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‘Glimpses’ features artists of Bangladesh in Thailand
The Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in Thailand and Uttara-based Galleri Kaya organized a group art exhibition titled Glimpses featuring 12 contemporary and modern artists of Bangladesh in
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Israfil participate in Asia-Pacific Theatre Festival in Shanghai
Dhaka University’s theatre and performance studies department teacher, professor Israfil Shaheen, has participated in the 18th Asia-Pacific Bond of Theatre Schools Festival and Directors’ Conference 2025 in Shanghai of China,
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‘We don’t want them’, Trump rages against Somali immigrants
US president Donald Trump raged Tuesday against Somali immigrants, saying they should be unwelcome in the United States as he highlighted the long woes of the African country...
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Trump administration begins immigration crackdown in New Orleans
The United States Department of Homeland Security launched an immigration crackdown on Wednesday in New Orleans, the latest Democratic-run city to be targeted by the Donald Trump administration...
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Govt warns of action as traders across Bangladesh hike edible oil price
Commerce ministry adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said on Wednesday that businesses had raised the price of edible oil on the market without obtaining ministry approval and that the ministry would
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Summer onion project wilts as seeds can't withstand northern heat
Over the last two years, the government has spent nearly Tk 37 crore in farmer incentives to grow summer onions and narrow the gap between annual demand and local output.
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Bangladesh
Summer onion project wilts as seeds cannot withstand heat
Over the last two years, the government has spent nearly Tk 37 crore in farmer incentives to grow summer onions and narrow the gap between annual demand and local output.
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Two women killed in bus-easy bike collision in Dinajpur
Protesters set bus seats on fire, blocking traffic for about an hour
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Patients suffer as health assistants, technologists continue protests
Several thousand health service assistants for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday staged demonstration in the capital, pressing for their six-point demand, including upgrading of their salary structure...
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Where people take safety into their own hands
When unauthorised, battery-run auto-rickshaws swarm roads and alleys in Dhaka, residents of Nikunja 2 at Khilkhet took a different stand: they stopped such vehicles from entering the neighbourhood...
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Court filing of reinvestigation report on Viqarunnisa’s Aritry death Jan 8
A Dhaka court has set Jan 8 for the submission of the reinvestigation report in the case over the suicide of Aritry Adhikary, a ninth grader at Viqarunnisa Noon School
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Primary teachers asked to withdraw work abstention, exam boycott programmes
Primary and Mass Education Ministry has directed the several organizations of assistant teachers of government primary schools to withdraw their work abstention and examination boycott programmes and return to duty.
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EC moves to amend RPO again ahead of election, referendum schedules
As preparations advance for the general and the national referendum, the Election Commission (EC) is bringing yet another round of amendments to electoral laws and rules. Following the inclusion of
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International
Chinese, Japanese vessels engage in fresh standoff
Japanese and Chinese vessels engaged in a fresh standoff around disputed islands yesterday, the two countries’ coast guards said.
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Sick young ants invite destruction to save colony
Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit
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No conspiracy in collapse of China spy case: UK inquiry
A high-profile case against two British men accused of spying for China collapsed because of “systemic failures” and not a government conspiracy, a UK parliamentary inquiry concluded yesterday.
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Lebanon, Israel hold first direct talks in decades
Lebanese and Israeli civilian representatives yesterday held their first direct talks in decades, part of a year-old ceasefire monitoring mechanism in the war with militant group Hezbollah, a source close
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Pak official, 5 cops killed in attacks near Afghan border
A local government official and five police officers have been killed in two attacks in Pakistan near its border with Afghanistan, officials told AFP yesterday.
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Technology
Bangladeshi startup PulseTech raises $3m in a bid to tackle counterfeit medicines
PulseTech, a Dhaka-based B2B health-tech platform working to eliminate counterfeit medicines from the market, has raised USD 3 million in a pre-Series A funding round co-led by Vietnam-based venture capital
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Honor begins local smartphone production with Bangladesh factory
Honor, the smartphone brand, inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Bangladesh on December 2, marking the company’s first move into local smartphone production as it seeks to strengthen its position
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Red Dead Redemption is now on mobile
The popular action-adventure video game Red Dead Redemption, along with its Undead Nightmare expansion, is now available on new platforms, including mobile devices, current-generation consoles, and the Nintendo Switch 2.
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James Cameron calls generative AI “horrifying”
James Cameron, the director behind the popular “Avatar” franchise, has described generative artificial intelligence (AI) as “horrifying”.
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TikTok expands AI transparency with new controls
TikTok is introducing new tools to give users greater control over AI-generated content on December 2.
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Sport
Kohli ton in vain as Markram-inspired South Africa level ODI series
Virat Kohli's second successive century went in vain as South Africa rode on a 110 by Aiden Markram to chase down 359 for a series-levelling win over India on Wednesday.
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Bazball under microscope as England face pink ball demons at Gabba
Four years on, Bazball is now in the firing line, with former players and pundits decrying the high-risk game on Australia's spicy pitches.
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Mbappe magic ends Real Madrid's winless woes
The win keeps Real in second place with 36 points from 15 matches, one behind leaders Barcelona.
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Kohli, Gaikwad tons fire India to 358-5 in South Africa ODI
Virat Kohli struck his second successive century and along with Ruturaj Gaikwad helped power India to 358-5 against South Africa in the second one-day international on Wednesday.
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Pandya returns for South Africa T20s, Gill subject to fitness test
All-rounder Hardik Pandya, out since September with injury, has returned to the India squad for this month's Twenty20 series against South Africa, while Shubman Gill will have to pass a
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আলোচিত
জামায়াতের ওষুধ হলো আওয়ামী লীগ : মির্জা আব্বাস
বাংলাদেশ জামায়াত ইসলামীকে আওয়ামী লীগের মতোই রাজনৈতিক দল বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন বিএনপির স্থায়ী কমিটির সদস্য মির্জা আব্বাস...
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৫ ডিসেম্বর লালদীঘির জনসমাবেশ জনসমুদ্রে পরিণত হবে
বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর সহকারী সেক্রেটারি জেনারেল ও চট্টগ্রাম অঞ্চল পরিচালক মাওলানা মোহাম্মদ শাহজাহান বলেছেন, পাঁচ দফা যৌক্তিক দাবি আদায়ের লক্ষ্যে...
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শহীদ আব্দুল কাদের মোল্লার জীবন ও কর্ম
মিথ্যাকে আঁকড়ে ধরে কেউ সাময়িক জয়লাভ করলেও তা স্থায়ী সর্বনাশের কারণ। মিথ্যার মাধ্যমে কাউকে ঠকিয়ে দেয়া যায়,
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আপনাদের ঔষধ হলো আওয়ামী লীগ: জামায়াতকে ইঙ্গিত করে মির্জা আব্বাস
জামায়াতে ইসলামীর বিরুদ্ধে কঠোর সমালোচনা করে বিএনপির স্থায়ী কমিটির সদস্য মির্জা আব্বাস বলেছেন, নির্বাচনে প্রার্থীতা নেওয়া অনেকেই নানা ধরনের বক্তব্য দিচ্ছেন, কিন্তু দেশের মানুষকে ধোঁকা দেওয়ার সুযোগ নেই। তিনি বলেন,
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Politics
NCP accuses EC of biasness
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam has expressed concern about the conduct of the Election Commission, accusing it of showing persistent bias and warning that continued partisan behaviour could compel
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Khaleda’s condition remains unchanged
The health condition of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia remained unchanged on Wednesday...
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Panna replaced by Amir Hossain to defend Hasina in enforced disappearance cases
Supreme Court lawyer ZI Khan Panna has been replaced by lawyer Amir Hossain as state defence counsel for deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina in two enforced disappearance cases...
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Specialist doctor from United Kingdom arrives in Dhaka to assist Khaleda’s treatment
A specialist physician from the United Kingdom, Richard Beale, arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday to assist in the treatment of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia...
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ACC calls for fact-based review of Tulip’s sentencing reports
Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday said that concerns raised in recent media reports about the trial and sentencing of British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, niece of Sheikh Hasina Wazed and daughter
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Business
Why we need to revisit the LDC paradigm
It has been more than five decades since the UN established the Least Developed Countries (LDC) category, in 1971, identifying these countries as facing the most severe roadblocks to sustainable
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Govt updating Pakistan-era law on commodities
The commerce ministry has started drafting amendments to Pakistan-era essential commodities law, saying the old law is inadequate for monitoring markets.
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Former BTRC top officials accused of Tk 90.1 billion telecom forgery
A group of former senior officials of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) have been accused of causing a staggering Tk 90.1 billion loss to the state through deliberate misuse
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Editorial
Ageing need not be a burden
That 10% of our entire population is soon set to be over the age of 60 should give us pause; especially so with projections showing that one in five will
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The potential for collaboration with Mexico
It is encouraging to see several high level Mexican officials expressing their commitment to expanding political, economic, environmental, and investment cooperation with Bangladesh. Bangladesh and Mexico share a promising horizon
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Why is the question of empty rhetoric on state reform arising?
In recent times, the most frequently mentioned word in Bangladesh’s political discourse is perhaps 'reform'. Discussions and activities around reform began as soon as the interim government came to power.
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Ritual relics and politics of empty promises
ONE rhetorical legacy of Bangladesh’s political history is that the very words which once united and awakened the nation have now become vessels of deceitful promises. The vocabulary that shaped
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The five-hour fantasy that could push women back home
Shafiqul Rahman, the Amir of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, recently made a statement whose reverberations are being felt far beyond Bangladesh’s borders. He announced that if his party comes to power, working
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Entertainment
‘AI Mafia Boyfriend’: Can technology fix what humans break?
The auditorium at Goethe-Institut Bangladesh turns into an unconventional stage on November 29 as “AI Mafia Boyfriend”, an experimental performance created by Katerina Don for Sister Library, unfolds before a
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‘Stranger Things 5’ becomes Netflix’s biggest English-language TV debut
It now ranks as the platform’s third-best overall debut, behind “Squid Game” Seasons 2 and 3. The launch marks a huge jump from Season 4’s 22 million views over three
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‘Glimpses’ into contemporary art: Galleri Kaya’s group exhibition features 12 prominent names
Galleri Kaya is set to inaugurate its latest group exhibition, “Glimpses”, marking 54 years of Bangladesh’s Independence through the works of 12 prominent contemporary and modern Bangladeshi artists.
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‘The Final Show’ trailer unveiled by Taylor Swift, featuring full TTPD set and emotional farewell
Taylor Swift has released the official trailer for “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show”, set to premiere on Disney+ on December 12. The film marks the
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Health
Five more die of dengue, 490 hospitalised in a day
Two each reported from DSCC and Mymensingh division while one from DNCC
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Dengue death toll reaches 391 this year
Five more people died of dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 391this year.
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