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More than 1 in 5 children live in poverty in 40 of the world’s richest countries
Moscow will stand with Bangladesh against possible US sanction: envoy
Livestock produces 12pc of human greenhouse gases: FAO
Politics
Moscow will stand with Bangladesh against possible US sanction: envoy
Putin visits Saudi Arabia, UAE on Middle East tour
US signs defense cooperation agreement with Sweden
War & Conflict
US presses Israel to do more to protect civilians in Gaza
A former US cop jailed for more than 11 years over the January 6 riot
MSF medical personnel killed in attack on Northern Gaza’s Al Awda Hospital
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
Can Good Internet Governance Stop Online Gender Based Violence?
My rebirth after a horrific day of April the 30th!
Behind the lens: A filmmaker’s journey in documenting Bangabandhu’s foreign policies
Interview
Book Review
Business
Canadian firm First Quantum Minerals to lay off more than 4,000 workers
Chinese exports rose in November for the first time in seven months
Asian markets fluctuated on Friday
Economy
Canadian firm First Quantum Minerals to lay off more than 4,000 workers
Chinese exports rose in November for the first time in seven months
Asian markets fluctuated on Friday
Corporate
Bitsmedia Secures $20 million in Series A Funding
Novo Nordisk invests more than 16 billion Danish kroner in expansion of production facilities in Chartres, France
Italy police seize 779 mn euros from Airbnb in tax probe
Stock Exchange
Asian markets drifted on Friday
Wall Street’s three major stock averages closed higher with Nasdaq’s 1% rally leading the charge as heavyweight Microsoft hit a record high
Asian markets fell on Thursday
Forex
Dollar price cut by Tk0.50 after over a year of hikes!
Forex reserve dips by $1.62b in 20 days
Bangladesh, India to begin bilateral trade in rupee next month
Development
Only half of young people able to identify correct definition of climate change – UNICEF, Gallup
2023 will be the hottest year on record, EU monitor confirms
Indonesia volcano death toll rises to 22: rescue agency
Environment
2023 will be the hottest year on record, EU monitor confirms
Indonesia volcano death toll rises to 22: rescue agency
Saudi Arabia says ‘absolutely not’ to oil phase down at COP28
Disaster
Education
New Zealand to ban cellphones in schools
AAA honors distinguished alumni for contributions to Bangladesh’s advancement
Two-thirds of refugee children in Armenia enrolled in school, efforts must now focus on expanding access to education for all children
Gender
Bangladeshi Activist Jannatul Ferdous is listed in BBC 100 Women 2023
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham promotes equality and empowerment for girls on his first visit to India
WFP and the DWA jointly disseminate study on digital financial inclusion and women’s economic empowerment in Bangladesh
Migration
UK net migration hits new high
Record 114 million people now displaced worldwide: UN
15 dead, 19 missing after Indonesia boat sinks
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
Nations urged to take ‘great leaps’ at UN climate talks
UN adopts Bangladesh’s resolution on Natural Plant Fibres
Quadripartite holds the inaugural Plenary Assembly of the AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform
NGO
BRAC won gold award in the ICMAB best corporate award
Mental health pilot intervention shows promising results at the community level
Why Share Reproductive Health Commodities with Youth!
Culture
Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer killed in Gaza strike
Taylor Swift named Time Person of the Year
UK Booker Prize set to name first-time winner
Arts
Picasso’s ‘Woman with a Watch’ fetches $139 mn at auction
Picasso masterpiece to fetch $120 mn in November auction
The debut solo show by artist Monon Muntaka opens today
Celebrity
Taylor Swift named Time Person of the Year
Shakira pays 6.6 mn euros in another Spain tax fraud case
Taylor Swift concert organizer apologizes after Rio fan death
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
World’s oldest beauty adviser sitting pretty
Transgender woman crowned Miss Portugal for first time
21st Century Reinvention of the Sari Explored in London Show
TV Show
‘The Crown’ set for final season
Disney+ adds subscribers amid cost-cutting campaign
‘Squid Game’ adds 8 new cast members to season 2
Movie
Jimmy Kimmel to host Oscars for fourth time
A top-selling biography of billionaire Elon Musk to be adapted into a film
Hollywood celebrates strike end as actors get back to work
Music
Taylor Swift named Time Person of the Year
Taylor Swift concert organizer apologizes after Rio fan death
K-pop seduces youth in communist Cuba, birthplace of salsa
Photography
The debut solo show by artist Monon Muntaka opens today
The solo show ‘Maya’ by Syed Muhammad Zakir opens on July 22 in Dhaka
French war photographer Marie-Laure de Decker dead at 75
Literature
Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer killed in Gaza strike
UK Booker Prize set to name first-time winner
The best-selling biography of Elon Musk is set to be filmed
Science
Nissan hit by ‘cyber incident’ in Australia, New Zealand
Ford posted a 0.5% drop in U.S. new vehicle sales for November on Monday
AT&T to use ORAN technology for 70% of its wireless network traffic in the United States by late 2026
Technology
AT&T to use ORAN technology for 70% of its wireless network traffic in the United States by late 2026
With ‘Face ID’, and ‘Fingerprint’ login bKash app is now more secure
Meta sues US regulator to stop privacy settlement change
Gadgets
realme smartphones available at incredible prices on Daraz
realme’s groundbreaking C51 launched with 33W fast charge, 50MP camera
realme introduces yet another addition to its Champion C-series – realme C30s
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
Nissan hit by ‘cyber incident’ in Australia, New Zealand
Ford posted a 0.5% drop in U.S. new vehicle sales for November on Monday
Fisker to scale down production this month and produce lesser cars this year than its previous guidance
Space
South Korea confirmed its first military spy satellite had reached orbit
More than 50 years after the last Apollo mission, the United States to land a craft on the Moon on January 25
Japan’s space agency was likely penetrated by cyber attack
Health
Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic with 98,000 new infections in 2022
Dengue death toll crosses 1600-mark
Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against malaria
Disease
AI-SAROSH is hosting Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence for Sexual and Reproductive Health for South Asia”
Launch of new report on multisectoral actions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases
A new healthcare paradigm: Integrating noncommunicable diseases in the HIV response
Doctor’s Opinion
Do you know about kidney disease?
We neglect primary HIV prevention at our peril
Pharmaceuticals
Eli Lilly to build its first plant in Germany in the western town of Alzey for $2.5 billion
Pfizer sharply scaled back its earnings outlook for the year
New diabetes drug better for weight loss than Ozempic: research
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
Suarez fires farewell double to end Brazilian adventure
Japanese football great Shinji ‘Genius’ Ono retires at 44
Nadal confirms Brisbane return ahead of Australian Open
Rio2016
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
BCB announces Sylhet Test ticket price
Iran’s top diplomat meets Hezbollah chief in Lebanon
South Africa coach ‘proud’ of injured Bavuma despite World Cup exit
BPL
IPL
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Football
Suarez fires farewell double to end Brazilian adventure
Japanese football great Shinji ‘Genius’ Ono retires at 44
Ronaldo’s Al Nassr reach Asian Champions League last 16 with Persepolis draw
FIFA World Cup 2018
Tennis
Nadal confirms Brisbane return ahead of Australian Open
US Open drama as semis halted by climate protest
Djokovic eyes No.1 as US Open gets underway
Athletics
Ahmed Hafnaoui wants to be Tunisia’s greatest Olympian
Ronaldo earns Guinness World Records title as highest-paid athlete of 2023
Sprint king Kerley dominates 400m in Sydney
Baseball
Travel
Travel, tourism, hospitality awards launched
Ryanair announced their net profit surged 72 percent in its first half
Travel ships are back sailing the Teknaf–St. Martin route
Destination
Australia to reopen its borders to vaccinated travellers this month
Tourists to land for Phuket reopening despite surge of coronavirus
Biman Bangladesh Airlines to spread its wing to Toronto, Tokyo and Chennai from March
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
Ryanair announced their net profit surged 72 percent in its first half
Major airlines cancel dozens of flights to Tel Aviv
United orders 110 new planes from Boeing, Airbus
Adventure
Two dead, two missing after avalanche hits Tibet’s Mt Shishapangma
Four climbers die on Mexico’s tallest mountain
Six dead in Nepal tourist helicopter crash
Food
Four new items gain Geographical Indicator (GI) products status
Sherifah Yunus Olokodana to break stereotypes about Muslim women as she demonstrates cooking on Instagram wearing niqab
‘World’s best restaurant’ to reopen in Spain as museum
Breaking News:
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Bangladesh Election Commission sets Jan 7 for next polls
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Inflation rises to 9.93pc in October
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Waterbus carrying passengers capsizes in Buriganga
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All five on Titanic sub dead after ‘catastrophic’ implosion
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Bangladesh may witness massive dengue outbreak: DGHS
Date
December 9, 2023
January2023
10 Bangladeshi firms to join ‘Texworld USA 2023’
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News Hour Correspondent
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Jan 27, 2023
Ten Bangladeshi businesses will participate in the three-day trade expo Texworld USA: Apparel Sourcing USA 2023, which will be held in New York between January 31 and February 2, according to news agency BSS. A press...
Rampant Djokovic to meet Tsitsipas in Australian Open final
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News Hour Correspondent
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Jan 27, 2023
Only Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece stands between Novak Djokovic and a record-tying 22nd Grand Slam victory as he advances to his 10th Australian Open final. The fourth-seeded Serbian defeated the unseeded American Tommy Paul on Rod...
Brazil begins first operations to protect Amazon
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News Hour Correspondent
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Jan 27, 2023
Brazil this week began the first operations against Amazon deforestation since veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office, the Ibama environmental agency said Friday. On the campaign trail before his October election victory —...
WHO panel in talks on Covid emergency status
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News Hour Correspondent
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Jan 27, 2023
The Covid-19 emergency committee of the World Health Organization met on Friday to assess whether the epidemic still justifies the highest degree of global alert. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the WHO, said prior to...
Indian Adani Group stocks lose $45 billion due to fraud allegations
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Mridha Shihab Mahmud
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Jan 27, 2023
Following allegations of “brazen” corporate fraud made by a US investment firm, shares of Gautam Adani, the richest man in Asia, fell precipitously on Friday, bringing this week’s losses to $45 billion. The 60-year-old Adani started...
Bond actress Eva Green enters UK court battle over unmade film
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News Hour Correspondent
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Jan 27, 2023
On Thursday, a protracted legal fight involving an unproduced movie featuring the French actress Eva Green made it to London’s High Court. Green, who co-starred with Daniel Craig in the James Bond movie “Casino Royale,” is...
Blinken to travel to Israel, West Bank, urge end to violence
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Mridha Shihab Mahmud
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Jan 27, 2023
Next a deadly Israeli raid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel, the West Bank, and Egypt the following week, the State Department announced Thursday. There, he will call for an end to violence....
Israel, Gaza fighters trade missiles after deadly West Bank raid
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News Hour Correspondent
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Jan 27, 2023
In response to militant rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave, Israel began airstrikes on Gaza on Friday. Tensions had increased following the deadliest army assault on the occupied West Bank in years. Following waves of rocket...
Bed Bath & Beyond received a notice of default on its loan from JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.
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News Hour Correspondent
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Jan 27, 2023
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc said on Thursday it had received a notice of default on its loan from JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., triggering a 22% slump in its shares. The company said in a regulatory...
Ukraine grain harvest set to fall further this year
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News Hour Correspondent
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Jan 27, 2023
As Russia’s invasion continues, the harvest of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine will continue to drop this year, an industry official warned on Thursday, adding pressure to world food prices. According to Nikolay Gorbachov, president of...
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