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Polytechnic students hold shroud processions

Polytechnic students in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country brought out shroud processions on Friday to press home their six-point demands and protest at the attack on protesters by law enforcers in Cumilla on April 16.

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Titas Gas cuts illegal connections

The Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC on Wednesday removed illegal gas connections and collected fines in different areas of Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Narsingdi and Gazipur...

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Continued border killing further strains relations with India

Yet another death of a Bangladeshi at the hands of India’s Border Security Force shows a continued disregard of Indian guards for laws and border protocols. It also shows the nullity of the pledges that Indian authorities, including the Border Security Force, have made to end border killing and to never use lethal weapons in border management. On April 16, the Bangladeshi...

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Govt urged to watch first, act then

Economist Rehman Sobhan on Thursday said rushing to Washington in a show of modesty to deal with the newly announced tariff policy by the United States was not a good strategy...

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RMG exports grew 10.84pc in July-March

The country’s readymade garment exports witnessed a healthy growth of 10.84 per cent during the July-March period of the current financial year fetching $30.25 billion that highlights the resilience and potentials of the apparel sector...

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Rice 'knew' Arsenal would dethrone Real Madrid

Declan Rice said Arsenal are on course for ‘special things’ after beating Real Madrid 2-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday to cruise into the Champions League semi-finals 5-1 on aggregate.

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Chhatra Odhikar Parishad demands DUCSU polls by June

The Chhatra Odhikar Parishad on Wednesday demanded that the Dhaka University authorities announce a specific timeframe for Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections by May and hold an ‘acceptable, participatory, and competitive’ election by June...

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Ex-DGHS driver Malek, wife jailed in graft case

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced Abdul Malek, formerly a driver of the Directorate General of Health Services, to five-year imprisonment and his wife Nargis Begum to three-year in jail for amassing illegal wealth...

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BSF kills Bangladeshi youth

A Bangladeshi national was killed allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force at Madhya Singimari border under Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat district on Wednesday...

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Salman, ex-BSEC chair Shibli, 28 others sued

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against 30 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman and former Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam, on charges...

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Govt’s bank borrowing jumps to Tk 51,981cr

The net government borrowing from the country’s banking sector surged in the July–March period of the 2024–25 financial year compared with that in the same period a year earlier, as it ramped up borrowing to address budget deficit ahead of the financial year’s end...

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Election by June 2026, Yunus assures BNP

Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday assured the Bangladesh Nationalist Party that the next general election would be held by June 2026 as the party urged the government to clarify the actual issue behind the ongoing discussions about the interim government’s five-year term in office...

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Tackling emissions, powering growth

angladesh finds itself navigating a delicate balance between rapid economic development and urgent climate action. As the world’s seventh most climate-vulnerable nation, the country contributes a modest 0.4 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet its domestic emissions are growing at an alarming 5.6 per cent annual rate. This increase stems from the twin...

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ERD, IOM sign 5m Euro grant agreement

The Economic Relations Division, finance ministry, signed a grant agreement worth five million Euro with the International Organisation for Migration on Tuesday.

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PRSTU welcomes Bengali new year

Pirojpur Science and Technology University welcomed the Bengali new year-1432 through various events on Monday.

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BUFT welcomes new students

BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology hosted an orientation programme to welcome the newly admitted students of the spring semester-2025 on Tuesday...

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BUET welcomes new students

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology organised an introduction meeting for new undergraduate students of the 2024-25 academic year on Saturday...

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2 left parties for polls by Dec, NDM for AL ban

The Ganatantrik Biplobi Party and the Biplobi Communist League demanded that the interim government, adopting only election-centric ‘essential’ reforms, must hold the national elections by December...

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KUET students demand resignation of VC

The protesting students of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology on Tuesday demanded resignation of the university’s vice-chancellor, professor Mohammad Mashud.

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A civilian as national security adviser

THE concept of national security has undergone a profound transformation in the 21st century. Once largely defined by military capabilities and external defence, national security now encompasses a vast spectrum of interconnected domains, including cyber resilience, economic integrity, public health and climate sustainability. In the light of these shifting dynamics...

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Thanks Iran, for refusing the bomb

COL Lawrence Wilkerson was the chief of staff of the US secretary of state Gen Colin Powell. He is today among the most vocal American critics of the US-sponsored war in Ukraine, the genocide of Palestinians by Israel and the US-Israeli plans to wage war on Iran...

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Preparatory meeting held on printing for national elections

A meeting was held between the officials of the Election Commission and the Directorate of Printing and Publication on Tuesday to assess the demand for materials required for the 13th National Parliament elections, as well as to determine the possible budget and stock.

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