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March 10, 2023

PM to inaugurate Bangladesh Business Summit on Saturday

The Bangladesh Business Summit, touted to be the biggest business event of 2023 in the country, is all set to kick off tomorrow with the aim of showcasing the country’s economic potential before a global audience.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaug…

Compensation spiked for victims of elephant attacks: Minister

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Friday said the government has increased the compensation amount for the victims of attacks by elephants and other wild animals.”In case of death, compensation money has been increased …

Many Ukrainians stuck in limbo with US permission expiring

When U.S. officials at the U.S.-Mexico border stamped the Ukrainian passports of Mariia and her daughter last April and gave them permission to stay for a year, she figured she would return home within months.Now with that year almost up and the war th…

Anti-Russia guerrillas in Belarus take on ‘two-headed enemy’

After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country’s railways, including blowing up track equipment to paralyze the rails that Russian forces used to get troops and weapons into Ukraine.In the mos…

JMB man, fugitive for 17 years, held in Feni

The Anti-Terrorism Unit of police Thursday said they arrested a member of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), who remained fugitive for planning sabotage in Barishal in 2007.A team of police arrested Md Emdadul Hoque, 45, from…

IS claim attack on senior Taliban governor in Afghanistan

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed the governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province and two other people at his office.The regional affiliate of IS — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province…

Clash over Ahmadiyya event: 3 more cases filed with 8 more arrests

Three more cases were filed on Friday in connection with the clashes between police and Muslim devotees over ‘Salana Jalsa’ of the Ahmadiyya community in Sadar upazila of Panchagarh on March 3 that left two dead and over 50 injured.With this, the total…

What we know so far about the Hamburg shooting

A former member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses shot dead six people at a hall belonging to the congregation in the German city of Hamburg before killing himself after police arrived, authorities said Friday.Police said an unborn baby also died, without cla…

2023 Oscars: What to know about the best actor nominees

It’s always fun when an Oscars category is filled with first-time nominees at varying stages of their careers. Best actor is another three-way race, between Austin Butler, Colin Farrell and Brendan Fraser, with each having scored notable wins from guil…

14 Jamaat leaders, activists arrested in Chandpur

Police arrested 14 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday while they were holding a ‘secret’ meeting in Chandpur.They were sent to Chandpur Court on Friday after the police filed a case under the Special Powers Act, 1974.The arrests were …

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