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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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Toxic alcohol kills 37 in ‘dry’ Indian state

Toxic hooch has killed at least 37 people in the eastern Indian state of Bihar where alcohol is banned, officials said Saturday, with unconfirmed reports putting the death toll at

Thousands of tourists stranded but Peru rejects bringing forward vote

CUSCO (Peru)- Peru’s Congress on Friday rejected a move to bring forward elections as deadly protests left thousands of tourists stranded in the gateway city to Machu Picchu. Protesters are

Celebrity journalist survives gun attack in Mexico

One of Mexico’s best-known journalists, who is a prominent critic of the country’s president, said on Friday that he had survived an apparent assassination attempt. Ciro Gomez Leyva is known

Moscow fires ‘massive’ missile barrage at Ukraine grid

A fresh barrage of deadly Russian strikes hit Ukraine on Friday, cutting water and electricity in major cities and piling pressure on the grid in sub-zero temperatures. AFP journalists in

Two people killed in Peru protests against new government

Protests against Peru’s new government turned deadly on Sunday, with two people killed as police clashed with angry demonstrators calling for a national strike, fresh elections and the release of

Does UN Peacekeeping work? Here’s what the data says

Failures on the part of UN Peacekeeping missions have been highly publicised and well documented – and rightly so. But if you look at the overall picture and crunch the

CPJ condemns ‘harsh’ Jimmy Lai jail sentence in Hong Kong fraud case

In response to news reports that a Hong Kong court on Saturday (Dec 10) sentenced Jimmy Lai, founder of the Next Digital media company and the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily,

Ukraine: Missile strikes threaten millions facing cold and hungry winter

A UN Spokesperson has said that another wave of missile strikes in Ukraine has further damaged the country’s energy system, leaving millions of people without electricity and water as temperatures

Al Jazeera submits slain journalist’s case to ICC

TV network Al Jazeera on Tuesday submitted the case of its slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court, saying she was killed by Israeli forces. The Qatar-based

Iranian authorities decide to review mandatory headscarf law

Iran said Saturday it was reviewing a decades-old law that requires women to cover their heads, as it struggles to quell more than two months of protests linked to the