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Strike hits traffic, trade: Public woes mount

The 48-hour transport workers' strike crippled trade and communications for the second day on Monday, taking a heavy toll on all kinds of economic activities.Overall commodity supply chain has been severely disrupted, export-import activities have been halted, and transportation of goods to and from all seaports and landports have stopped...

Cabinet clears ways for EVM use in next election

The Cabinet gave on Monday its final approval for use of electronic voting machines (EVM) in the next general elections, amending the Representation of the People Order (RPO) of 1972, reports BSS.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the weekly meeting of the cabinet which approved the proposed amendment to allow the...

Khaleda gets seven yrs' jail in graft case

A Dhaka court sentenced on Monday BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, now serving jail in another graft case, and three others to seven years' rigorous imprisonment each in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case, reports UNB.The court also fined them Tk 1.0 million each, in default, to suffer six months more...

Community Bank gets BB nod

Bangladesh Bank (BB) board of directors gave its final approval to the proposed Community Bank Limited on Monday. But it asked the officials concerned to place again three other proposals to launch new banks with required documents for further consideration.The decisions were taken at a meeting of the central bank's...

Indonesian plane with 189 on board crashes

PAKISJAYA, Oct 29 (Agencies): An Indonesian airliner has crashed into the sea with 189 people on board.The Boeing 737, owned by the low-cost airline Lion Air, went down after taking off from the capital Jakarta. Flight JT 610 was headed for the western city of Pangkal Pinang. Rescuers have recovered...

EC cancels Jamaat's registration

The Election Commission (EC) cancelled on Monday the registration of Jamaat-e-Islami in line with a High Court verdict. The EC has made the move following a High Court verdict that declared Jamaat-e-Islami's registration "illegal" on a writ petition. In a gazette notification published on Monday, the EC cancelled Jamaat's registration...