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Genesis of Russia-Ukraine/west conflict

WHILE much of the world is extremely vexed, and rightly so, over the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the prospect of renewed US-Zionist blitz of Iran, it is hard to imagine either of these two crises flaring into a global conflagration.

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Putin tells Trump Russia will not ‘give up’ aims in Ukraine

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin told US counterpart Donald Trump that Moscow will not ‘give up’ on its aims in Ukraine, while pledging it will also keep up a negotiating process on the conflict, the Kremlin said Thursday after a call between the leaders.

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Three killed as Ukraine hits Russian city

Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian city of Izhevsk on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding dozens in one of the deepest strikes inside Russia of the three-year conflict, authorities said...

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Kim shown honouring troops killed in Russia-Ukraine war

State media images showed leader Kim Jong Un honouring the flag-draped coffins of North Korean soldiers killed helping Russia fight Ukraine, as Seoul’s defence ministry said Tuesday it saw no signs of further troop deployments yet...

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Zelensky signs decree to exit anti-landmine treaty

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday signed a decree putting his war-torn country on track to leave the anti-landmine Ottawa Convention, according to a document published on his website...

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Russian strikes wound 12 in Ukraine

Russian strikes targeting Ukraine overnight Saturday to Sunday wounded at least 12 people, according to local authorities, prompting Kyiv to renew calls for new air defence systems...

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Seven-up Bangladesh blow away Bahrain

Forward Tohura Khatun scored a brace as Bangladesh secured a crushing 7-0 win against higher-ranked Bahrain in their Group C opener of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers at the Thuwunna Stadium in Myanmar on Sunday...

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Bangladesh optimistic against Bahrain

The Bangladesh national women’s team is set to commence their campaign in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers with a sense of optimism as they face the higher-ranked Bahrain at the Thuwunna Stadium in Myanmar today...

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Flash floods, heavy rains kill 32 in Pakistan

Heavy rain and flash flooding across Pakistan have killed 32 people including 16 children since the start of the monsoon season this week, disaster management officials said...

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Russian strike kills five in Ukraine

A Russian strike on Friday killed five people and wounded 23 in Ukraine’s industrial Dnipropetrovsk region, where Moscow has stepped up fatal bombardments, authorities said.

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Ukraine, Russia exchange another group of POWs

Ukraine and Russia exchanged a new group of captured soldiers on Thursday, the latest in a series of prisoner swaps agreed at peace talks in Istanbul earlier this month...

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Russian strikes kill 11 in Ukraine

Russian missiles on Tuesday crashed into schools, hospitals and kindergartens in central Ukraine, killing at least 11 and wounding dozens more in a region coming under mounting pressure...

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Russian barrage kills 10 in Kyiv

Russia fired dozens of drones and missiles at Ukraine on Monday, ripping open a housing bloc in Kyiv, killing 10 civilians and burying others beneath the rubble...

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GAU hosts training on mango processing

Gazipur Agricultural University organised a training programme on mango processing and preservation at the International Complex Seminar Room in Gazipur on Monday...

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Flash flood advisory for Rangpur as heavy rain forecasted

Low-lying areas along the River Teesta in the Rangpur division may encounter flash floods due to heavy to very heavy rainfall likely to occur over vast swathes of land expanding from northern Bangladesh to upstream places across the borders in India, Bhutan and Nepal...

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Ukraine vows to expand strikes on Russia

Ukraine’s top military commander vowed to increase the ‘scale and depth’ of strikes on Russia in remarks made public Sunday, saying Kyiv would not sit idly by while Moscow prolonged its three-year invasion...

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Reform edn system to stop brain drain: dialogue

Bangladesh must devise strategies to keep its best brains in the country and engage their merit in advancing the society, experts and other stakeholders have observed and to achieve that they have stressed key reforms in the education system...

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The vanishing mind

ONCE the pinnacle of evolutionary achievement, the human brain is now experiencing an unprecedented decline in its cognitive and analytical capabilities. What began as a gradual erosion with the rise of social media has accelerated into a cognitive crisis with the integration of artificial intelligence into our educational systems. Recent ground-breaking research...

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Russia sent wrong bodies: Zelensky

Kyiv received the bodies of 20 Russian soldiers instead of Ukrainian ones during exchanges of war dead with Moscow, president Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks made public Saturday.

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Feni villages flooded as embankments collapse

At least nine villages were flooded after several days of heavy rainfall, with the onrush of water from upstream breaching river embankments in Feni Thursday night.