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Fri, 24 Jan 2025, 09:29 am

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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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AL, BNP mayoral candidates start poll campaigns

Awami League and BNP nominated mayoral and councillor candidates for the two city corporations in Dhaka kicked off their election campaigns on Friday. The campaign started after the returning officers

8,543 killed in 6201 road, rail, riverway accidents in 2019

At least 7,855 people were killed and 13,330 others injured in some 5,516 road accidents across the country in the year of 2019, a report says. According to the report,

Amu, Tofail can’t lead Awami League’s city polls’ teams: CEC Nurul Huda

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Saturday said AL senior lawmakers Amir Hossain Amu and Toafil Ahmed couldn’t carry out electioneering and other activities in support of their

Gloomy weather likely to continue for 2 or 3 more days: Met office

The foggy weather that stated on Saturday morning is likely to continue for two or three more days across the country, said Met office. “The overcast condition may continue for

Bring an end to crimes against humanity, genocide: Bangladesh to UNSC

The Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima has urged the UN Security Council to bring an end to crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes.

Canada PM Justin Trudeau demands ‘accountability’ after Iran plane admission

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday closure and accountability were needed after Iran said it had unintentionally shot down a Ukranian plane, killing 176 people. He also demanded “transparency,

Cousin of late Oman sultan sworn in as new ruler

Haitham bin Tariq, Oman’s culture minister and the 65-year-old cousin of late Sultan Qaboos, has been sworn in as the new royal ruler, the government said Saturday. “Haitham bin Tariq

India Citizenship Act, passed by Parliament last month, comes into effect

The contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act of India, 2019 that grants citizenship on the basis of religion came into force on Friday. In a gazette notification, the Union home ministry said

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks 3rd worst

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked third worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning. It had an AQI score of 207 at 851 am. The air was classified as

US announces new sanctions on Iran

The Trump administration on Friday announced a new wave of sanctions on Iran following this week’s missile strikes by the Islamic Republic on US bases in Iraq. Secretary of State