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Campaign gains momentum

With the polling day (May 15) drawing near, campaigning for the Gazipur and Khulna city corporation elections has gained momentum. After getting electoral symbols, all candidates, including mayoral hopefuls, councillors and even candidates of general and reserved seats for women have been carrying out hectic canvassing for votes from early morning to midnight. Witnesses said both the Awami League and the BNP mayoral candidates, along with their supporters, were going from door-to-door to woo voters with promises of building a modern city, if elected. The mayoral hopefuls are passing their campaign hours in different city wards, bazaars, roads, offices and attending electoral meetings of professional bodies, gatherings and view-exchange…

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Lack of funding puts 120,000 at grave risk

Ahead of the monsoon and cyclone season, the lives of thousands of Rohingyas will be at grave risk if…

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PM Leaves for Australia

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left yesterday evening for Sydney on a three-day official visit to Australia to join the Global Summit of Women, reports BSS. The Prime Minister made a two and a half hours stopover in the Thai capital en route to Sydney. A Thai Airways flight carrying the Prime Minister…

Rohingya woman killed in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp clash

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Metro

Call to ensure safe workplace for women in RMG units

Speakers at a view exchange meeting in the capital yesterday underscored the need for ensuring safe and harassment-free workplace for women garment workers to keep up the sector's progress, reports UNB. They also called for ensuring equal salary for the women garment workers, six-month maternity…

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Editorial

Rising noise damaging our hearing ability

A rather disturbing revelation from a recent Department of Environment (DoE) survey states that, against the permissible level of noise in major areas of the city, which is between 45 and 60 decibel, the recorded noise is alarmingly high between 110 and 130 decibels. This means the noise level is almost…

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Op-ed

The constitution and women empowerment

In Bangladesh, there is a broad consensus that women’s political participation is necessary for both the democratic development of the country as well as women’s empowerment. Indeed, Bangladesh has demonstrated some success in increasing the number of elected female representatives over…

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Business

ICT-related products find export markets in 80 countries

Bangladesh exports software and ICT-related products to more than 80 countries, including developed nations, around the globe, said Syed Almas Kabir, president of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS). The country earned approximately USD 800 million from its ICT industry…

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Worldwide

N Korea nuclear test site collapses beyond use: China study

BEIJING: North Korea’s main nuclear test site has partially collapsed under the stress of multiple explosions, possibly rendering it unsafe for further testing and leaving it vulnerable to radiation leaks, a study by Chinese geologists has shown, reports The Guardian. However, experts have cast…

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Dhakalive

‘Circus Circus’ to be staged at Mahila Samiti today

Theatre troupe Prachyanat will stage their much-acclaimed production ‘Circus Circus’, written and directed by Azad Abul Kalam, today at 7pm at the Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of Mahila Samiti in Baily Road of the capital. The play will be brought to the stage on the 12th day of two-week festival…

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Sports

Bangladesh out to foil Turkmenistan challenge

Bangladesh will lock horns with their central Asian opponent, Turkmenistan in the summit clash of the Bangabandhu Asian Senior Men’s Central Zone Volleyball Championship 2018 at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium (SSIS) today. State-owned Bangladesh Television along with private satellite television…

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Nationwide

Midday meal in all pry schools by May 31

PIROJPUR: Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman yesterday said the government will introduce midday meal in all government primary schools across the country by May 31 this year. “Midday meal will be introduced in all primary schools across the country by May 31 this year,”…

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TCB sale of essentials begins from May 6

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling essential commodities from May 6 in open markets across the country to keep their prices within tolerable limits ahead of Ramadan, the fasting month for the Muslims. Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed on…

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