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Ex-MP Haji Salim arrested: DB

Detectives from Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Haji Mohammad Salim, former lawmaker of Awami League (Dhaka-7) from Bangshal area of Dhaka

Red vs green passports: The privilege and the discrimination

Bangladesh is currently sailing through uncharted waters and since August 8, 2024, the interim government has been tasked with captaining

Gauff joins exit of US Open superstars after New York horror show

Coco Gauff joined Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz on the US Open scrap-heap Sunday as the defending champion crashed out

The Bengali Mahanayika & Mahanayak

On November 29, 1957, the Bengali-language newspaper Jugantor carried an advertisement placed by the management of Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s (MGM) Metro Film

Workers unrest: Production shuts at 10 RMG, 20 pharma units

Amid workers’ demonstrations for better pay, regularisation, and two-day weekend, production at some 10 garment and 20 pharmaceutical factories stopped

IMF positive about lending additional $3b

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is positive about lending an additional $3 billion to Bangladesh but the multilateral lender wants

Yunus to sit with secretaries Sept 4

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will meet all government secretaries at his office on Wednesday, inside sources told this newspaper.

Massive protests hit Israel after six hostages killed in Gaza

Massive protests swept Israel on Sunday following the death of six hostages in Gaza as frustration mounted over the failure

‘Unlikely’ to be more survivors from Papua New Guinea landslide

It is “very unlikely” more survivors of Papua New Guinea’s deadly landslide will be found, a UN agency warned Tuesday,

Security Council set to meet over deadly Rafah strike

The UN Security Council was set to convene an emergency meeting Tuesday over an Israeli strike that killed dozens in