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New extraction phase begins at Barapukuria Coal Mine

Authorities have launched a new phase of extraction at the Barapukuria Coal Mine in the north-western region, expecting to dig out 3.94 lakh tones of hydrocarbon from the quarry in the next one year.

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Moscow strikes kill five in Ukraine

A new round of Moscow’s shelling and drone attacks killed five people in Ukraine Sunday, authorities said, while Kyiv hit an oil refinery in Russia’s Saratov region...

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Kyiv won’t cede land: Zelensky

Ukraine won’t surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war.

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Trump-Putin meeting agreed for ‘coming days’

The Kremlin said on Thursday that a summit between US president Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Ukraine was set for the ‘coming days’ as US-led efforts to broker peace rumble on...

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Putin holds constructive talks with US envoy

Russian president Vladimir Putin held ‘constructive’ talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, two days ahead of a US deadline for Russia to halt its Ukraine offensive or face fresh sanctions...

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Russian strikes kill six across Ukraine

Russian strikes across eastern Ukraine killed six people, including a mechanic at a railway station, and wounded at least a dozen people, authorities said Tuesday...

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Sweden, Denmark, Norway to buy US arms for Ukraine

Sweden, Norway and Denmark will donate equipment and munitions worth $500 million to Ukraine, under a new scheme to speed deliveries from American stockpiles, Stockholm said on Tuesday.

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Omar Faruk becomes MD of Islami Bank

Md Omar Faruk Khan has been appointed as managing director (MD) of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC on Sunday, said a press release...

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ACC sues ex-CJ Khairul, 7 others for graft in allotment of Rajuk plot

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against eight people, including former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque, over allegation of corruption and irregularities in allotment of a plot of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha in Purbachal New Town project...

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Ukrainian drones spark fire at Sochi oil depot

An overnight Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in Sochi, the Russian resort that hosted the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, around 400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, authorities said Sunday...

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UK defends new online safety law after X criticism

The UK government on Saturday defended a new online safety law following harsh criticism from social network X, saying it was ‘demonstrably false’ that it ‘compromises free speech’...

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Russia starts direct flights to N Korea

Russia on Sunday began direct commercial flights to North Korea, in a further sign of closer ties with its Asian ally helping its offensive in Ukraine...

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Russia seizes 2 villages in central Ukraine

Russia on Saturday said it had wrested two villages in Ukraine, including one in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, marking a fresh advance into an area largely spared seizures of land since Moscow launched its offensive in 2022...

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UK doctors launch 5-day strike

Thousands of UK doctors launched a five-day strike early Friday after talks with the Labour government for a new pay increase failed to reach a deal.

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India’s Modi and UK PM Starmer ink trade deal

UK prime minister Keir Starmer praised Britain’s ‘unique bonds’ with India as he and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi formally signed a recently announced UK-India trade deal during talks on Thursday...

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Power crisis hits north

Multiple problems hit the publicly-owned 525MW coal-based Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant, accounting for almost half of the installed power generation capacity to meet the electricity demand in Rangpur zone, with its production dropping below 50 MW on Tuesday...