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Emirates allegedly denies wheelchair assistance to elderly passenger

Makes her stand for two hours during layover

2d ago

Ctg open drain takes 3yr-old’s life

A three-year-old girl became the latest victim of drowning in Chattogram after falling into an open roadside drain in the city’s Halishahar area yesterday.

5d ago

Sanem survey: 83pc youth show no interest in politics

Of 2,000 respondents, 81pc hopeful of a free, fair election

1w ago

BNP hosts discussion on first anniversary of July uprising

Leaders recall sacrifices, call for unity at Dhaka gathering

1w ago

Govt Brojomohun College: Students protest waterlogging, poor facilities

Students of Government Brojomohun College in Barishal blocked the road adjacent to the institution yesterday, demanding infrastructural development and improved facilities on campus.

2w ago

US military pulled back into Middle East wars

The US strikes on nuclear sites in Iran are an extraordinary turn for a military that was supposed to be moving on from two decades of forever wars in the Middle East, and they put the United States back on war footing.

3w ago

First monsoon downpour submerges Khulna

The first heavy downpour of this monsoon since Monday has left most areas of Khulna city under knee-deep water, while adjoining low-lying areas were submerged under waist-high water -- exposing the inefficacy of the Tk 823 crore drainage improvement project of Khulna City Corporation (KCC).

3w ago

Iran FM says has 'solid proof' US forces supported Israel in attacks

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday Tehran had evidence to show US forces supported the intense bombardment campaign Israel launched against the Islamis republic this week

4w ago

Environment not conducive to polls yet

The current political atmosphere is not yet suitable for a free and fair national election, Syed Abdullah Md Taher, nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, said yesterday.

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Fire guts over 100 shops in Munshiganj

More than 100 shops were gutted in a devastating fire at Sreenagar Bazar of Munshiganj district early yesterday.

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Udichi event obstructed in Bogura

The attackers tore a banner and tried to vandalise the office

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Latin America mourns world's 'poorest president' Mujica, dead at 89

The 89-year-old who spent a dozen years behind bars for revolutionary activity lost his battle against cancer

2m ago

US President Trump blinked in trade war with China. Can Southeast Asia get a break, too?

It took one weekend in Geneva for US President Donald Trump to roll back what has been seen till now as the raison d’etre of his presidency

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Endangered Khudi Khejur found in Dinajpur’s Sal forest

Also known as Bon Khejur, the plant is exclusively found in Sal forests

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Kurdish PKK says will disband and end armed struggle

In a letter, Ocalan urged the PKK to hold a congress to formalise the decision

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No ceasefire or prisoner release in exchange for US-Israeli hostage: Netanyahu

Hamas on Sunday said it would release Edan Alexander, a US-Israeli soldier held in Gaza

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Villagers evacuated from line of fire along India-Pakistan border fear going back

The arch rivals had been involved in the worst fighting in nearly three decades

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India blocks YouTube channels of 6 TV stations

The Bangladesh government has warned of “reciprocal action” after YouTube blocked six of its television channels from being accessed in India “at the request of the Indian government”, which cited national security concerns.

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