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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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Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto elected president

Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto has been elected president of the world’s third-biggest democracy, the elections commission said on Wednesday, beating two rivals who have vowed to file legal complaints about the

BNP aims to popularise state reform proposals

The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party is planning to organise some programmes to popularise its previously announced 31-point democratic reform agenda among the people and the party’s grassroots. The party

Tanvir, wife among 9 jailed for life over Sonali Bank-Hallmark scam

The Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 on Tuesday sentenced nine people, including Hallmark Group managing director Tanvir Mahmud and his wife and the group’s chairman Jasmine Islam, to life terms in

Trump hates Latinos, in pitch for key vote: Biden

United States president Joe Biden accused election rival Donald Trump of despising Latinos as the incumbent visited the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday, seeking to shore up

New pension scheme sparks debate amid low response

A newly introduced instrument to bring officials and employees of state-owned autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies under the Universal Pension Scheme has sparked debate after the previous four ones hardly became

Swedish Crown Princess Victoria visits Khulna’s Koyra upazila

Swedish Crown Princess Victoria, as part of her visit to Bangladesh as a goodwill ambassador for the UNDP, is now staying in Koyra upazila of Khulna to see firsthand the

HC asks AL MP Murshedy to hand over his occupied Gulshan house to govt

The High Court on Tuesday asked ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy to hand over his occupied Gulshan house to the housing and public works ministry in 90 days.

Hallmark MD Tanvir, wife Jesmin among nine jailed for life

The Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 on Tuesday sentenced nine people, including Hallmark Group managing director Tanvir Mahmud and his wife and the company’s chairman Jesmin Islam, to life-term imprisonment in

Court places Amman, Deen Islam on remand over Abontika’s suicide

A Cumilla court on Monday placed Jagannath University law department student Amman Siddique and assistant proctor Deen Islam on two-day and one-day remand respectively in the case filed over instigating

Bangladeshi American data scientist Rumman among US Science Envoys for 2024

The United States Department of State has selected four distinguished scientists to serve as Science Envoys for 2024. They are — Rumman Chowdhury, Stephanie Steffi Diem, Sian Proctor, and Dawn