As the capital is abuzz with campaigns for the city corporation polls, candidates are found using loudspeakers during the hours when it is not permitted by electoral rules. [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star

With the deadline for election campaign ending on January 30 midnight, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Awami League’s mayor candidate in Dhaka South City Corporation polls, passed a hectic day yesterday trying to woo voters in different areas of Old Dhaka. [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star

It was 3:30pm yesterday in Old Dhaka’s Ray Shaheb Bazar Mor area. Traffic at the intersection halted as several hundred BNP leaders and activists surrounded their party mayor candidate Ishraque Hossain. [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star

Bangladeshi students under lockdown in China’s Wuhan city, the epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak that has claimed 41 lives so far, have appealed for help through social media, saying they want to return to Bangladesh. [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star

Europe, South Asia, Australia yesterday reported first confirmed cases as the death toll from China’s coronavirus outbreak jumped to 41. [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star

Bangladesh continued their dismal show with the bat as Pakistan clinched the three-match T20I series 2-0 with a game in hand after beating the visitors comprehensively by nine wickets at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore yesterday. [Read More]

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The provisional ruling to protect the persecuted Rohingyas by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) should make all countries, especially those close to Myamnar, to revisit their relationship with the country, speakers at a discussion said yesterday. [Read More]

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Most of the contestants in the coming Dhaka city polls own businesses, finds a report by Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik. [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star

He was accused of occupying footpaths and extorting traders. The Dhaka South City Corporation sued him over extortion nearly three years ago. [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation yesterday launched bus service for school and madrasa students in the port city. [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star