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Speakers urge action to protect domestic workers’ rights

Speakers at a discussion in Dhaka on Tuesday called for effective measures to ensure the dignity, safety and rights of domestic workers, including stronger safeguards for their welfare. The call came at the “Policy Dialogue and Consultation Meeting 2026 on the Dignity, Safety and Rights of D

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Looted firearms no threat before polls: Ctg DIG

Chattogram Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ahsan Habib Palash has said those holding the unrecovered looted weapons are unlikely to use them before the parliamentary elections. He shared his view at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon at the superintendent’s office in Nasirabad, Cha

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CA confident party of young people will win seats in February polls

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, on Tuesday, expressed optimism that some of the candidates of a newly formed political party, launched by young people, will secure seats in the upcoming national elections to be held on February 12. Speaking at the opening of a regional higher education con

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Trump’s exercise of raw power upends world order

He has toppled Venezuela’s leader, vowed to control its vast oil reserves and threatened other Latin American countries with similar military action. He has talked openly about annexing Greenland, even by force. And, beyond the Western Hemisphere, he has warned Iran that the US could strike i

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Move to clear Hasina, 112 others: what PBI says

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has said it is “facing pressure” over its recommendation to clear former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 112 others over “attempted murder” during the July Uprising, insisting that the case itself was riddled with factual flaws. In

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Trump's Iran tariff threat risks reopening China rift

Donald Trump's threat to slap a 25 per cent tariff on countries that trade with Iran risks reopening old wounds with Beijing, Tehran's top partner, challenging Chinese leader Xi Jinping's global image and resolve to defend China's commercial interests. Iran became a major flashpoint in US-China ti

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Iran official says 2,000 people have been killed in unrest

About 2,000 people including security personnel have been killed in protests in Iran, an Iranian official said on Tuesday, the first time authorities have acknowledged the high death toll from an intense crackdown on two weeks of nationwide unrest. The Iranian official, speaking to Reuters, said t

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