Region: Bangladesh
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Prime Minister Tarique Rahman prioritised the interests of Bangladesh and its people, while enhancing the country’s dignity on the global stage through his 10 engagements on the first day of New York visit to attend the 81st session of the United Nat…
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Three laws approved in September this year by the Bangladeshi parliament have reversed human rights protections and broken the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) commitments to reform, Human Rights Watch said today, Wednesday, in a media rel…
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President Donald Trump said Cuba was a failed state and freedom would be coming to the island nation in a UN address on Tuesday that increased tensions with the Communist-run government.Washington has openly stated its goal is to change Cuba’s govern…
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Rajshahi city unit Islami Chhatra Shibir president Imran Nazir has threatened to “beat every leader and activist of Chhatra Dal like dogs” and drive them out of Rajshahi if his patience runs out.He made the threat at a protest rally organised followi…
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Following the increase in fuel prices, the government raised bus fares by 17 poisha per kilometre yesterday, Tuesday. Launch operators have announced fare increases of 17–20 per cent per kilometre. Truck operators are also charging higher fares.Taken…
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Israel rebuked French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday after he criticised Israeli actions in the West Bank in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly.In his last speech as president addressing the UN’s signature annual diplomatic gathe…
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A speeding private car ran over a construction worker who was sitting and resting on a footpath in Baridhara, Dhaka, killing him on the spot.The deceased, Mehedi Hasan, 24, was sitting on the footpath on road no. 1 in the Baridhara Diplomatic Zone at…
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“A group of teenagers was parading through the streets, shouting and waving machetes. Terrified, shopkeepers pulled down their shutters and hid inside. People in Cumilla’s Kaptan Bazar had never seen such a public display of weapons before. Startled …
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Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said there is no alternative to the safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingyas to their homeland for a lasting solution to the crisis.“Bangladesh has been hosting a large number of Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds for…
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Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today, Wednesday held a high-level meeting and discussed ways to further expand trade and investment ties between the two countries.During the meeting, the two leaders expressed…