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Is Trump’s Gaza peace plan falling apart?
Trump’s Gaza peace plan faces growing uncertainty as Israel rejects key commitments, threatening the ceasefire and prospects for lasting peace.
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Tawfique Nawaz, husband of Dipu Moni, dies in Dhaka
He died at Continental Hospital at 10:27pm on Tuesday, hospital official says
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DCs of Natore, Gaibandha, Rangpur withdrawn
Attached to public administration ministry
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Star Interactive / Running on Empty
The buildup to Bangladesh's energy crisis.
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Bangladesh
Is Bangladesh’s garment industry ready for the next shock?
Bangladesh’s RMG sector remains highly vulnerable to global economic shocks, such as US trade tariffs, demanding diversification.
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Bangladesh's RMG slowdown
This piece offers a complementary perspective on the Financial Express July 7 report, “RMG exports to US fall 5.58 pc as regional rivals gain,” which presents a sobering picture of
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Dhaka Medical ENT chief Asadur attacked after leaving chamber
Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) department chief Asadur Rahman has been attacked and left bleeding outside a private chamber. He was assaulted around 11:30pm on Monday
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India wants ‘constructive, forward-looking’ ties with Bangladesh: MEA
New Delhi says invitation to PM Tarique Rahman stands; fuel request under review, Hasina extradition to follow established process
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Gas crisis is ‘legacy of past government’: Zahed
Recent gas shortages across Bangladesh are a “legacy of the past government”, Prime Minister’s Information Advisor Zahed Ur Rahman has said. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, he said the government
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Presidential poll: Nomination withdrawal deadline expires
Bangladesh’s presidential election will go ahead with BNP’s Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Jamaat-led 11-party alliance candidate Oli Ahmed as the two contestants after neither withdrew by the deadline. The
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Bangladesh, Qatar to form energy, finance working groups
Bangladesh and Qatar on Tuesday agreed to establish joint working groups to deepen bilateral cooperation in the energy and financial sectors following high-level talks in Doha. The decision came during
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International
DR Congo situation ‘far from under control’: WHO
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is moving faster than any previous epidemic of the disease and risks spreading to more countries, the head of the World
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Trump hints at contacts with North Korea’s Kim
US President Donald Trump said Monday that Kim Jong Un had responded to his recent overtures, a day after he scaled back military drills with South Korea and praised his
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Russia, N Korea fight for ‘new world order’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his North Korean counterpart that their countries were working to establish a “new and righteous world order”, after Pyongyang helped Moscow to drive Ukrainian
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Hormuz won’t open until US meets demands
Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said yesterday that the strategic Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until the United States meets Tehran’s demands, including lifting a naval blockade.
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No talks are taking place with Iran, none are scheduled: Trump
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that talks between the U.S. and Iran were neither taking place nor scheduled but the Strait of Hormuz was open, while Iran ​said the
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Pakistan slates India's Operation Sindoor documentary as 'dramatised'
Pakistan’s military has rejected India’s portrayal of Operation Sindoor as a victory, calling a documentary on the conflict “highly dramatised”, The News Pakistan reports. In a statement on Monday, the
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Trump approval falls to 33 per cent, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency, ‌with an overwhelming majority of Americans concerned the US war with Iran will last a long time,
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Technology
Google developing AirDrop-style Tap to Share feature for Android
Google is testing a new proximity-based file transfer feature for Android called Tap to Share, which would allow users to share files by simply bringing two phones together, mirroring the
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Chinese bullet train breaks world record; reaches 800km/h in 5.3 seconds
An experimental maglev (short for magnetic levitation) train in China has accelerated from a standstill to 800km/h in 5.3 seconds during a test, setting a new short-distance acceleration record, according
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Anthropic’s annualised revenue run rate reaches $65bn
Anthropic’s annualised revenue run rate surpassed $65bn at the end of July, marking a sharp increase for the artificial intelligence company as demand for its models continues to grow, according
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Meta goes on trial over Facebook, Instagram
A coalition of states suing Meta Platforms over claims Facebook and Instagram were designed in ways that harmed young users' mental health began making its case on Tuesday in California
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New AI system aims to catch drowsy drivers before it's too late
Researchers have built an AI system that watches for signs a driver is getting dangerously tired — and, crucially, can explain why it thinks so. Falling asleep or just zoning
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IBM partners with OpenAI to push AI deeper into enterprise consulting
IBM has announced a partnership with OpenAI to bring the AI company's models and tools to a wider pool of enterprise customers, as competition for corporate AI spending intensifies and
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Investors sue Selena Gomez and Wondermind, alleging fraud and broken promises
Investors filed a fraud lawsuit against Selena Gomez and her mother over the collapse of Wondermind, alleging $1.2 million was lost to unfulfilled commitments.
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Sport
Renshaw call-up signals Australia’s desperation
Renshaw’s inclusion is not solely a reaction to Weatherald’s failure.
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Premier League chief says Infantino hit 'self-destruct' with World Cup plan
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters says under-fire FIFA president Gianni Infantino pressed the "self-destruct button" over his botched plan to bring private investment into the World Cup.
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Bayern's Musiala suffers second on-field collapse in three days
Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala was taken off the pitch after collapsing in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday, three days after a similar incident in Munich.
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Simeone to bench Alvarez in Atletico's LaLiga opener amid transfer standoff
Atletico Madrid will be without striker Julian Alvarez for their LaLiga opener against Malaga, coach Diego Simeone said on Tuesday as the Argentine remains embroiled in a transfer tug-of-war with
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam out of first Test against England
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been ruled out of the first Test against England at Headingley starting Wednesday.
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তালেবান শাসন ও শরিয়া আইন পাঁচ বছরে আফগানিস্তানে কী পরিবর্তন এনেছে? - BBC News বাংলা
তালেবানদের ক্ষমতায় ফিরে আসার পাঁচ বছর পর, পরিবর্তনের জন্য চাপ সৃষ্টি বা দরকষাকষির কোনো সুযোগ কি পশ্চিমা দেশগুলোর হাতে অবশিষ্ট আছে?
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শ্যামল দত্তসহ ৩ সাংবাদিকের বিরুদ্ধে মামলা প্রত্যাহারের আহ্বান সিপিজে’র - MZamin
সংবাদ সম্মেলনে প্রশ্ন করার ঘটনায় বাংলাদেশে তিন সাংবাদিকের বিরুদ্ধে নতুন করে মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধের মামলা ও গ্রেপ্তারি পরোয়ানা জারির ঘটনায় উদ্বেগ জানিয়েছে সাংবাদিকদের অধিকার রক্ষায় কাজ করা সংগঠন কমিটি টু প্রটেক্ট
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Politics
Jamaat calls BNP govt’s first 6 months a failure over referendum, energy crisis
Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar also raises concerns over law and order, commodity prices and the banking sector
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Govt fails to deliver in 12 key areas in first six months: Jamaat
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday claimed that the BNP government had failed completely in 12 key areas, including maintenance of law and order, the energy and banking sectors, controlling commodity prices,
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Ishraque urges BNP activists to practice ‘healthy, proper’ politics
State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Ishraque Hossain on Tuesday urged party leaders and activists to remain vigilant so that public trust in the BNP is not undermined by their
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Five local government elections planned within current fiscal year: Shahe Alam
Finance, Local Government and Election Commissions to decide election sequence
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IGP meets CEC over law enforcement preparations for local polls
Meeting focuses on security preparations and coordination for local govt polls
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EC confirms Fakhrul-Oli contest for Aug 20 presidential election
Voting will take place at parliament from 2:00pm to 5:00pm
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Six months of BNP government: Strong on optics, less so on delivery
Analysts say some colleagues’ actions undermining PM’s people-centric approach
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Business
LNG supply falls again, two fresh cargoes due on Aug 20, 23
LNG supply to the national grid has fallen as stocks at Excelerate Energy’s floating terminal have declined. Two new cargoes are likely on Aug 20 and Aug 23, a terminal
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US 30-year yields hit highest level since 2007 as war, oil worries fester
US 30-year Treasury yields rose to their highest level since 2007 on Tuesday as stalled talks to end the US-Iran war and worries of an imminent escalation sent oil prices
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India weighs duty-free sugar imports to curb record prices
India is considering measures to bolster sugar supplies ‌and rein in record prices, such as limited duty-free imports and curbs on the amount of stocks held by bulk traders, potentially
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Editorial
Stimulating rural economy through micro-economic zones
Successive governments have stressed development of rural economy as a way of attaining overall growth as well as addressing poverty. But the challenge has been devising an appropriate strategy to
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Development spending slips to an alarming low
The sharp slowdown in Bangladesh's development spending has become more than a matter of administrative concern; it is now emerging as one of the most significant drags on the country's
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Renaming Rab as SRB is not reforming
The abolition of Rab must be substantive.
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The elderly deserve a chance to remain productive
Employees in Bangladesh’s formal sector retire from a defined post and wait, sometimes in vain, for a pension. Informal employees, who make up more than 80 percent of all workers,
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Why power corrupts, and how to keep it in check
Lord Acton's warning, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” has been quoted so often that it has lost its edge.
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Entertainment
“After the movie ‘Ammajan,’ no character quite attracted me”
Her acting career began in the 1960s, and she continued working steadily until the end of the 1990s. For several decades, Shabnam reigned as the undisputed heroine in the hearts
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The playwright who made the soil speak
Rather than looking elsewhere for a theatrical identity, Selim Al Deen turned to Bengal’s own cultural memory. Folk traditions, regional speech, history and oral storytelling became the raw materials of
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‘He was a great artiste and a big-hearted person’: Babita remembers Farooque
As today marks Farooque’s birth anniversary (August 18), internationally acclaimed actress Babita spoke to The Daily Star about her memories of the late actor.
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‘The Difficult Bride’ heads to London Film Festival after Venice and Toronto
"The Difficult Bride" follows Zaineen, a young bride-to-be who arrives to prepare for her wedding. As the day unfolds, she becomes entangled in an increasingly unsettling world where beauty, the
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Health
‘We expect visible changes in health sector within one to one-and-a-half years’
Six months into the BNP government’s tenure, State Minister for Health MA Muhit speaks to The Daily Star about the ministry’s plans for the healthcare system and the challenges ahead
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3 more die with measles-like symptoms; combined toll reaches 918
DGHS reports 1,002 new suspected measles and 59 new confirmed cases in 24 hours
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Life style
Musical instruments you can learn after 30
You return home from a long day at the office. Your brain feels completely fried. You immediately reach for your phone and start scrolling through social media out of pure
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Why protecting Gen Alpha and Z online can no longer wait
Think back to childhood in the 1990s. Evenings meant cousins from both sides of the family gathered in one courtyard. Grandparents told stories after dinner. Neighbours' children ran in and
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Inside our growing pet culture
Moomtahina Mehnaz Aniva did not plan for five kittens. She just adopted Mithi, a desi cat, because she loved animals and thought a pet would make the apartment feel more
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