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Under heavy bombing, Palestinians in Gaza move from place to place, only to discover nowhere is safe
AP, GAZA CITY : Over 180,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into United Nations shelters as Israeli warplanes pound the tiny territory of...
PM Hasina opens Dhaka-Bhanga rail link over country’s longest Padma Bridge
UNB, Munshiganj : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday opened the Dhaka-Bhanga railway line, a part of which runs over Padma Bridge, in laying another...
Israel strikes downtown Gaza City and mobilizes 300,000 reservists as war enters fourth day
AP, JERUSALEM : Israeli warplanes pounded downtown Gaza City, home to Hamas’ centers of government, with relentless bombardments into early Tuesday, after Israel’s prime minister...
Let it be the final war to secure peace and dignity of Palestinians
Editorial Desk : Call Hamas a terrorist group or whatever, but do not forget the ceaseless acts of state terrorism and humiliation meted out to...
Clashes rage in Israel as Hamas holds out ‘longer than expected’
Reuters : Israel’s troops were battling on Monday to clear out Hamas gunmen more than two days after they burst across the fence from Gaza...
Waterlogging a perpetual problem for residents in N’ganj’s DND area
UNB, Narayanganj : Thousands of people living in the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) area have been suffering from severe waterlogging for years and this year too the...
Cabinet clears draft law to appoint administrators in UPs
UNB, Dhaka: The Cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Act, 2013 with a provision to...
Credible polls not possible under current regime, BNP tells US pre-election assessment team
UNB, Dhaka : BNP on Monday told the visiting joint IRI and NDI pre-election assessment mission of the US that no credible election is possible...
Fire at SA Paribahan’s Kakrail office under control
UNB, Dhaka : A massive fire that broke out in a 4-storey building in the capital’s Kakrail area on Monday morning has been brought under...
Commentary: Awami League can’t be a communist party to deny people free election
Editorial Desk : Awami League must know how the leftists targeted it for its popularity as the largest popular party to advance the cause of...
