No proof of sabotage in Bangabazar fire
News Desk :No evidence of sabotage or an electrical short-circuit, which were once thought to be potential causes of the devastating fire in the Bangabazar...
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BNP to avoid govt’s trap set up for five city polls: Fakhrul
Staff Reporter :BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the government’s plan to hold elections for five city corporations by June this year...
Bangladesh aims to improve trade ties with US: Foreign Minister
Staff Reporter :Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said that Bangladesh is aiming to enhance its relationship with the United States by fostering a...
Two more die as Israel-Palestinian unrest simmers, political faultlines widen
Reuters :A growing wave of unrest between Israelis and Palestinians claimed two more lives on Monday, after a poll showed plummeting support for Prime Minister...
Biden teases 2024 reelection bid – again
AFP :President Joe Biden did everything Monday to look and sound like someone running for reelection-but again insisted he has no official announcement to make.The...
80pc children on street victims of abuse in Bangladesh: UNICEF
Staff Reporter :The most common perpetrators of abuse and harassment against children on street are pedestrians. Alarmingly, 80 per cent of children living on streets...
4 killed in blast targeting police vehicle in Pakistan
Reuters : Four people were killed and fifteen injured in a bombing targeting a police vehicle in a marketplace in the southwestern Pakistani city of...
BB resets EDF loan ceiling
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh Bank (BB) downsized the borrowing ceiling from Export Development Fund (EDF) to the manufacturers and exporters for reducing further pressure on forex...
Joy criticises black US lawmakers’ expulsion over gun control
BSS :Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has criticised the expulsion of two black minority US state lawmakers, sparing a white one, in...
3 dead in Jamalpur after truck collides with pickup van
UNB :Three people were dead after a truck collided with a pickup van in Betmari area of Jamalpur’s Melandaha upazila on Sunday, police said.The deceased...
Israeli army launches strikes in Syria after rocket fire
AFP :Israel launched artillery strikes on Syria Sunday morning after several rockets were fired from there and landed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli...