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Huda picked from ‘JP list’

The search committee, which was assigned to find out competent persons to reconstitute the Election Commission, picked the name of former bureaucrat KM Nurul Huda as the chief election commissioner (CEC) from the list submitted by HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party (JP). The 6-member search panel recommended the names of Huda and former cabinet secretary Badiul Alam Majumder to President Abdul Hamid for the top EC job on Monday and the president subsequently appointed Huda as the new CEC, who will be at the helm of the electoral affairs of the country for the next five years. The president also appointed four other election commissioners -- former secretary Rafiqul Islam, former district and sessions judge of Rajshahi Kabita Khanam, former additional…

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Fair polls main target

The newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and four election commissioners said yesterday…

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News

Govt working tirelessly to change people's lot: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government has been working tirelessly to change the lot of the mass people, reports BSS. "Our main aim is to improve the condition of the masses including farmers and workers and we are working ceaselessly to achieve the goal," she said when…

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Metro

HC issues rule on bail for 20 prisoners

The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule asking concerned lower courts to explain why it shall not grant bail to 20 people languishing in jail for more than a decade without trial, reports BSS. Two division benches of High Court issued the rule acting suo moto. The High Court benches also ordered…

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Editorial

Historical monuments need care

There is no dearth of historical monuments and archeological and heritage sites in our country. The historic Ahsan Manzil in Dhaka, Star Mosque, Armenian Church, Lalbag Fort, the once impressive buildings in Sonargaon of Narayanganj district, the Buddha Bihar in Mainamati of Comilla district, the Shat…

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Op-ed

En route to SDGs: Bangladesh

Following an inclusive consultative process involving 194 member states of UN, as well as global civil society and business sector representatives, in 2015, UN member countries adopted Sustainable Development Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with 169 targets between them under…

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Miscellaneous

‘Chartered accountants will work for BPO sector development’

State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said Bangladesh has the opportunity to involve the professional bodies like Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) to help thrive the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, reports BSS. Speaking at a roundtable…

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Business

Inflation rises slightly in Jan

The country’s general point to point inflation rate in January increased to 5.15 percentage points from 5.03 percentage points in December 2015 due to the rising trend of the food inflation in both rural and urban areas. The point to point non-food inflation, however, came down to 3.10 percentage…

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Worldwide

Trump reveals America's 'real face': Khamenei

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday he was grateful to US President Donald Trump for revealing "the real face of America". "We are thankful to this gentleman... he showed the real face of America," Khamenei said in a speech to military officers…

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Dhakalive

‘Beautiful Bengal’ in Mokhlesur Rahman’s canvas

A two-week solo exhibition titled ‘Beautiful Bengal’ (Ruposhi Bangla) by artist Mokhlesur Rahman is now on display at Shilpangan Gallery in the capital’s Dhanmondi area. The exhibition is open to all everyday from 3pm to 8pm till February 10. Earlier on January 28, Pierre Mayaudon,…

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Sports

Batting, fielding deserve attention

The batting collapse and wayward fielding of Bangladesh seems to be eternal. The problem starts in World T20 in Bangalore against India and from then on the collapses and fielding lapses became a normal episode in Bangladesh innings regardless of the format of the game. While the T20 match against India…

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Nationwide

Six to die for murder

Kushtia: A court here on Tuesday sentenced six people to death in a case filed over the killing of a van driver in Sadar upazila here in 2012, reports UNB. The condemned convicts are Sajjad, Majed, Shukchad, Rashidul Islam, Kalai and Monser.According to the prosecution, Sajjad and Majed called…

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Dhaka seeks quick conclusion

Bangladesh has urged Bimstec member states to conclude the Bimstec Free Trade Area (FTA) negotiations as early as possible, reports UNB. Bangladesh conveyed its position at the seventeenth session of the Bimstec Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) held yesterday in Kathmandu, Nepal after about three…

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