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Pope Francis laid to rest as 4,00,000 mourn

Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome Saturday after a Vatican funeral for the ‘pope among the people’ attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald Trump...

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NRB Bank PLC holds YTD business confce

NRB Bank PLC on Saturday held its ‘Year-to-Date Business Conference 2025 for Q1’ at its corporate head office in Dhaka, said a press release...

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Modified buses, trucks cause more accidents

Modifications of buses and trucks across the country remain a big concern for road safety as such modifications have been resulting in increased accidents and greater damages to roads and highways.

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Ukraine killed general in car bombing: Russia

Russia on Friday accused Ukraine of being behind a car bombing that killed a senior general, the latest in a spate of assassinations of figures linked to Moscow’s military offensive.

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Russia, Iran bolster ties with gas deal

Russia and Iran further strengthened their alliance Friday with a new gas deal that will see Moscow ship 55 billion cubic meters of gas to Tehran per year.

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Prof yunus for best use of intellectual property, copyrights

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday urged all to become proactive in ensuring the best use of intellectual property and protecting copyrights so that a prosperous Bangladesh can be built in the days to come.

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Madaripur AL leader held over post on Yunus

Police detained a local Awami League leader for allegedly sharing a defamatory post, including a doctored image, on chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Facebook.

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CJ leaves for Türkiye, UAE

Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Thursday left Dhaka for Türkiye and United Arab Emirates to join two separate programmes as invited guests, official sources said...

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Aamjanatar Dal for nat’l dialogue on constitutional council

The Aamjanatar Dal said on Thursday that they had proposed the National Consensus Commission to organise an all-party dialogue to understand the National Constitutional Council issue proposed by the Constitution Reform Council to reach a consensus on it as the issue was new in the country...

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Zelensky says Russia putting pressure on US with Kyiv strike

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Russia’s large-scale missile attack on Kyiv, the deadliest strike on the Ukrainian capital in months, was designed to put ‘pressure’ on the United States...

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Call for trial completion, redress renewed

Different political parties and labour rights organisations specially the garment worker rights bodies on Thursday observed the 12th year of the Rana Plaza collapse, the deadliest industrial accident in the country, with the demand for completing the trial of the owners of the factory responsible for the accident...

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Prof Altafunnesa recalled

Former member of board of trustees of Gono Bishwabidyalay and president of Gonoswasthya Kendra trust, Professor Altafunnesa, was recalled at a programme at the Gono Bishwabidyalay of Savar in Dhaka on Thursday...

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Delay in Rana Plaza cases makes mockery of justice

EIGHTEEN of the 19 cases filed on various charges in connection with the Rana Plaza collapse, which left at least 1,138 people, mostly apparel workers, dead and more than 2,400 people wounded, having been pending for 12 years brings to the fore the inertia that grips the legal and regulatory system when it comes to worker rights. The eight-storey Rana Plaza, which...

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Global stocks rally fades

A rally on global stock markets fizzled Thursday as China poured cold water on US president Donald Trump’s comments talking up the prospects of a deal to end their trade war...

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Bangladesh wants to be top manufacturing country: Yunus

Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus has said that his government’s aim was to transform Bangladesh into a manufacturing and economic hub as he held a closed-door meeting with several prominent foreign investors...

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Politicians, experts for delayed LDC graduation

Political leaders and economists on Wednesday called on the government to delay the country’s graduation from the Least Developed Country status, warning that it was economically and institutionally ill-prepared to manage the challenges that would come with a post-graduation status...

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EUSC holds science, technology fair

The Engineering University School and College held a three-day 13th Inter-School and College Science and Technology Fair-2025 concluded on its campus in Dhaka on Wednesday...

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Safety condition improves, challenges remain

Bangladesh’s readymade garment industry has undergone a significant change in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza collapse, one of the deadliest industrial accidents in the country, but there are still in the sector many issues to be addressed...

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Victims still cry for justice

Twelve years after the Rana Plaza collapse, which killed at least 1,138 people, mostly apparel workers, and injured over 2,400 at Savar, justice remains elusive for the victims and their families...

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