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Leaders hell-bent on AL tickets

Leaders of the Awami League's (AL's) alliance partners have started hectic lobbying with ruling party ministers and influential leaders to get tickets for contesting the general election slated for December 30. Talking to leaders of the AL-led 14-party alliance, it was known that some are even writing to alliance chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, seeking AL tickets for contesting the polls. Some alliance partners of the AL want to contest the polls with the AL’s electoral symbol "Nouka" (Boat), while others want to go with their respective electoral symbols. The Jatiya Party (JP-Ershad) has already made it clear that it wants to contest the election with their "Plough" symbol. Eight components of AL-led…

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Oikyafront won’t boycott polls anyway: Dr Kamal

The BNP has decided to take part in the 11th parliamentary polls as part of the movement. Besides, the…

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BNP earns Tk, 2.29cr selling 4,580 nomination papers

BNP earned Tk, 2.29 crore over the last five days by selling its 4,580 nomination forms among those who want to contest the 11th parliamentary elections with its tickets. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi disclosed it at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office.…

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Metro

RU faces rising crimes

With the recent abduction of a Rajshahi university (RU) student, teachers, students and officials are living in a state of fear, as incidents of mugging, duping and abduction have peaked at the university in the last few months. University students and teachers faced around 15 untoward incidents in…

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Editorial

More favourable condition for paying tax needed

The difficulty of paying tax has greatly eased with the arrangement of annual tax fair in the country for quite some years. More and more people are enthusiastically participating in the ongoing tax fair in the capital to submit their tax return in a hassle-free atmosphere. On the fourth day of week-long…

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Op-ed

The name game

Left to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath he would prefer to call former US President Barack Obama as Sudhama, a friend of a Hindu deity Krishna; actor Amir Khan as Amar Khanna, a common Hindu name; young wizard Harry Potter as Hari Putar, a name with a mix of Hindi and Punjabi; Ian Flemming’s…

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Business

Low wages, long working hours

When Amzad Ali first arrived in Dhaka from Gobindaganj in Gaibandha district in 2012, he had brought what he calls his “two assets of that time”—a Nokia phone and his expertise with the tandoor. Six years down the line, he has upgraded to a Chinese smartphone, but still spends hours…

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Worldwide

Anti-IS coalition raids kill 43 in east Syria: Monitor

Air strikes by the US-led coalition yesterday killed 43 people, mostly civilians, in a holdout of the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, a Britain-based monitor said. Seventeen children were among 36 IS family members killed in the village of Abu Husn in Deir Ezzor province near the Iraqi border,…

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Dhakalive

Raghu Dixit Project leaves audience spellbound

Raghu Dixit Project, a contemporary Indian folk band, left the audience spellbound on the second day of the Dhaka International Folk Fest held at the Bangladesh Army Stadium on Friday. The Bangalore-based band is best known for taking inspiration from ancient Kannada poetry and presenting it around…

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Sports

Fit Shakib to lead Bangladesh against Windies in Test series

Regular Test captain Shakib Al Hasan will lead Bangladesh in the first Test against West Indies, scheduled to begin on Thursday (November 22), as the ace all-rounder recovered from the long standing finger injury to make the cut. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 13-member squad for only…

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Nationwide

Betel leaf cultivation on rise in Bhola

Farmers of Bhola are showing more interest in betel leaf cultivation since they got its lucrative market price in the last couple of years. Betel leaf cultivation is increasing day by day in the district as the farming provides livelihood for many villagers. During a recent visit at Char…

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669 killed, 39 maimed in 14 months: UN

The United Nations has said some 669 children were reported killed, 39 maimed in Myanmar and a large majority of them were Rohingyas. Spokesman for the UN Secretary‑General Stephane Dujarric came up with the data flagging a new report by the Secretary‑General on Children and Armed Conflict that has…

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