Parties yet to ready election manifestos
AL, BNP drawing up manifestos
No major political parties have completed drawing up their election manifestos in which they are supposed to announce their socio-political and economic plans, though parliamentary polls are barely six weeks away. Senior leaders of the parties concerned said their election agendas were still at the draft stages, and that they would be completed in the ‘shortest possible time’...[ + ]
BDR on high alert as Myanmar mobilises troops along border
Dhaka on Saturday put the Bangladesh Rifles on full alert along the border with Myanmar after Yangon had mobilised troops in Myanmar’s frontier areas, said BDR officials deployed in the place. The reinforcement of Myanmar troops along more than 300 kilometres of mostly hilly border followed an already prevailing conflict situation in the Bay of Bengal over Myanmar’s exploration of oil and gas inside Bangladesh’s territorial waters...[ + ]
Reshuffle in top admin before polls likely
The interim government is planning another round of reshuffle in the top level of civil bureaucracy, with a number of senior officials, including the cabinet secretary, going on leave preparatory to retirement this month and the national polls approaching, officials said....[ + ]
Shibir gives RU 48hrs
for action against
cultural activists
Cultural activists on the Rajshahi University campus on Saturday filed three general diaries with the Motihar police after receiving death threat by Islami Chhatra Shibir for staging a drama on November 3...[ + ]
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BNP’s joining polls depends on govt, EC, says Delwar
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AL forms parliamentary board, election steering committee
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Tired Tigers play 2nd ODI today
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EC sets ceilings on expenditure in upazila polls
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100 hurt in police-worker clash
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40 hurt as supporters of AL nomination aspirants clash at Bauphal
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EC winds up registration tomorrow
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82 killed in Haitian school collapse
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Sales of small arms in US on the rise
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2 out of 4 BIWTC dockyards inoperative for 6 years
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3 Bangladeshi workers die in Bahrain fire
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Bangladeshi killed by BSF in Lalmonirhat
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Rail link snapped for 5 hours as goods train derails in Sylhet
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Five die as abandoned military shell explodes in India
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‘Racism’ may block a British Obama: equality watchdog chief
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PDP wants nat’l polls deferred by three months
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Yousuf Abdullah Harun among 10 hurt in Comilla AL feud
Expats sending less as currencies lose value
Non-resident Bangladeshis are keeping a tight hold on their money as major currencies are losing value amid a global financial crisis that rings an alarm bell for recession. Central bank sources said inward remittances from Bangladeshis working abroad fell by 17.40 per cent in October than in the previous month mainly due to the decline in exchange rates of the euro and the Great Britain pound against the US dollar...[ + ]
Dhaka stocks in doldrums
Dhaka stocks went into a tailspin for the fifth straight week, with its benchmark index losing 299.66 points in the period on continuous selling pressure from the investors...[ + ]
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New prime minister promises more ambitious New Zealand
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US combat troops in Iraq battle to defend savings
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