained after the arrest of prime suspects Kamrul Sikder alias Musa and Kalu, who also happen to be police informers. Mitu, wife of former SP Babul Akther, was stabbed and shot dead near her…

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Metro

SUST reopens following protests by students

SYLHET: Authorities of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has withdrawn its declaration of a 10-day closure of academic activities at the university, reports UNB. The decision was taken at an emergency syndicate meeting, presided over by the university’s Vice-chancellor Dr Aminul…

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Editorial

Combating sale of unsafe drinking water

It is worrying to note that producing and bottling ‘mineral water’ in unhygienic condition has turned into a booming business across Khulna division. According to a report in this newspaper on Wednesday, 16 business entities have been operating fraudulent water treatment and filtration plants…

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Op-ed

Delivering education by the army

The traditional role of the army has always been to prepare for protecting the people, sovereignty and the territorial integrity of the country. It is also actively engaged in non-traditional military roles such as Socio-economic activities in support of the government’s development programs.A…

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Business

ECNEC okays Tk 9123cr project to improve primary education

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved 15 development projects, involving a total of Tk 26,410.81 crore, including two big projects to ensure infrastructural development of primary schools across the country. The projects are –“Demand base government…

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Worldwide

Putin urges Russian nuke weapons boost

AFP, MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for the country to reinforce its military nuclear potential and praised the army’s performance in its Syria campaign. In a speech that recapped military activities in 2016, Putin said the army’s preparedness has “considerably…

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Dhakalive

Airin’s ‘Ek Prithibi Prem’ hits cinemas today

A full-length feature film titled ‘Ek Prithibi Prem’, starring popular actress Airin Sultan as the heroine, is going to hit a number of 50 cinemas across the country, including the capital’s Star Sineplex, Balaka Cineworld and Shaymoli Cinema Hall today. Directed by SA Haque Alik,…

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Sports

Tigers lose 1st practice match in NZ

Bangladesh made a disappointing start to the New Zealand tour as they suffered a three-wicket defeat to New Zealand XI in their lone practice match yesterday at Cobham Oval, Whangarei. Despite the defeat Bangladesh left with satisfaction that fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman bowled with full-fledge…

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Nationwide

Primary school buildings in sorry state

At least 22 government primary schools in Dashmina upazila of Patuakhali district are in a dilapidated state, posing grave risks to the students. Some 3,178 students of the upazila are attending their classes at great peril to themselves. The lack of repairs in most of the school buildings means students…

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Demolition of illegal structures begins

Shipping minister Shajahan Khan has said that the governmet will remove all illegal structures from the Buriganga Adi Channel to beautify the stream and its adjoining area like the Hatirjheel project. “The Buriganga will get back its previous look as we will demolish all illegal structures from…

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Panorama

Saddam Hussein’s daughter says Trump has ‘political sensibility’

On the morning of Eid al-Adha in December 2006, Raghad Saddam Hussein, her sister and their children squeezed together in front of the television in Raghad’s home in Amman and wept as they watched footage of her father being hurtled by masked men to the gallows where he would be hanged. Saddam…

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