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Gas price increase for industries unjustified, discriminatory

AN INCREASE of 33 per cent in prices of gas for use as raw materials and captive power in the industrial sector that the Energy Regulatory Commission announced on April 13 with an immediate effect is worrying for industries that plan to get new connections or expand their consumption. The plan is discriminatory. The increase will force factories seeking to use gas for...

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4 officers withdrawn as JCD leader snatched from police

The Natore district police on Wednesday withdrew four police officials, including officer-in-charge Nazmul Haque, from the Lalpur police station over the incident of snatching a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the youth front of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, from the police station by fellow leaders and activists Tuesday afternoon...

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BCL leader held for making derogatory remarks on prophet

The police arrested a leader of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of the Awami League, at Singra in Natore on Monday over an allegation of making ‘derogatory’ remarks on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in a social media post.

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Trump’s deal-making and western security

WHEN Volodymyr Zelenskyy penned his letter to Donald Trump, he wasn’t merely addressing to the president of the United States,  he was appealing to a man who views international diplomacy as a high-stakes real estate negotiation, where leverage, not principle, dictates the terms. Zelenskyy’s softened tone is not just a nod to reality — it is an invitation for Trump to...

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Pakistan Taliban kill cop guarding polio team

The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he travelled Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year of rising cases...

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Khalilur urges Rohingyas to raise united voice ahead of UN conference

High representative to the chief adviser on Rohingya crisis and priority issues affairs Khalilur Rahman has urged Rohingyas to articulate their common voice in preparation for the ‘International Conference on the Rohingya Muslims’ to be held in the United Nations (UN) this year.

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UN team to meet political parties in Bangladesh: Lewis

UN resident coordinator in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis on Tuesday said that they would meet every political party that they could think of in Bangladesh as the need assessment process began in terms of UN’s technical support to the election commission...

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Rangs launches new Kelvinator products

Rangs Electronics Limited, also known as ‘SONY-RANGS’, has recently launched its latest 2025 series Kelvinator air conditioner, refrigerator and washing machine for Bangladesh market, said a press release...

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NATO to boost military presence in Baltic

NATO will bolster its military presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage of an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia this week, the Western military alliance’s chief Mark Rutte said on Friday.

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Minor girl killed in Natore fire

A one-year-old girl-child tragically lost her life in a fire that broke out at a house in Shimultala, Baraigram upazila of Natore district, on early Friday...

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Zelensky huddles with European leaders

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was to meet NATO chief Mark Rutte and key European leaders in Brussels Wednesday to discuss ‘next steps’ on Russia’s war as Donald Trump prepares to take office as US president...

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Man stabbed to death in Natore

A grocer was hacked to death in front of his home in Lalpur upazila of Natore district on Friday night...

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Five arrested over attack on coordinators’ car

Five suspects were arrested between Monday and Tuesday, in connection with an alleged robbery and attack on the vehicle carrying eight student leaders of the Student Movement Against Discrimination in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila...

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5 injured in BNP factional clash in Natore

At least five individuals were injured in a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists over control of a canal at Bashila village in Naldanga upazila of Natore on Sunday.

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Ukraine pushes NATO for invite as Trump looms

Ukraine insisted Tuesday that NATO membership was the only ‘real guarantee’ for its security as foreign ministers from the alliance looked set to rebuff Kyiv’s push for an invite ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency.

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