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Mon, 20 Jan 2025, 03:06 pm

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Israel continues strike on Syria military sites Rayo stymie Real’s climb to Liga summit Tk 14,000 set as minimum wage for cold storage workers BNP suggests reforms for public administration overhaul Probes, trials of war crimes cases stalled Coldwave hampers daily life across Bangladesh Dhaka becomes 3rd most polluted city with AQI score of 283 Body of JU student recovered from dormitory 550 individuals’ Tk 15,000cr frozen for investigation Financial Accountability: Critical step towards new future

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US reaffirms willingness to work with Bangladesh’s interim government

The United States has reaffirmed its willingness to cooperate with the interim government of Bangladesh led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. The US also vehemently dismissed speculation about its involvement

Power generation halts at Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant

The Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant in Dinajpur has ceased operations after all three of its power-generating units became non-operational. This unexpected shutdown has led to severe load shedding in the

Bangladeshi teen killed in BSF shooting near Thakurgaon border

Within a span of eight days, Indian Border Security Force personnel gunned down another Bangladeshi teen and injured two others including the teen’s father along Baliadangi border in Thakurgaon on

Dhaka, Ctg, 23 other districts get new deputy commissioners

The government on Monday appointed new deputy commissioners in 25 districts, including Dhaka and Chattogram. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Monday. The

Genocide probe into July-Aug uprising starts today

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will launch investigations on Sunday into the killings by law enforcers and Awami League activists during the July-August student-led mass movement. Newly appointed ICT Chief

Prof Yunus terms education as main tool for building nation

Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has highlighted the importance of both formal and non-formal education programmes to build an illiteracy-free Bangladesh. ‘Education is one of the basic human rights. Education

Harris, Trump to clash in debate on Tuesday

It will be the first time Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet in person. The Democratic vice president and Republican former president will face off in Philadelphia on Tuesday in

Heatwave sets in amidst frequent power cuts

Load shedding exceeded 1,000MW on Saturday afternoon amidst a heatwave setting in over parts of Bangladesh, causing the day temperature to touch 37C at many places. At 4:00pm, the peak

BB lifts limit on cash withdrawal per account in a day

Bangladesh Bank on Sunday finally lifted the limit on cash withdrawal from per account in a day. From now on customers will be able to withdraw any cash amount from

Undertake reform prog at all levels of government, CA to secretaries

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has instructed the secretaries to undertake a reform programme and implement it at all levels of the government, after holding discussions with stakeholders. The chief