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  Nusrat buried amidst widespread protests

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:49am on April 12, 2019

  Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 18, student of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrassah, who died Wednesday, after a brave fight against madrassah principal for...

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  Death toll rises to 25

  Tapos Kanti Das and Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 04:12pm on March 30, 2019

  The death toll from Thursday’s devastating fire in 23-storey commercial building at Banani in Dhaka rose to 25 as the Fire Service and Civil Defence announced the...

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  Priority decisions remain in papers

  Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 02:06pm on March 23, 2019

  All the decisions made in coordination meetings of service agencies since 2018 to effectively manage city roads and traffic only remained in papers...

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  Accidents kill three more students amid protests

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:19pm on March 22, 2019

  Road accidents killed three more students in Sirajganj, Khulna and Narsingdi and a madrassah teacher in Dhaka city on Thursday amidst student protests for...

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  DUCSU polls marred by alleged fraud, flaws

  Sadiqur Rahman and Arifur Rahman | Updated at 11:48am on March 12, 2019

  Most of the contesting panels on Monday boycotted midway through the long-awaited elections to the Dhaka University Students’ Union and hall unions marred by...

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  Elections to 78 upazilas held amid boycott, irregularities

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:42pm on March 11, 2019

  The first phase of upazila parishad election, boycotted by most opposition parties, was held at 78 upazilas amid violence, violation of electoral code of...

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  Demand for re-polling as CEC comment causes stir

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 04:12pm on March 10, 2019

  Political parties and governance campaigners on Saturday iterated their demand for re-election saying that chief election commissioner’s remark about ballot stuffing the night before polling proved that the December 30 general election was a faulty one...

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  Sultan takes oath, expelled by Gono Forum

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:43am on March 08, 2019

  Opposition Gono Forum lawmaker-elect Sultan Muhammad Mansur Ahmed on Thursday took oath as member of the 11th parliament...

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  AL’s Atiqul wins mayoral by-polls largely ignored

  Ahammad Foyez and M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 02:00pm on March 01, 2019

  Ruling Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam was elected Dhaka north city mayor for about one-year term in the by-elections largely ignored by...