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Guard polling centres

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all the party leaders and activists to guard all the polling centres across the country so that the BNP-Jamaat terrorists cannot unleash terrorist activities. "You've to guard every polling centre so that they (BNP-Jamaat) can't conduct terrorist activities because they haven't changed their character...they believe in militancy and terrorism," she said. The Prime Minister said this while addressing an election rally in Tangail through videoconferencing from her residence Shuda Sadan in the capital. She said the BNP-Jamaat clique is always involved in terrorism, militancy, money laundering, embezzling orphans' money, arms smuggling and killing…

Front Page

Election campaign ends today

The campaigning for the next national polls, only a couple of days away, is going to end today across…

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News

Salman seeks vote to serve Dohar-Nawabganj people

Awamil League (AL) candidate for Dhaka-1 constituency Salman F Rahman has sought votes for his election symbol boat to serve the people of Dohar-Nawabganj area. He also took part in a massive campaign in the area yesterday, on the last day of electioneering for the upcoming national election slated…

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Metro

Poll campaign heats up in 3 Dhaka seats

With the next national polls only a couple of days away, election campaign in all Dhaka constituencies has raced almost to a crescendo. Ruling party candidates are involved in hectic campaigning and seem to be ahead of their competitors. But some voters are raising questions about the prevailing gas…

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Editorial

Higher education must focus on elocution

At a workshop held recently on the Higher Education Enhancement Project (HEQEP), a joint initiative by the World Bank and the government of Bangladesh, the achievements were highlighted. At present, 38 lakh students are at the tertiary level with 42 per cent women. This is indeed impressive and the…

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Op-ed

Poverty alleviation in Bangladesh : An analysis

In economic terminology, poverty alleviation has come to be used as alternative measure of development. In a sense, economic development and poverty alleviation are two sides of the same coin. Economic development is generally measured by the growth in per capita incomes. But, social thinkers relentlessly…

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Business

Export Promotion Bureau targets more export orders

The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) authorities have set a target to get more export orders than the previous year in the 24th annual Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), which will begin from 9 January 2019. Last year, the expected target of export orders was worth USD 19.46 million. EPB deputy director…

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Worldwide

Indonesia hikes danger level for volcano

Indonesia yesterday raised the danger alert level for an erupting volcano that sparked a killer tsunami at the weekend, after earlier warning that fresh activity at the crater threatened to trigger another deadly wave. Authorities also widened a no-go zone around rumbling Anak Krakatoa to five kilometres…

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Dhakalive

Three-day photographic exhibition ends at AFD today

A three-day exhibition titled ‘East Coast Group Bangladesh International Salon 2018’ is coming to an end today at La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka. Organised by Phoenix Photographic Society, the inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was held on Wednesday. Eminent photographer…

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Sports

South Zone win BCL title for a record fourth time

Prime Bank South Zone clinched the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) title for record fourth time after they secured a comprehensive nine-wicket win over BCB North Zone in the sixth and final round of the league yesterday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. Resuming the fourth and final…

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Nationwide

Sheikh Sarhan Naser sharing dreams with youths

Sheikh Sarhan Naser Tonmoy, one of Awami League’s youngest candidates of the December 30 national election, wants to ride the turbulent waves of the polls on his youth-centric agenda. “I’m a candidate of the young generation,” said Tonmoy, an AL’s pick for Bagerhat-2 constituency.…

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Backpage

6 lakh plus law enforcers to man polls security

The government has put in place wide-ranging security measures for the December 30 parliamentary polls with the deployment of over six lakh law enforcers to maintain law and order across the country. Also, the law enforcement agencies have finalised a security plan for the scheduled election date. As…

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