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Preparing for cloudburst disasters

PICTURE a tranquil afternoon in a Himalayan village. The mountains are draped in mist, the air feels crisp and the clouds seem to drift without purpose. Then, in an instant, the heavens rupture. Sheets of water cascade with an intensity that defies belief. Rivers rise like unleashed beasts, hillsides collapse, homes vanish and people flee for their lives. This is no ordinary...

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2nd ICFP to begin on August 26

The two-day 2nd International Conference on Recent and Advanced Fiber and Polymer Materials will begin on August 26...

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Sculptor Hamiduzzaman Khan remembered

Bangladeshi legendary sculptor and painter professor Hamiduzzaman Khan was remembered through a programme at ‘Hamiduzzaman Sculpture Park’ at Kodda in Gazipur on Wednesday...

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Reimagining media landscape

THE year 2024 marked one of the most dramatic political shifts in Bangladesh’s recent history. The fall of Sheikh Hasina’s long-serving government, after more than a decade in power, was greeted with optimism among citizens, civil society, and particularly journalists who had long struggled under restrictive media laws. The Digital Security Act (2018), later repackaged...

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Loans worth Tk 1.33 lakh crore turn NPL again

Nearly 39 per cent of rescheduled loans have slipped back into default, exposing the ineffectiveness of repeated rescheduling as a tool for reducing non-performing loans...

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Sheltech sponsors Scholastica Club

Conglomerate Sheltech on Saturday signed an agreement to become a sponsor of Scholastica Club Limited, said a press release...

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Three Milestone teachers to be remembered forever: Yunus

Maherin Chowdhury, Masuka Begum and Mahfuza Khanam, three teachers, who died in a plane crash into Milestone School and College, will be remembered forever by the people as a unique example of humanity and bravery, Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said on Tuesday.

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Games industry in search of new winning combo

The global games industry gathers for the vast Gamescom trade fair in Cologne this week, with hopes that upcoming heavy-hitters like ‘GTA VI’ can help the industry escape its doldrums...

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Coding the ‘banality of evil’

ABOUT a month ago, a military training aircraft crashed onto Milestone School in Dhaka, killing 30 people, including many children, in a fiery explosion. When I saw the news, I fell into silence. But strangely, I noticed something: I didn’t feel the same deep shock I once would have. A few years ago, such a tragedy would have devastated me — I’d have spent the day in...

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Ex-IGP Javed Patwary among 123 under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started scrutinising allegations against 123 people, including former inspector general of police Javed Patwary, of receiving money and apartments in exchange for writing and editing the book ‘Unfinished Memoirs’, published in the name of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...

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Guardians return without submitting memo to Milestone

Bereaved guardians of the students, killed after a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed in the compound of Milestone School and College, on Sunday could not submit a memorandum to the education institution’s principal...

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Choice between peace and escalation

Donald Trump came into office promising to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. Now, six months later, his high stakes meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska may have put the United States and Russia on a new path toward peace, or, if this initiative fails, could trigger an even more dangerous escalation, with warhawks in Congress already pushing for another $54.6 billion in weapons for Ukraine...

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Bangladesh ‘A’ suffer another defeat

Bryce Jackson took three wickets while Joel Curtis hit an unbeaten 44 as Perth Scorchers Academy thrashed Bangladesh ‘A’ by five wickets in their North End T20 series match at the TIO Stadium in Darwin on Sunday.

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Desperate Myanmar villagers scavenge for food

People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge...

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UGC congratulates 159 Erasmus Mundus scholarship recipients

Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Professor SMA Faiz at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday congratulated 159 Bangladeshi students who received the Erasmus Mundus scholarships in the 2025-26 academic year...

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Three plaintiffs testify against Hasina, Rehana, Tulip, Radwan

Three Anti-Corruption Commission officials on Wednesday testified as plaintiffs against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Rehana’s daughters Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq and son Radwan Mujib Siddiq and others in three cases over corruption in Purbachal plot scam...