JS elections on Dec 18: Hossain Zillur


Elections to the ninth Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) will be held on December 18, and the third upazila parishad elections will also be held on December 28, as per schedule, announced earlier by the Election Commission (EC), Education and Commerce Adviser Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman said Wednesday night. more...
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Bangladesh Awami League (AL) started distributing primary nomination letters to its candidates on Monday at the party chief Sheikh Hasina?s Sudha Sadan residence in Dhanmondi.
Many candidates got maiden nomination letters from the Awami League, while a large number of old candidates mostly reformist leaders have been denied AL nomination due to their role after the political change of the one-eleven.
On Monday, AL handed over 160 nomination letters to its candidates.    details....
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BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain Wednesday said no polls will be fruitful keeping 4-party alliance out of the electoral    details....
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Bangladesh won the toss and sent South Africa in to bat in the first Test at Springbok Park Wednesday.
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Hasina seeks all parties` cooperation to ensure free, fair polls

Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina Wajed has urged all political parties for full cooperation to ensure a free and    details....
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A suspected US missile strike hit a remote village deep inside Pakistani territory Wednesday killed six alleged militants, officials said.
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 14 parties say polls must be held on Dec 18

The Awami League-led 14-party alliance again called on all political parties of the country to join the ninth Jatiya Sangsad    details....

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Sweden will provide grant assistance of $181 million to Bangladesh on a 5-year term to help the country improve primary    details....

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 Grameenphone to raise $62 mln via bonds

Grameenphone, country's top cell phone carrier, 62 percent owned by Norwegian telecoms group Telenor said on Sunday it would    details....

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   Environment
 Depression intensifies in Bay

The depression over the west central Bay and adjoining southwest Bay moved slightly westwards, intensified into a deep depression and    details....

 Scientists probe Antarctica to find out sea rise clues
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India rejoiced Saturday over the landing of a lunar probe on the moon's surface and joining an elite club like    details....

 ECS City IT fair ends
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 BTCL to provide broadband connection with land phones by Dec
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    Power & Energy
 240 MW Shiddhirganj project ready by next April

The 240 MW Siddhirganj peaking power plant is set to initiate power generation from April as its installation works are    details....

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 Power plants, industrial units to use coal instead of gas
 Siddhirganj power plant to ease load-shedding in capital next summer
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Will banning of media, cell phone lead to rigged poll?
Dr. Abdul Momen writes on Bangladesh election

The Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) and the military-backed caretaker government (CG) have assured the nation that they plan to hold a `free, fair, non-violent, transparent and credible election on December 18, 2008`. However, how will they achieve such goal is still raises doubts as the procedure set up so far is still non-transparent and questionable. They said, ``Don`t worry about the process? just trust us.`
Unfortunately, such promise doesn`t work more so in the country. In the history of Bangladesh, elections that were conducted by otherwise `able civil and military bureaucrats and judges` in 1978, 1981, 1986, 1988 or February 15, 1996 and 2001 were mostly questionable and most of those    details....

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CCCI president urges not to use Chittagong seaport for political gaining

President of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) Saifuzzaman Chowdhury urged the next government, whoever will come in power by the upcoming national election, not to use Chittagong seaport with a view to taking political gaining.    details....