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Dates for all polls
to be announced
Monday: CEC

The Election Commission will announce on Monday the dates for elections to Jatiya Sangsad, Dhaka City Corporation and upazila parishads after wrapping up its year-long dialogues with political parties by holding talks with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies on Saturday...[ + ]

Rebel cricketers
face 10-year ban

Bangladesh Cricket Board has decided to impose a 10-year ban on all players, officials and technical staff, who participate in cricket events which are not authorised by the International Cricket Council....[ + ]

Six verdicts against
graft suspects stayed

The High Court on Wednesday stayed for three months the operation of six judgements pronounced by the special courts sentencing seven persons, including former state ministers Amanullah Aman, Mir Nasiruddin Ahmed and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, in different cases...[ + ]

Indo-Bangladesh maritime talks
end inconclusive

The three-day Bangladesh-India maritime boundary talks ended in the capital on Wednesday without making any concrete progress on the pending issues, although officials of both the countries claimed to have had ‘fruitful discussions’ after almost three decades...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Free all political detainees: Khaleda
» Chief adviser may address nation about polls on return from China: Anwarul
» Zillur warns of chaos if govt tries to hold upazila polls first
» China milk contamination claims alarm govt
» Judge embarrassed to hear Hasina’s stay petition
» Workers blockade railway in Narsingdi for outages
» 16 killed in attack on US embassy in Yemen
» Tainted milk sickens 6,000 babies in China
» Chief adviser urges Chinese investors to invest in Bangladesh
» Thaksin’s brother-in-law elected Thai PM
» British Muslims suffer from ‘victim mentality’
» 18 trawlers sink, several hundred fishermen missing
» Govt releases Tk 12.5cr to pay dues to three Khulna jute mill workers
» ‘Greatest Games’ close in dazzling ceremony
» Fund crunch stops Rajshahi Jute Mills from buying jute this season
» Most clemency seekers mainly low-grade government staff
» Govt asks trade bodies to settle issue in 3-4 days
» Hasina meets WB official
» Maldives to hold first multi-party poll on Oct 8
» 25 killed in Pakistan fighting
» Iqbal warns workers of jute mill closure


Errant power companies warned of
no more time extension

The Power Division on Wednesday warned two errant rental power companies saying their agreements for the installation of four plants would be cancelled if they failed to commission the plants by the extended deadline of October 31...[ + ]

Call money rate remains stable ahead of Eid

The inter-bank call money rate has remained more or less the same in the past two days, implying the market is stable this year ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest Muslim festival when the call money rate usually fluctuates a lot...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Dhaka stocks inch down as investors collect cash for Eid expenditure
» Inflation to inflict ‘lasting damage’ on Asia: ADB
» Japan keeps rate unchanged
» GP, Nokia launch special Eid campaign
» TATA ACE pickup van launched
» Biman eyes S’pore Airlines for partnership
» Janata Insurance elects Rubel Aziz chairman
» Shoma Zahid made Etcetera Bangladesh ED
» Bank of Japan says economy to stay sluggish
» Lehman debacle threatens stability of ROK cos
» Financial storm sweeps on as HBOS in takeover talks
» EU trade deficit widens to record on exports
» BSRM Iron and Steel, IIDFC sign MoU
» Bata Shoe opens agency at Mohammadpur
» US financial turmoil to slow Australian growth
» Recession tipped after Singapore exports fall
» BAA puts Gatwick up for sale
» Dollar falls against euro as Fed rescues AIG
» Oil prices rebound
» Stock Watch


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Railway begins sales of advance tickets today

The Bangladesh Railway will begin sales of advance tickets today while the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation will launch special service from September 26 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. The railway authorities detailing their services said the advance ticket sales would continue till September 24 for journey by special trains that would run from September 25 and continue till October 1...[ + ]

BCC mayor, 7 others submit polls expenditure statements

Eight out of 10 people, who contested the Barisal City Corporation elections for the office of the mayor, including the winner Shawkat Hossain Hiron, have submitted their election expenditure statements to the Election Commission in keeping with the election code of conduct....[ + ]



Bashar cries foul after ban

Former national captain Habibul Bashar said he did not expect the Bangladesh Cricket Board to come down so harshly on them after he and the Bangladeshi players of the Indian Cricket League were banned for 10 years on Wednesday. The ban, effective from Wednesday, will be applicable to all BCB cotranted cricketers who will play in any competition that is not sanctioned by the International Cricket Council or the Board of Control for Cricket in India...
[ + ]

Ex-players call for better facilities, communication

Former cricketers urged Bangladesh Cricket Board to take lessons from the current ICL crisis and enhance the facilities of the players to stop recurrence of such unpleasant situation. Anxious over the development, the BCB called all the former captains and senior players on Wednesday at its office on Wednesday and sought their opinion to avert the crisis...[ + ]


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