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‘You cannot remain silent’
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Tall promises, small actions
Combating the mosquito menace was a key promise in the manifesto of Mohammad Hanif, who became the first elected mayor of the undivided Dhaka City Corporation in 1994.
31 January 2020, 18:00 PM
361 set to return from virus-hit China
A total of 361 Bangladeshis, stranded in the coronavirus-hit Chinese city Wuhan, are set to return home early today.
31 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Don’t go to China
The United States and other countries tightened travel curbs yesterday and businesses said they were facing supply problems because of the coronavirus in China, a day after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency.
31 January 2020, 18:00 PM
EC looks up to young voters
The Election Commission hopes that the voter turnout will increase in Dhaka city elections with participation of young voters.
31 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Don’t leave your voting centres
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday requested the polling agents of the mayor and ward councillor candidates not to leave the polling centres even if they were asked to do so.
31 January 2020, 18:00 PM
AL, BNP face off as Dhaka goes to polls
A little over a year after the parliamentary election, the two arch-rival political parties once again lock horns in the much-anticipated Dhaka city polls today amid widespread fears of violence and concerns over the use of EVMs.
31 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Foreign Missions: Bangladeshi staffers can work as local observers
Bangladeshi nationals working at foreign missions in Dhaka and international organisations will be able to work as local observers, not as foreign observers, in the Dhaka city elections, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said yesterday.
31 January 2020, 18:00 PM
341 stranded in Wuhan to return home tonight
Some 341 Bangladeshis stranded in the Coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan would be brought back home in a special flight tonight.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
All-round U-19s through to WC semis
An all-round performance by the Bangladesh Under-19s helped the young Tigers secure the semifinal spot in the ongoing ICC Under-19 World Cup as they thrashed hosts South Africa by 104 runs in Potchefstroom yesterday.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus cases surpass SARS
Infection from China’s coronavirus spread to more than 8,100 people globally yesterday, surpassing the total from the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic in a fast-spreading health crisis forecast to deal a heavy blow to the world’s second-largest economy.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Last day’s Electioneering: Candidates trade blame over ‘bid to create trouble’
On the last day of polls campaign, mayor candidates of both the Awami League and the BNP yesterday accused each other of attempting to harm the election atmosphere.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
AL for watch on polls observers
The Awami League yesterday urged the Election Commission to keep an eye on the observers and prevent them from exerting influence.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
The farce of the manifestos: Do voters’ reactions matter?
On January 29, about 36 hours before campaigning stopped, and two days before the election itself, the ruling party mayoral candidate for Dhaka south, Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, made public his election manifesto.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Poor show of voters in mock EVM voting
Only a few voters turned out at polling centres for mock voting using electronic voting machines (EVMs) yesterday.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
City Development: Attention not same for all
A mess only five years ago, the sidewalks in Gulshan-2 residential area now make for a streamlined jogging track, with dips in front of the gates of people’s homes.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Want to see democracy in action’
Diplomats from various western countries in Dhaka said they wanted to see democracy in action in tomorrow’s city polls.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Vehicle restrictions during polls
Vehicle restrictions during polls
29 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus in China: US, Japan pull nationals from locked cities
The United States and Japan evacuated their nationals from a quarantined city while a number of airlines suspended flights to mainland China as deaths from a new virus leapt to 132 and a government economist predicted a huge hit to the economy.
29 January 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Occupy, control’ polling centres: AL leader to BCL men
Awami League presidium member Abdur Rahman yesterday asked Chhatra League leaders and activists to “occupy and control” the polling centres on election-day morning.
29 January 2020, 18:00 PM
City polls: AL, BNP accuse each other of bringing in thugs, outsiders
With the Dhaka city corporation election just two days away, many fear law and order in the capital may deteriorate.
29 January 2020, 18:00 PM