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Weather is likely to remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country. Having chances of light rain or drizzle at one or two places over Rangpur division in 24 hours till 6pm today.

Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country during mid night till morning, Met Office said.

Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Dhaka divisions and the regions of Mymensingh, Feni, Jessore, Kushtia and Srimongal and it may abate.

Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged and night temperature may rise by 1-2 degree Celsius over the country.

The sun sets in the capital today at 5:34 pm and rises tomorrow at 6:43 am.

Country’s highest temperature 26.1 degree Celsius was recorded yesterday at Teknaf and lowest 05.9 degrees at Srimongal.

Search Committee requests pol parties to suggest names for EC

Staff Reporter

Political parties who had joined dialogue with the President have been requested to send their nominations for constituting a new Election Commission.

The tenure of the existing Commission comprising Chief Election Commission and two Election Commissioners expires next month. The expanded new EC will have CEC and four ECs.

The 4-member Search Committee for constituting the Election Commission had a meeting on Wednesday with Justice Syed Mahmood Hossain in the chair.

*Court Correspondent* Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee wearing a yashmak had gone into hiding riding a bullock cart before the freedom fighters swooped on his refuge at Dahakula in Jessore district, said a prosecution witness while giving his evidence before the International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday.
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Stocks close up despite early fall

Commerce Reporter

Despite showing a downtrend in the beginning, stocks at the both bourses turned green on Wednesday, recovering the losses of the last four sessions to some extent.

The benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) - DGEN- made a gain of over 58.79 points or 1.30 percent to close at 4564.88. The index, however, shed 2.4 percent or 109.88 points to stand at 4396.20 at 11:38am.