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Actress and entrepreneur Shomi Kaiser has been released from Kashimpur Women's Central Jail in Gazipur after securing bail in an attempted murder case.She walked out of the prison around 11:00pm on Thursday night after court documents regarding her bail order arrived, Jail Superintendent Kaolin ...
National,Politics
A Session Court at Johor Bahru in Malaysia on Friday charged two Bangladeshis with terrorism-related offences.The accused are Md Mamun Ali, 31, and Refat Bishat, 27, reports Bernama, the national news agency of Malaysia.Mamun was charged with providing support to the terrorist group Islamic State (I...
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AP, ANCHORAGE, Alaska: U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for a high-stakes summit that could determine not only the trajectory of the war in Ukraine but also the fate of European security.The sit-down offers Trump a chance t...
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UNB, Magura: Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has reaffirmed that the upcoming national election will be held in February as scheduled, asserting that 'there is no force that can prevent it.'All the departments involved in the election are already engaged in preparations, ...
Claiming that their party Chairperson Khaleda Zia was subjected to extreme repression during her time in jail, BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas on Friday demanded that those responsible be brought to trial.“National leader Begum Khaleda Zia had been subjected to extreme torture in prison,” ...
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UNB, Faridpur: The water levels of rivers across Faridpur district have increased, causing sufferings to residents along the Padma, Madhumati, and Arial Khan rivers following inflow of water from upstream and continuous rainfall.According to the Faridpur Water Development Board (WDB), the Padma rose...
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UNB, Dinajpur: A mother and her two-month-old son were tragically killed after falling from a motorcycle and being crushed under the wheels of a truck at the Sonali Bank intersection in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur on Friday morning.The incident occurred around 11:30am, said SM Jahangir, Sub-Inspect...
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UNB, Barishal: A complaint has been filed against 42 people, including Mohiuddin Roni, a key organiser of the health sector reform movement, for allegedly attacking a human chain programme organised by doctors, nurses, and staff of Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.Jewel Chandra Shil, ...
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UNB, Manikganj: Ferry operations on the Paturia–Daulatdia route have been severely disrupted after two out of three ferry ghats at Paturia collapsed under the force of a strong current in the Padma River.Ghat number five was shut down completely following its collapse, while part of ghat numbe...
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Amid the rising price of onion at local market, a consignment of 100 metric tonnes (MT) of the spicy item arrived at Sonamasjid Land Port of the bordering district of Chapainawabganj from India on Thursday evening.Four trucks carrying the consignment entered Bangladesh land port around eight months ...
Several Awami League supporters were beaten up by BNP supporters and later handed over to police when they tried to gather at Dhanmondi-32 on Friday to pay tribute on the death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.BNP activists, who had taken position in the area since morning, resisted ...
Agencies: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan on Friday that India would respond forcefully to any future attacks, as the country marked its 78th Independence Day.Addressing the nation from the historic Red Fort, Modi said India has adopted a “new normal” of no distinctio...
The BNP is celebrating 80th birthday of the party’s Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday with various programmes across the country.Affiliates of the party, including the Bangladesh Kormojibi Dal and the Jatiyotabadi Muktijoddha Dal, held separate discussion meetings at the National Press Club to...
AFP, GENEVA: Talks aimed at striking a landmark treaty on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution ended Friday with no consensus on a last-ditch proposal aimed at breaking the deadlock.Negotiators from 185 countries went through the night in a bid to try and find common ground between nations want...
AFP, DAR ES SALAAM: Rescue operations were ongoing at a Tanzanian mine which collapsed three days ago, burying at least 25 people, the country's President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Thursday.The accident on Monday occurred as maintenance was being conducted at the Nyandolwa gold mine in northwe...
AFP, TEHRAN: Iran said Thursday it was working with China and Russia to prevent the snapback of European sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme after Britain, France and Germany threatened to reimpose them."We will try to prevent it," Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, sai...
AFP, MRAUK U, Myanmar: People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge."Another day has gone, and I have to struggle again for another day," frui...
UNB, Rajshahi: A heart-wrenching tragedy has hit the village of Bamanshekhar in Rajshahi’s Paba upazila, as four members of a family were found dead in their earthen home on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Minarul Islam, 30, his wife Sadhina Begum, 28, their teenage son Mahim, 1...
UNB, Gopalganj: Authorities have heightened security across Gopalganj district on Friday, the day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members were assassinated 50 years ago.Additional police personnel have been deployed at key points, including entry routes and sensitive locatio...
AFP, GENEVA: Countries trying to break the deadlock and strike a landmark global treaty on combating plastic pollution negotiated through the night into Friday on a last-minute revised proposal.The new draft, issued by the talks chair after the original Thursday deadline passed, contains more than 1...
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