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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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Ukraine regains control of Black Sea oil platform

Kyiv said on Monday its forces had recaptured an oil and gas drilling platform in the Black Sea that had been controlled by Moscow since 2015. The platform is roughly

Window to reach climate goals ‘rapidly closing’, UN report warns

The world is not on track to meet the long-term goals set out in the Paris Agreement for limiting global temperature rise, a major UN report warned, calling for a

Morocco quake kills more than 600 people

A powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late Friday killed more than 600 people, interior ministry figures showed, sending terrified residents fleeing their homes in the middle of the night. The

UN chief warns global family is ‘dysfunctional’

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday the world was facing the risks of conflict as divisions between nations widen, speaking ahead of a G20 leaders summit. “If we are

US President Biden arrives in Delhi for G20 summit

US President Joe Biden arrived Friday for the G20 summit in India, where he hopes to seize on the no-shows by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin to

2023 likely to be hottest year on record: EU monitor

2023 is likely to be the hottest year in human history, and global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere summer were the warmest on record, the EU climate monitor said on Wednesday. Heatwaves,

Cyclone leaves 21 dead in southern Brazil

Torrential rain and winds caused by an extratropical cyclone have left at least 21 people dead in southern Brazil, officials said Tuesday, warning more flooding may be coming. The latest

Myanmar junta ‘likely’ to hold polls in 2025: party officials

Myanmar’s junta will likely hold elections in 2025, officials from military-sanctioned political parties told AFP on Tuesday. “Elections are likely to be held in 2025,” a senior member of the

EU sees asylum requests jump 28pc so far in 2023: agency

The number of migrants lodging asylum applications in the European Union has jumped 28 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year,

Hong Kong saw hottest summer on record in 2023

Hong Kong experienced its hottest summer on record this year, with the city seeing “record-breaking” temperatures, the government said Monday, the latest region to experience the impact of a warming