Macron faces new fury after forcing through France pension law
AFP :French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced intensified protests and a no confidence motion in parliament after pushing through a contentious pension reform without...
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Fire breaks out at plastic recycling factory in Savar
News Desk :A fire broke out at a plastic recycling factory in Savar’s Vakurta union on Friday. The incident took place at around 1:20pm. Seven...
22 killed in suspected massacre at Myanmar monastery
Reuters :At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a doctor’s post-mortem...
Bangladesh elected to OIC Islamic Rights Council
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh has been elected as a member of the OIC Islamic Human Rights during the 49th OIC Council of Foreign Ministers held in...
City Bank Chairman walks to jail
Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court yesterday sent City Bank Chairman Aziz Al Kaiser to the jail in three separate cases filed by his wife with...
Over 300 dead in Malawi, Mozambique as Cyclone Freddy losses pile
Al Jazeera :The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy has passed 300 as the body count continues to rise, with authorities in Mozambique and Malawi...
Ex-ACC official won’t be able to return to service: SC
Staff Reporter :The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has granted an appeal petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against the scrapping of Rule...
13 get 4yrs in jail over Nasirnagar communal attack
UNB :A Brahmanbaria court on Thursday sentenced 13 people, including a former union parishad chairman, to four years in prison in a case filed over...
Ukraine war US and Russian military chiefs in rare talks after drone downed
Reuters :Washington’s top general said the crash of a US surveillance drone after being intercepted by Russian jets showed Moscow’s increasingly aggressive behaviour, while Russia...
Ethics Education Workbook distributed
News Desk :Ethics Education for Sustainable Development (E2SD) has distributed ‘Ethics Education Workbook’ in two educational institutions of the capital. On Thursday, the officials of...
46 prominent citizens protest police attack on journalists, lawyers
New Desk :Forty-six eminent citizens have condemned the police attack on journalists and lawyers during the election of the Supreme Court Bar Association on 15...
Survey confirms impact of digital divide on children’s learning during COVID-19
News Desk :Fewer than one in five children (18.7%) in Bangladesh participated in remote learning during Covid-19 school closures, which at one and a half...