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August 15, 2022

AP-NORC poll: Many in US doubt their own impact on climate

Americans are less concerned now about how climate change might impact them personally — and about how their personal choices affect the climate — than they were three years ago, a new poll shows, even as a wide majority still believe climate change is…

US Congress members meet Taiwan leader amid China anger

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen met Monday with a delegation of U.S. Congress members in a further sign of support among American lawmakers for the self-governing island that China claims as its own territory.Taiwanese media showed the delegation arriv…

President observed National Mourning Day

President Abdul Hamid hosted a milad and doa mahfil at Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban on the ocassion of the National Mourning Day and the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Bangabhaban Jame Masjid Pesh Ima…

Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes

Facing prison time and dire personal consequences for storming the U.S. Capitol, some Jan. 6 defendants are trying to profit from their participation in the deadly riot, using it as a platform to drum up cash, promote business endeavors and boost socia…

Vast areas in Paikgachha of Khulna flooded as dam collapses

Vast areas in Sholadana union of Paikgachha upazila have been flooded following the collapse of a dam due to tidal surge at Bhangaharia of Khulna district on Sunday.A 30 feet area of No23 dam of local Water Development Board collapsed on Sunday afterno…

More US lawmakers visit Taiwan 12 days after Pelosi trip

A delegation of American lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, just 12 days after a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that prompted China to launch days of threatening military drills around the self-governing island that Beijing says must come…

Iran denies being involved in attack on Salman Rushdie

The comments by Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, come over two days after the attack on Rushdie in New York.However, Iran has denied carrying out other operations abroad targeting dissidents in the years since the country’s 197…

Doraiswami pays tributes to Bangabandhu

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami on Monday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.He, on behalf of the people and the government of India, visited Bangabandhu Memorial Museum and paid homage …

7 hurt in AL factional clash in Magura; over 50 houses vandalised

At least seven people sustained injuries in a clash between two factions of the ruling Awami League (AL) in Sreepur upazila of Magura district on Monday morning.The identities of the injured could not be known immediately.On Sunday night, some miscrean…

Civil society needs ‘space, enabling conditions’: Bachelet

Civil society needs “space, and enabling conditions” to play their crucial role in identifying and helping resolve human rights challenges, UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet said Monday.She had “important exchanges” with a diverse range of civil …

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