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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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Expensive fuel use inflates power generation costs

Bangladesh’s expense on fuel for generating electricity increased by a third last year compared with the year before, but it hardly increased electricity output—only about three per cent. Part of

BNP skips DMP’s rising day programme

Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday skipped the rising day programme hosted by Dhaka Metropolitan Police for citizens. DMP’s joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker told New Age that they

PM seeks national biobank to innovate medical, life sciences disciplines

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for establishing a world standard national biobank to innovate and discover medical and other branches of life sciences disciplines in Bangladesh. “Let

Police release BNP leader Moyeen Khan hours after his detention

Police released BNP Standing Committee Member Abdul Moyeen Khan hours after his detention from Uttara area of Dhaka on Tuesday. Moyeen Khan was released around 3:30 pm, Shamsuddin Didar, a

Bangladesh slides two steps down in Corruption Perception Index

Bangladesh slides two steps to the 10th position from the bottom among the 180 countries covered in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2023, compared to 12th position in 2022.

NCTB to give corrections to textbooks soon

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board, the state-owned publishing house looking after the printing and distribution scheme, on Tuesday said that it would give rational corrections to the textbooks soon.

Bangladesh to utilize China’s experience for next five-year plan

Planning minister Major General (retired) Abdus Salam said on Tuesday that the Bangladesh government was considering to utilise Chinese experience for formulating the next national five-year plan. He made the

Global Leaders renew call for justice for Professor Yunus

A total of 241 global leading people in different fields including over 125 Nobel laureates have sent an open letter to Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina for the third time

HC bans use of bar-fetter of accused except top listed criminals

The High Court on Tuesday banned use of bar-fetter of accused except top listed criminals and extremists while producing detained accused in courts from jails. The court also asked the

Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison, less than two weeks before the country votes in an election his party has been