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AL picks Atiqul, Taposh

The ruling Awami League (AL) has retained its faith in Atiqul Islam but has replaced Sayeed Khokon with Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh as its mayoral candidates for the upcoming elections to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) respectively. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced the names at a press briefing yesterday. The ruling party held a meeting to finalise its mayoral candidates for the two city corporations in Dhaka on Saturday night, but did not immediately announce the names. AL chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting. While making the announcement, Quader said the candidates’ public acceptance and popularity were taken into consideration while nominating…

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E-passports from January 22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will launch the e-passport project on January 22 next year. After the launch…

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EC plans to use EVMs in all centres

The upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) polls will be held using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) at all centers, said Brig Gen Mohammad Saidul Islam, director general of the NID Registration Wing at the EC yesterday. “EC is completely prepared…

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Metro

Khulna jute mills workers resume hunger strike

Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore districts resumed their fast-unto-death yesterday to press home their 11-point demand, including implementation of the wage commission and payment of regular wages. Collective bargaining agents (CBAs) and non-CBA Songram Parishad leaders announced…

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Editorial

Mindless violence strikes Mogadishu

Mogadishu in Somalia is in the news once more for all the wrong reasons – 61 people have been killed with scores injured when a deadly bomb exploded at a crowded city check post. Somalia’s presence in the news in the last decade has often been intertwined with death, destruction and mayhem…

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Op-ed

Selfie craze is turning to an unhealthy obsession

The obsession with selfie continues to claim lives. People go to extreme level to take selfies just to impress each other on social networking site. We need to understand that life is far more valuable than to impress others. It is extremely sad that even educated people have been dying due to this…

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Business

Dhaka Int’l Trade Fair preparations in full swing

Last-minute finishing touches are being applied to many stalls and pavilions of the 25th Edition of Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2020, which is going to begin from Jan 1, 2020 at the Sher-E-Bangla Nagar in the capital. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the fair at the…

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Worldwide

Iraq protesters lock down oil field, call strike

Iraqi anti-government protesters blockaded an oil field and rallied in southern cities yesterday while political factions remained paralysed in their attempts to form a new government. Several hundred people demanding jobs shut off access to the Nassiriya field, 300 kilometres (190 miles) south of Baghdad,…

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Dhakalive

3-day ‘Zainul Utsab’ begins at Charukala

Marking the 105th birth anniversary of internationally-acclaimed painter Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin, a three-day festival titled ‘Zainul Utsab’ began yesterday at Charukala of Dhaka University (DU). Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA) has arranged the event featuring seminar, cultural event and exhibition.…

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Sports

Bangabandhu Gold Cup from Jan 15

Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament will be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital from January 15, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Kazi Mohammed Salahuddin confirmed it yesterday. Meanwhile, a signing ceremony between BFF and K Sports, the right holders of 6th…

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Nationwide

Beekeeping in boxes around mustard fields gains ground in Tangail

Bee hives in mustard fields have gained ground in Tangail district in the current season. Many bee farmers are earning good profits from the trade. A few hundred beekeepers are in the business. About 600 MTs of honey is produced in Tangail and the adjacent areas in a year. Farmers are hoping India will…

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Army to be further modernised: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the Armed Forces of Bangladesh will be built as the most modern one equipped with ICT knowledge. "This is an ICT era. Keeping this in mind, the government has given due importance to information technology in the army," she said while speaking at…

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