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Preparations at final stage as campaigns end tonight

The Election Commission (EC) has almost completed preparations for the Dhaka city corporation polls slated for February 1. Candidates are busy carrying out last-minute campaigning as it’s scheduled to end Thursday midnight. Plying of motorbikes in the election areas would also be banned from midnight till 6pm on February 2. The EC will deploy Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in election areas for the security of voters and polling centres, while executive and judicial magistrates would take legal action for violation of the electoral code of conduct. The commission has started sending election materials to all centres of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). As electronic voting machines…

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Beximco leading the way

New York-based weekly news magazine TIME has run a story acclaiming Beximco Group for its role in diversifying…

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News

Road mishaps kill six in two dists

Six people were killed in separate road accidents in Mymensingh and Jashore yesterday. In Mymensingh, four passengers including two women were killed when a battery-run auto-rickshaw was run over by a bus on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway yesterday morning. The accident left two others injured.…

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Metro

Students want healthy environment at insts

Pragatishil Chhatra Sangathan Samuha, an alliance of progressive student organisations, yesterday submitted a memorandum to the home minister through the district administration demanding restoration of proper educational atmosphere on the campuses by preventing alleged terrorist activities of BCL.…

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Editorial

Sand mining killing rivers

Undoubtedly sand is essential part of river ecosystem. Like flow and fish it helps rivers stay healthy. It’s critical for ground water recharge, replenishes the nutrients in moving water, supplies lean season flow to rivers and provides habitat to numerous forms of aquatic and riparian fauna.…

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Op-ed

Legalities of trade license bar financial inclusion of micro merchants

Trade license is issued by local government to ensure that the enterprises are carrying out their businesses within the limits of respective local government in compliance with the relevant laws of the land. Obtaining trade license is mandatory for every business entity from the respective local government…

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Business

Special monitoring teams to control rice prices

The government has formed seven special monitoring committees to control rice prices by stopping the operation of syndicates. This decision has been taken in light of the recent surge in the prices across the country. Of late, prices of rice have witnessed a rise of Tk. 2–3 a kg even without any…

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Worldwide

Palestinians left with few options against Trump peace plan

Palestinians have rejected US President Donald Trump’s peace proposals but may struggle to push back if Israel launches the plan on the ground by annexing settlements and keys parts of the West Bank. Trump’s initiative grants the Jewish state full control of Jerusalem and allows it to annex…

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Dhakalive

Dilara Zaman in three new films

Veteran actress Dilara Zaman, the recipient of Ekushey Padak and the winner of National Film Award, has currently been involved in three new films. Meanwhile, the actress has completed the shooting of ‘Chiranjib Mujib’, a film directed by Jewel Mahmud. She has played the role of the mother…

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Sports

BCB president lambastes Tigers’ performance in Pakistan T20s

Lambasting Bangladesh national cricket team’s performance, game plan and strategy, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan Papon said that he would sit with players, team management and coaching stuff to sort out several issues following the Tigers’ disappointing T20 series…

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Nationwide

Cold wave leaves Jashore potato farmers in distress

Two cold waves in 45 days, accompanied by rain and fog, swept over the district this winter and in its wake left the farmers to struggle with late blight disease of potatoes. Fearing an outbreak of the disease and subsequent losses, many farmers have started harvesting potato although the crop is yet…

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A complete makeover for Dhaka

Ruling party Awami League (AL) mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has announced a 30-year master plan and a five-point to-do list in his election manifesto. He promised to deliver to the citizens, if elected, a traditional and beautiful Dhaka,…

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