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‘Reviving culture our master plan’
Rezauddin Stalin, director general of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy spoke to The New Nation about the Academy’s administrative situation, cultural progs, preservation of indigenous traditions,...
UN raises ‘ethnic cleansing’ concerns over Israel West Bank operation
Israel’s military actions resulting in the displacement of entire Palestinian populations in three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank “appear to amount to collective...
22 drug tribunals formed across country
The government has formed 22 ‘Drug Offences Suppression Tribunals’ in various districts and metropolitan areas, including Dhaka, Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar and Cumilla, to expedite the...
HC orders freeze of S Alam’s 81.92pc shares in Islami Bank
The High Court has ordered a freeze on 81.92 percent of the shares in Islami Bank held by 24 companies linked to S Alam. The...
One killed, over 50 hurt in Brahmanbaria clash
A 28-year-old man was killed and around 55 people were injured in a clash between two groups over a long-standing dispute involving pond land in...
Khulna hospitals packed with dengue patients
Khulna has emerged as a major dengue hotspot as a sharp rise in infections pushes hospitals to the brink, with patients being treated on floors...
Police attacked in Ctg
Chattogram police have informed that they were attacked while trying to nab a “listed criminal”.At least six policemen, including the chief of Khulshi Police Station,...
$2.56b losses amid Nepal floods
Property, housing and infrastructure worth at least 387.5 billion Nepalese rupees($2.56 billion) was lost in Nepal’s catastrophic floods last week, the country’s disaster authority chief...
Native fish facing extinction
Dozens of indigenous fish species that were once abundant in Bangladesh’s rivers, haors, beels, ponds and other open-water bodies are now disappearing at an alarming...
Rooppur Unit 1 faces fresh delay over safety valve
JSC ASE, the Russian nuclear engineering contractor involved in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project in Bangladesh, has proposed transferring a pilot-operated relief valve (PORV)...