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AL for contesting city polls, against upazila elections
All the members of Awami League’s central working committee, who took part in the discussion on Thursday, opposed the idea of contesting the upazila polls, meeting sources said. The working committee members, however, observed that the party should participate in the city corporation and municipality elections, scheduled for August 4, the sources added...[ + ]
No polls under emergency,
says Khaleda
Detained BNP chairperson has once again said no elections can be held under emergency and there is no such instance that caretaker government ever held elections under a state of emergency. She has also said and the incumbents are bent on holding local body polls defying opposition of all major parties to see a rerun of chaotic situation like the one that prevailed immediately before promulgation of emergency on January 11, 2007...[ + ]
Record 70.81pc examinees
pass SSC
41,917 score GPA 5
The results of the SSC examinations 2008 were published Thursday, showing an average pass percentage of 70.81 in all the seven education boards. The success rate was 57.37 per cent in 2007. This year, 41,917 students have scored grade point average [GPA] 5, the highest since the introduction of the international grading system in 2002...[ + ]
Commerce adviser downplays food
price concerns
Local market price of rice is almost half the global price of the staple and it will come down as international food market shows signs of cooling down, commerce adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said on Thursday. ‘We are in a better situation in terms of rice price in local market as international price averages Tk 70 per kilogram,’ he told reporters after a meeting of price situation monitoring committee...[ + ]
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Basic Bank MD resigns
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