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Editorial
3 hours ago

Police should act to combat violent crime

Miscreants gunned down a political worker reportedly belonging to the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), named Golam Kibria, on Monday (November 17) evening from Pallabi area in the city, unchallenged either by the watching public or any law-enforcer.  Evidently, this 

Economy
3 hours ago

Now IMED finds Savar leather park faultlines

A government watchdog has dug out an epitome of operational, environmental, and governance "failures" in a vital project that continue to undermine Bangladesh's leather sector and its global competitiveness, thereby causing the country to miss millions in foreign exchange. On such a discover

Columns
3 hours ago

Restoring stability in the banking sector

The financial sector in Bangladesh is at a crossroads now amid the interim government's hectic efforts towards widespread redressal of irregularities, which has been long overdue. The task is challenging, and there is no quick fix for the problems created, deliberately or otherwise, by the previous

Opinions
3 hours ago

Ensuring  structural integrity of city buildings

The writing has long been on the wall that a powerful earthquake is quite likely any time. Friday's 5.7-magnitude tremor, with its epicentre in Narsingdi, sent a powerful jolt through Dhaka and surrounding areas. Many described the frightening shock as unprecedented in their memory, as buildings sw

Education
3 hours ago

DU shuts for 15 days amid quake panic

Dhaka University has declared a 15-day closure as concerns mount over students’ safety following repeated tremors. Prof M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, the university’s treasurer, told bdnews24.com after a Syndicate meeting on Saturday night that students must leave their residential halls

National
4 hours ago

Ministers used to visit me in prison, ex-minister Babar says

Former home minister Lutfozzaman Babar has claimed Awami League ministers used to visit him while he was in prison. At a rally in Netrokona’s Mohanganj on Saturday, he claimed he endured 17 and a half years in jail on “false” cases, receiving three death sentences and three lif

Asia/South Asia
4 hours ago

Israeli airstrikes kill 14 people in Gaza, medics say

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 14 people and wounded several others, local health authorities said on Saturday, in a further test of a fragile ceasefire between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel. Witnesses and medics said the first attack hit a car in the densely populate

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