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CCC Mayoral Race
Campaign ends with signs of close finish
The two cardinal contestants in the port city mayoral race are set for a neck-and-neck finish tomorrow, when over 11 lakh voters will choose the next city father of the country's commercial capital.
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BTTB Optical Fibre Link Scam
PM orders action against 6 top brass
A top-secret prime ministerial order has prompted the telecoms ministry to initiate departmental action against officials who allegedly tampered with the bid evaluation of the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar optical
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25 fall sick in toxic gas leak
Angry villagers attack Fatullah factory
At least 25 people have fallen sick after inhaling toxic fumes emitted from a newly built fertiliser factory in Maddhya Dharmaganj of Fatullah in last two days.
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HC stays cancellation of Faizee's enrolment
Orders Bar Council to explain why its action not illegal
The High Court (HC) in a rule yesterday stayed Bangladesh Bar Council's cancellation of Additional Judge Faisal Mahmud Faizee's certificate of enrolment as an advocate and ordered it to explain why the
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Pay Scale
Tk 800cr planned in revised budget
The government plans to allocate Tk 800 crore in the revised budget for the current fiscal year to implement the new pay scale for state employees to be announced formally in early June, says an economic
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Building Construction
Rigorous checks at all stages sought
Engineering experts and architects, in the light of rising pubic concern over building safety, yesterday proposed forming a high-powered regulatory body to rigorously check every stage of building construction
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Opposition out to foil next polls: PM
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday accused her main political foes of involvement in conspiracies to foil the next general elections as they have no chances of winning the polls.
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NDF rejoinder, our reply
In a rejoinder to a report headlined '600 JCD men watch Ctg Election' published in The Daily Star on May 6, President of National Democratic Foundation (NDF) Dr Assaduzzaman Ripon disclaimed engaging600
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14 local groups to observe polls
At least 14 local poll observation groups and several other international bodies will monitor voting in the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) election tomorrow.
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Busy bees at poll camps
Amir Hossain, a contractor, his younger brother Md Yousuf, a cable operator, and Md Shafi, a small trader, were busy at a polls campaign camp in Bagmonirum ward for Awami League (AL)-backed Nagorik Committee
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Nasir poster claims Ershad support
JP chairman terms use of year-old letter unfair
A poster featuring a letter of Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad to Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin was circulated in the port city yesterday apparently to mobilise support for the ruling alliance candidate.
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20 hurt as cops club freedom fighters
At least 20 people, mostly war-maimed freedom fighters, were wounded in a baton charge by police in the capital yesterday when they were proceeding towards the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to submita
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Scores dead as 4 bombs rock Myanmar capital
Junta blames rebels, exiles for blasts
Four huge bomb explosions rocked the Myanmar capital Yangon yesterday killing dozens of people and leaving over 200 injured in the worst attack since the military junta took power 40 years ago, witnesses
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Caretaker chief should be acceptable to all parties
BDB, Oikya Mancha say
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) and Jatiya Oikya Mancha yesterday resolutely expressed the view that the head of a caretaker government should be acceptable to all political parties and the chief election
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CCC Polls
Candidate hurt in 'Jamaat rival's' attack
A pro-BNP rebel ward commissioner candidate in the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) polls suffered injuries in an attack allegedly led by his Jamaat-e-Islami-backed rival on Friday.
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Bac director Hannan stand-released
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday stand-released Lt Col Abdul Hannan Mridha, a director of now defunct Bureau of Anti Corruption (Bac) as he continued to work even after his earlier withdrawal
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Premier Bank Scam
Sacked MD appeals to BB
Sacked Premier Bank managing director (MD) Kazi Abdul Mazid yesterday appealed to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) board against his removal order.
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One killed in 'crossfire'
An alleged criminal died in 'crossfire' between police and his accomplices in Kumirmara in Pirojpur in the early hours yesterday.
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Quayum takes over as IGP
Special Branch (SB) chief Abdul Quayum yesterday took over as the inspector general of police (IGP).
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EC finds polling centre shifting illegal
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday directed the Returning Officer (RO) for Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) polls to restore a city school's status as a polling centre as it finds the RO's relocating
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BNP top shots seek vote for Mir Nasir
Top leaders of the BNP-led ruling alliance at an election rally yesterday called upon the people of the port city to vote for alliance mayoral candidate in tomorrow's Chittagong City Corporation (CCC)
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Extra-judicial Killings
AL holds rallies across country today
The main opposition Awami League (AL) will hold protest rallies across the country today against alleged extra-judicial killings by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), police and other security agencies.
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