AL to win up to 220 seats in election: Joy

    Hossen Sohel of DOT The ruling Awami League will win somewhere between 168 and 220 seats on its own, says Sajeeb Wazed Joy, an adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports bdnews24.com. Sajeeb, son of Hasina, has posted the party’s election outlook on his Facebook page citing an opinion poll conducted from August to October…

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      Yemen talks go down to the wire

      Arafat Hasan of DOT Both sides in the Yemen conflict agreed on Wednesday to reopen Sanaa airport and resume oil and gas exports. However, the agreement on the Red Sea port of Hodeidah and a cooperation deal on the crumbling economy remained elusive as the clock ticked down to the last day of talks. Another…

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        Oikyafront to unveil manifesto on Dec 17

        Arafat Hasan of DOT Jatiya Oikyafront, the major opposition alliance formed against the ruling coalition Grand Alliance for the upcoming elections, will unveil its manifesto on December 17. According to a press release issued yesterday and undersigned by the alliance’s Chief Coordinator Mostafa Mohsin, the manifesto will be unveiled at an event in a hotel…

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          Julian Castro moves toward 2020 White House run

          Former Obama housing chief Julian Castro says he’s taking a step toward a possible White House campaign in 2020 by forming a presidential exploratory committee. The Texas Democrat said that he will announce a decision Jan. 12. The move gives the 44-year-old former San Antonio mayor an early start to what’s shaping up as a…

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            WB okays $250m to create quality jobs in Bangladesh

            UNB The World Bank on Thursday approved a $250 million development policy operation to help the government of Bangladesh strengthen its capacity to create more, better-paid and quality jobs in a rapidly changing environment, reports UNB. The Programmatic Jobs Development Policy Credit aims at supporting Bangladesh to develop a stronger policy and institutional framework to…

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              Bangladesh envoy in New Delhi meets Indian CEC

              UNB Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali met newly elected Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora at his office in New elhi on Wednesday. It was a courtesy call with Arora who assumed office on December 2, said an official on Thursday without giving further details. The Indian Election Commission will hold…

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                How the media and elites fuel racism in British football

                Elliot Ross, Writer and researcher who recently completed his PhD in English Literature at Columbia University/Aljazeera The racist abuse suffered by Raheem Sterling on Saturday can not be blamed solely on Britain’s ‘white working class’. Over the weekend the two biggest British newspapers, the Sun and the Daily Mail, reported on the racist abuse suffered…

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