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September 3, 2022

Youth accused of sodomizing minor boy in Kushtia

A case was filed accusing a youth of sodomizing a madrasa student in Daulatdia upazila of the district on Friday night.The mother of the 11-year-old victim, a student of a local madrasa and resident of Hussainabad Kandirpara village, filed the case aga…

With no immunity, Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa faces legal troubles

Sri Lanka’s ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who returned home after seven weeks in exile following protests over economic hardships, could face legal action over forced disappearances of activists now that he has been stripped of constitutional im…

No more refugees from Myanmar this time: FM

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said no refugees would be allowed to enter Bangladesh this time in light of the internal conflict in Myanmar.“However, we have information this time they won’t be coming toward Bangladesh,” he told journalists after …

US sanctions outcome of USD 100 million project: IGP

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed has said that the US sanctions on some Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members, including him from his time leading the paramilitary force, are the result of a USD 100 million project.The IGP said this at a …

Russia’s Gazprom keeps gas pipeline to Germany switched off

Europe’s energy crisis loomed larger Friday after Russian energy giant Gazprom said it couldn’t resume the supply of natural gas through a major pipeline to Germany for now. The company cited what it said was a need for urgent maintenance work to repai…

NASA aims for Saturday launch of new moon rocket after fixes

NASA aimed for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that foiled the first try.The inaugural flight of the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA — was delaye…

Two shops gutted in Dhaka market fire

Two shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at a market in the city’s Gulistan area in the early hours of Saturday, officials said.Fortunately, no casualties were reported.Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of Fire Service and Civil Defense HQ, sai…

Global food prices dip for fifth month

Global food prices dropped for a fifth straight month in August, but were still eight percent higher than a year ago, according to the UN food and agriculture agency.The cost of food has been one of the biggest contributors to inflation around the worl…

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