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BNP, allies for withdrawal of AL-nominated chairmen
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 12:58am on November 16, 2018
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance on Thursday urged the Election Commission to withdraw the ruling Awami League-nominated chairmen from management committees of educational institutes in...
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On the ebb and flow of band music
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 12:00am on November 16, 2018
Naquib Khan is one of the few musicians who started his career when band music saw its fresh beginning in the newly independent country. 1972...
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Hindu leaders campaigning for 50 reserved seats in parliament
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 04:10pm on November 13, 2018
Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mahajote leaders are campaigning for allocation of 50 reserved seats in the Jatiya Sangsad, formation of...
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Hindu leaders for 50 reserved seats in JS
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 02:04am on November 13, 2018
Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mahajote leaders are campaigning for allocation of 50 reserved seats in the Jatiya Sangsad, formation of a separate ministry for the religious...
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BNP briefs diplomats on joining polls
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 12:00am on November 13, 2018
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party briefed representatives of the foreign missions in Dhaka and development partners at party chairperson’s Gulshan office on Monday on...
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People suffer as AL activists rule roads
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 12:20am on November 12, 2018
Dhaka city dwellers on Sunday suffered terribly for traffic gridlocks caused by nomination aspirants of ruling party Awami League, who brought out processions violating electoral...
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Tension brews ahead of Ijtema
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 12:00am on November 11, 2018
Tension grows as two factions of Tabligh Jamaat Bangladesh are in a confrontational situation over Indian cleric Maulana Muhammad Saad Al Kandhalvi before Biswa Ijtema....
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Bridging Beethoven with Indian ragas
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 04:18am on November 02, 2018
Three classical musicians — two from France and one from India — recently visited Bangladesh to present two successive instrumental concerts in Dhaka and Chattogram...
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Rafiqun Nabi: a painter and cartoonist
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 03:59am on November 02, 2018
Rafiqun Nabi of Tokai fame has left a sinuous trail of creativity behind him as an accomplished watercolourist and oil-acrylic painter. At 75, he is...
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Prioty joins politics in Ireland
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 03:07am on October 26, 2018
The Bangladesh-born Irish model Maksuda Akhter Prioty has joined the ruling party of the Republic of Ireland, Fine Gael, with the aim to be a...