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13th Amendment review hearing deferred to February 9

The Appellate Division has deferred the scheduled hearing of a review petition filed challenging the cancellation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which introduced the caretaker government system, to February 9 next...

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Bangladesh girls begin U-19 WC campaign in style

Bangladesh began their ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup campaign with a five-wicket victory over Nepal in one of their three Group D matches at the YSD-UKM Cricket Oval in Bangi, Malaysia, on Saturday.

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148 killed on July 19 alone

At least 148 people were killed in gunfire by the members of law enforcement agencies and the then ruling Awami League leaders and activists on July 19, 2024 during the student movement for quota reform...

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10-TRUCK ARMS HAUL: Babar acquitted in all cases

The High Court on Tuesday acquitted former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and four other life-term convicts in the arms case linked to the 2004 Chattogram 10-truck arms haul, paving...

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Jessy to officiate in U-19 Women’s T20 WC

The International Cricket Council has appointed Bangladesh's Shathira Jakir Jessy as one of the umpires among 20 match officials for the forthcoming ICC U-19 Women's T20 World Cup in Malaysia.

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Parties demand specific date for next general election

Leaders of the 12-Party Alliance, a combine of twelve political parties, on Thursday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to announce the specific date for holding the next general election...

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Farmers at a crossroads

AS AN agrarian nation, Bangladesh’s economy is deeply intertwined with the agricultural sector. Agriculture remains the primary source of income for many, with a significant portion of the population depending on it. According to Bangladesh’s 2018 Economic Survey, agriculture employs 40.6 per cent of the workforce and contributes 14.10 per cent to...

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100 mass uprising injured to join police: home adviser

Home adviser lieutenant general (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said that they were going to initiate the process of recruiting 100 injured in the July-August mass uprising in the police force...

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Surge in HMPV: time to act

IN THE midst of recovery from the devastating effects of the Covid pandemic, whispers of a potential new viral threat have surfaced, capturing the attention of global health experts and citizens alike. Human metapneumovirus, a respiratory pathogen that has largely flown under the radar, is now being dubbed the potential ‘Covid 2.0.’ But is this...

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Education, given short shrift, has always been left in lurch

EDUCATION has been a happening sector in the year that has passed by, with changes in the curriculum and textbooks, which reverted to a much previous state with changes in textbooks after the August 5 political changeover. The sector has always been happening at intervals since independence. But allocation for education has always remained...

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Trump sides with Musk in worker visa row

An angry back-and-forth, largely between Silicon Valley’s Musk and traditional anti-immigration Trump backers, has erupted in fiery fashion, with Musk even vowing to ‘go to war’ over the issue...

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England 66 World Cup winner Eastham dies

George Eastham, a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad, has died at the age of 88, his former club Stoke City announced on their website on Saturday.

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Bangladesh U-19 women storm into Asia Cup final

Bangladesh Under-19 women's cricket team stormed into the final of the ACC U-19 Women’s Asia Cup with a crushing nine wicket win over Nepal in Super-Four phase in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday.

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Aug 21 Grenade Attack: HC for fresh probe

The High Court has called for a fresh, independent investigation into the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the capital that killed 24 people and injured hundreds...

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U-19 women suffer crushing defeat

Bangladesh women’s Under-19 cricket team began their ACC Women’s Under-19 Asia Cup Super-Four campaign on a dismal note as they lost to India by eight wickets in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday...

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Indian govt, media slammed for conspiring against Bangladesh

Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and 12-Party Alliance on Wednesday at a protest rally alleged that the Indian Narendra Modi government and a section of Indian media were conspiring against Bangladesh and its interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus...

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BSFF announces festival schedule amidst boycott call

Bangladesh Short Film Forum on Wednesday announced the schedule of their forthcoming 17th Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival with some of its members issuing a call to boycott the festival...