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Comilla City Elections 2017 / Waterlogging, traffic management top priority

15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
With the Comilla City Corporation polls approaching, two prominent mayoral aspirants promise to address the city problems, if elected.
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Comilla City Election: Infighting may cost Awami League victory

10 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Infighting within the district Awami League might make it difficult for mayor candidate Anjum Sultana Shima to win the upcoming Comilla City Corporation polls.
10 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Leading the way in judicial services

7 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Back in 1984, women in judicial services was a rare sighting. But that did not stop Kabita Khanam from joining as a BCS judicial cadre
7 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Who's to blame for public suffering?

28 February 2017, 18:00 PM
With the ongoing transport strike intensifying and spreading across the country, a number of transport workers yesterday said they called the shutdown with full backing of some top leaders of their association.
28 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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People suffer in pointless strike

26 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Just because a killer bus driver was sentenced to life, transport workers in 10 southern districts yesterday brought road communications to a grinding halt going on strike for an indefinite period.
26 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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A warning for reckless drivers

22 February 2017, 18:00 PM
A Manikganj court yesterday sentenced a bus driver to life imprisonment in a case filed over the road accident that killed noted filmmaker Tareque Masud, media personality Ashfaque Munier Mishuk and three others in 2011.
22 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Elections: EC to ensure participation of all parties

16 February 2017, 18:00 PM
The new Election Commission yesterday discussed how to create an atmosphere conducive to all-party participation in polls -- both at
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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No old, unfit buses after next month

15 February 2017, 18:00 PM
The authorities concerned will launch a joint drive against over 20-year-old buses, unfit vehicles, and illegal drivers in the capital from March 1 to reduce congestion and the number of accidents on streets.
15 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Home-goers face less trouble

Excited five-year-old girl Naima was waiting at a bus stop but she could hardly wait for a boat ride, which her grandfather promised to make it happen during her Eid holidays at their village home in Bogra. "Dadu [grandfather] has told me over the phone that a boat is waiting for me. Dadu and I will get on it tomorrow [Friday] and be on it all day long," an enthusiastic Naima said.
16 July 2015, 18:18 PM
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Systematic extortion

A double-decker bus of the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) left Nandan Park in Ashulia at 9:20am on Monday. It slowly moved towards the capital as the helper looked for passengers.
15 July 2015, 18:00 PM
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Journey highly risky

Overcrowded launches with too little safety gear left the Sadarghat and Mawa launch terminals in the capital and Munshiganj yesterday, putting the lives of thousands of home-goers at risk.
15 July 2015, 18:00 PM
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Stuck in Guinea for 7 months

Twenty-two crew of a Bangladeshi cargo vessel remain stranded in the African country of Guinea for more than seven months, as the authorities there seized the ship upon filing of compensation lawsuits by importers.
11 July 2015, 18:00 PM
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