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Search for doomed MH370 resumes 11 years after disappearance
Eight sentenced to death for 2013 murder of Tunisia opposition leader
Private US company set for second Moon landing attempt
Politics
Syria leader invited to Arab League summit on Gaza
Germans vote under shadow of far-right surge, Trump
Russia’s top diplomat to visit Turkey Monday: sources
War & Conflict
Russian gets 16-year jail term for spying for Ukraine
Syria leader invited to Arab League summit on Gaza
Denmark pledges $57 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine
Weirdo
Man jumped from a moving plane at LAX after attempting to access the jet’s cockpit
‘Spiderman’ with Pope at Vatican
The Saudis allowed women to perform Hajj alone
Op-Ed
Family Planning Commodity Shortages in Bangladesh: Implications for All
My Health, My Right: Context-Bangladesh
Can Good Internet Governance Stop Online Gender Based Violence?
Interview
Book Review
Business
Vivo Launches ‘Eider Agei Eider Khushi’ Campaign with Exciting Gifts
Scandal-hit billionaire retakes reins at Australia’s WiseTech
Leading rare earths miner sees profits fall as prices sag
Economy
Bangladesh Bank to become full autonomous body soon: Governor
Syria’s economy minister discusses resuming cooperation with World Bank
NBR launches online import-export hub to streamline international businesses
Corporate
Visa urges consumers to follow safety measures
BRAC Bank receives ‘Top Ten Remittance Award’
GP, Ericsson tie up to deliver better customer services
Stock Exchange
Asian markets mostly rose on Monday
Asian markets extended a global rally on Thursday
Equities fell again in Asia on Friday
Forex
Remittance collection rate at Tk 123 per dollar: BB
Gross forex reserves cross $26b: BB
Gross forex reserves cross $24b: Bangladesh Bank
Development
Most USAID workers to be fired or placed on leave
Intelligence agencies intimidated journalists during July uprising in Bangladesh: UN
BNEWA hands over 85 new houses among Feni flood victims
Environment
BNEWA hands over 85 new houses among Feni flood victims
Trump aid cut imperils water scheme in Pakistan’s hottest city
Dhaka seeks global partners’ quick action on climate financing
Disaster
Education
Thousands more children deprived of education as crisis in eastern DR Congo escalates
Touhid urges Georgia to enroll more Bangladeshi students
The UK to end a tax exemption for private schools on Wednesday
Gender
Melinda French Gates donates $1bn for women’s issues
The Cannes Film Festival got rolling with a strong day for female representation
First Arab woman to graduate NASA training shoots for the Moon
Migration
Canary Islands mark 30 years of migrant influx
Thirteen dead after migrant boat sinks off Yemen: UN agency
UN says 2023 was the deadliest year for migrants in a decade
Policy
A new policy framework is necessary for the development of public libraries
Assessment of govt policy changes in budget required for sustainable revenue collection
Remove the policy and social barriers in women’s economic empowerment to achieve SDGs
UN
Intelligence agencies intimidated journalists during July uprising in Bangladesh: UN
UN needs to adapt in face of US funding cuts: humanitarian chief
UN condemns death of employee held by Yemen’s Huthi rebels
NGO
The Kaiser and Wendy Zaman Fellowship is announced by BRAC
Bangladesh-America Maitree Project grants worth BDT 89 crore awarded to 18 local NGOs
Failed Human Rights Commission: Citizen-Led Reforms Demanded
Culture
Saudi art biennale seeks to modernise Islamic tradition
Rapper A$AP Rocky found not guilty in assault trial
Tareque Masud important for understanding society
Arts
Saudi art biennale seeks to modernise Islamic tradition
Small cars, big passion: A local diecast celebration
Banana taped to a wall sells for $6.2 mn in New York
Celebrity
Rapper A$AP Rocky found not guilty in assault trial
South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron found dead in her house on Sunday, police said.
Shakira cancelled her concert in Peru’s capital after being hospitalized with abdominal pain
Lifestyle
Grameenphone launches Prime: a digital lifestyle subscription
Sherifah Yunus Olokodana to break stereotypes about Muslim women as she demonstrates cooking on Instagram wearing niqab
Quick tips to reduce energy consumption while doing laundry
Fashion
Miss America, Miss World pageants accused of discrimination
New Zealand to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in make-up
Miss Nicaragua pageant director quits amid treason charges
TV Show
Netflix loses bid to toss ‘Baby Reindeer’ defamation lawsuit
‘Star Trek’ to expand with new comedy series
Sonakshi expresses gratitude to Bhansali for casting her in Heeramandi
Movie
Tareque Masud important for understanding society
‘Conclave’ and ‘Brutalist’ share BAFTA honours
New ‘Captain America’ film flies into Trumpian headwinds
Music
UNESCO-listed musical instrument stifled in Afghanistan
Drake takes Kendrick Lamar rap feud to US courts
K-pop band NewJeans leaves label over ‘mistreatment’
Photography
100 years of British royal photography goes on display in London
Pulitzer Prizes honor Gaza war coverage
The debut solo show by artist Monon Muntaka opens today
Literature
Kazi Nazrul Islam officially recognized as national poet
Weeklong divisional book fair begins in Khulna on Nov 26
UK writer Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker with space novel
Science
Private US company set for second Moon landing attempt
Tesla sinks below $1 tn market value as European auto sales slump
Tesla rolls out advanced self-driving functions in China
Technology
YouTube turns 20
Nokia CEO Lundmark to be replaced by Intel AI chief Hotard
Taiwan bans government agencies from using DeepSeek
Gadgets
Capture the Perfect Shot with AI-powered vivo V40 Lite
Experience Professional Portrait Photography with vivo V40 5G
Colorado law protects brain data captured by gadgets
Electronics
Samsung offers discount in Side by Side Refrigerator ahead Eid ul Fitre
Samsung TV now available at Singer shops
Reliance Jio to launch a budget laptop priced at $184 with an embedded 4G sim card
Automobile
Tesla sinks below $1 tn market value as European auto sales slump
Tesla rolls out advanced self-driving functions in China
Nikola filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to pursue a sale of its assets
Space
Private US company set for second Moon landing attempt
US company Firefly Aerospace aims to launch a lander to the Moon next week
NASA’s pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history, flying closer to the Sun
Health
Australian PM vows extra $5.4 bn for healthcare
Multiple disease outbreaks heighten public health emergencies for children across Eastern and Southern Africa
Sierra Leone declares public health emergency over mpox
Disease
Multiple disease outbreaks heighten public health emergencies for children across Eastern and Southern Africa
France detected its first case of a new mpox virus
First human death in the United States linked to bird flu recorded
Doctor’s Opinion
Do you know about kidney disease?
We neglect primary HIV prevention at our peril
Pharmaceuticals
World better positioned against mpox than for Covid: vaccine alliance
WHO warns of antivenom shortages amid snake bite scourge
Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination
Health Article
AI-SAROSH is hosting Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence for Sexual and Reproductive Health for South Asia”
Immunity to COVID-19 in children can last for up to nine months, expert says
Delaying second dose of COVID-19 vaccines may be an effective public health strategy
Sports
Women’s football team to receive Ekushey Padak
Colombia star Rodriguez leaves La Liga for Mexico
Nahid, Liton, Rishad set to feature in PSL
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IOC sanctions three boxers for betting during Rio 2016
Former Kenyan sports officials charged with theft, fraud
Olympic champion Puig sets sights on grand slam victory
Cricket
Nahid, Liton, Rishad set to feature in PSL
Nahid unveils BPL packages of Teletalk
Australia rip out seven late wickets to beat India, lead series 2-1
BPL
IPL
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Football
Colombia star Rodriguez leaves La Liga for Mexico
Guardiola confident of Haaland revival if Man City ‘play better’
SAFE winning women football players are given a reception by the Army and BOA
FIFA World Cup 2018
Tennis
Olympic champion Zheng wins in Tokyo for third title of year
Sinner defeats Medvedev to reach first US Open semi-final
Djokovic admits to ‘worst tennis ever’ in shock US Open exit
Athletics
The end of Olympic escapism for gloomy France
Ethiopian Tamirat Tola wins Olympic men’s marathon
Fiji PM wins international athletics medal, at 75
Baseball
Travel
Search for doomed MH370 resumes 11 years after disappearance
To identify the top airlines in Bangladesh, a survey has been started
CAAB gives approval to Fly Jinnah for Karachi-Dhaka flight
Destination
Thailand offers visa-free policy for Sri Lankans: minister
China fully allows visa-free entry of foreign tourist groups via cruise ships
Nepalis demand safeguards a decade after deadly Everest disaster
Hotel
Unique Group to open two Indian chain hotels in Dhaka
IHCL announces the opening of Vivanta in Ahmedabad, Gujrat
Hotel Sarina Dhaka introduced city’s most expensive ice cream
Aviation
Search for doomed MH370 resumes 11 years after disappearance
To identify the top airlines in Bangladesh, a survey has been started
CAAB gives approval to Fly Jinnah for Karachi-Dhaka flight
Adventure
Nepali teenager hailed as hero after climbing world’s 8,000 m peaks
Everest climber’s remains believed found after 100 years
Record-breaking Nepali teen eyes final 8,000-metre peak
Food
Australia sees a fall in annual food consumption for the first time
World food prices rise for first time in 7 months: FAO
Global food prices drop 13.7pc in 2023: FAO
Breaking News:
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Funding hurdle at world’s biggest nature protection summit
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Putin welcomes BRICS leaders offering Ukraine mediation
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World better positioned against mpox than for Covid: vaccine alliance
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Sheikh Hasina resigned and left country
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Jailed Myanmar leader Suu Kyi moved to house arrest: source
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February 26, 2025
December2017
Happy New Year! Cities across the world welcome 2018
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News Hour Correspondent
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Dec 31, 2017
Festivities have begun around the world as revellers cheered the advent of the New Year, with Australia, New Zealand and Japan being some of the first countries to bid farewell to 2017. In the Australian city of...
Pioneer architect of modern hotel design, John Portman dies
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News Hour Correspondent
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Dec 31, 2017
Portman made history in 1967 with the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, whose 22-storied sky-lit atrium marked a break from the “confining environment” of traditional city hotels. John Portman, who pioneered modern hotel design and whose reach spanned...
36 killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a lorry in central Kenya
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News Hour Correspondent
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Dec 31, 2017
The accident occurred at 3:00 am (0000 GMT) close to a notorious stretch on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway. Thirty-six people were killed and 11 injured on early Sunday morning in a head-on collision between a bus and...
Nepal banned solo climbers from scaling Mount Everest
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News Hour Correspondent
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Dec 31, 2017
The law had been revised to make mountaineering safer and to decrease deaths. A record number of climbers have tried to climb Everest this year. But among the record-breaking attempts, there has been the familiar tally...
6 people dies in seaplane crash in Australia
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News Hour Correspondent
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Dec 31, 2017
Unconfirmed reports say the casualties included an 11-year-old boy, the pilot and four British nationals. The single-engine aircraft belonged to sightseeing flight company Sydney Seaplanes. Six people have died after a seaplane crashed into a river...
India’s ISRO to launch 31 satellites in a single mission
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News Hour Correspondent
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Dec 31, 2017
The mission will be a combination of 28 nano satellites from foreign countries, including Finland, and the United States, and one micro and nano satellite from India along with one Cartosat satellite. India’s Space Research Organisation,...
Beatles drummer Rigo Starr knighted in UK honors list
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News Hour Correspondent
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Dec 31, 2017
Ex-Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been knighted in Queen Elizabeth’s New Year’s honors list, along with Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb and author Michael Morpurgo, while ballet dancer Darcey Bussell becomes a dame. Ringo, 77, real...
India is ready for South Africa
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News Hour Correspondent
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Dec 31, 2017
Indian captain Virat Kohli said on Saturday that his Indian team had the ability to gain a first series win in South Africa. “We have the right kind of bowling attack and the right kind of...
Asaduzzaman Noor for turning libraries into one-stop centres
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News Hour Correspondent
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Dec 31, 2017
Affairs Minister of Bangladesh Mr. Asaduzzaman Noor today said toeing the line of modern world libraries of the country would be turned into one stop centers with all necessary facilities to attract readers. He said efforts...
Jay-Z, Beyonce’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter as US leader in new video
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News Hour Correspondent
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Dec 31, 2017
President Blue Ivy Carter? Music power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce have imagined their daughter as a transformative US leader in a new video. Blue Ivy, who turns six on January 7, is depicted as leading an...
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