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Bangladesh govt asked to hire top int’l law firm for power deal review

The National Review Committee on the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources on Sunday requested the interim government to hire a reputed legal and investigative firm to assist in its review of major power generation contracts signed during the Sheikh Hasina regime between 2009 and 2024...

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AI in social transformation

ARTIFICIAL intelligence has a multifaceted impact on digital contents and social media. In recent years, the impact of AI-embedded social media channels has had a profound effect on developing countries. These technologies have transformed both economic activities and social activism by providing new frontiers for growth and civic engagement that...

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Home adviser labels most post-uprising cases as fake

Home affairs adviser retired Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday described the majority of the cases filed against different individuals following the recent mass uprising as ‘fake’...

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US to call for Google to sell Chrome browser

The US will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet sell its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant, according to a media report Monday...

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Police break up Georgia vote protest

Georgian president Salome Zurabishvili on Tuesday asked the country’s constitutional court to annul last month’s parliamentary election result, while police...

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Of bayonets, digital shackles and free speech

FREEDOM of speech, that most glorious of ideals, once envisioned as the beating heart of democracy, has devolved into a tragicomedy in many parts of the world. In some nations, it is a grand performance piece — hailed with great fanfare but existing only as a figment of collective imagination. Others prefer a more Kafkaesque approach...

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Navigating politics of marginalising minorities

THE reality is harsh, and the manipulation is not just subtle — it is deliberate, ingrained in the very fabric of power itself. As I read through the analysis presented by Commodore Abdur Razzak in ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· and Sharbari Z Ahmed in Netra.news, the underlying dynamics that shape the political landscape of both Bangladesh and the wider world become...

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KUET admission tests to begin on Jan 11

The admission tests for the first-year honours at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology for the 2024-25 academic session are set to begin on January 11, 2025, said a KUET press release on Saturday...

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A life with lost meaning

Anwar Hossain, 55, has had an unbearable life since 2020, when he lost his 18-year-old daughter to Covid 19...

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US finalises up to $6.6b funding for chip giant TSMC

The United States will award Taiwanese chip giant TSMC up to $6.6 billion in direct funding to help build several plants on US soil, officials said Friday, finalizing the deal before Donald Trump’s administration enters the White House...

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SCB chairman Md Rezaul Karim to attend ASA, GSA annual meeting

Md Rezaul Karim, chairman  of Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh and vice-chairman, Asian Shippers’ Alliance is proceeding towards Brussels, Belgium on Sunday for attending Asian Shippers’ Alliance and Global Shippers’ Alliance Annual Meeting, organised by European Shippers’ Council at Hotel Le Louis, Brussels in November 18 -20...

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Road map to wholesome society

IN DEVELOPING nations such as Bangladesh, access to timely and quality health care remains a big challenge for a significant portion of the population. According to a report of the World Bank, Bangladesh suffers from...

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CUET QAC holds 7th meeting

The Quality Assurance Council of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology held its seventh meeting of at the Syndicate Room of the university in Chattogram on Thursday...

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Digital communication and food supply chain

With growing population and urbanisation in Bangladesh over the decades, the country is faced with the challenge of supplying foods to various destinations without much distortion in prices. In this digital age, it is important to make market information, data and intelligence available to all stakeholders so that no one loses and there is no...

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Chip giant TSMC sued for alleged discrimination

More than a dozen US-based employees of Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC have sued the company for apparent discrimination against non-Asian workers, according to a recent lawsuit...

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Ex-SCBA secy Momtaz, ex-DNCC mayor Atiqul remanded

A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Wednesday allowed the police to take Supreme Court Bar Association’s former secretary Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehedi and Dhaka North City Corporation’s former mayor Atiqul Islam in custody for interrogation in separate murder cases...

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Fakhrul cautions against India’s harmful campaign

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday accused India of hatching conspiracies against Bangladesh while it gave shelter to ‘the mastermind of fascism’...

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Justice for Limon would be step towards police reform

VICTIMS of gross human rights violation in the hands of the law enforcement agencies who were denied justice during the Awami League regime are now coming forward to seek legal redress. This is a first step towards police reforms. Limon Hossain, a victim of attempted extrajudicial killing, lodged a complaint with the International Crime Tribunal against...