February2025
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Drug trafficker tunnel found between Spanish enclave, Morocco: police
Feb 20, 2025As part of an investigation against suspected hashish trafficking, Spanish police announced on Wednesday that they had found a tunnel connecting Moroccan territory to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. A search of a warehouse in an... -
Hamas set to hand over Israel bodies of four Gaza hostages
Feb 20, 2025The bodies of four hostages, including the Bibas family, who have come to represent the hostage issue that has engulfed Israel since the start of the Gaza War, are scheduled to be turned over by Hamas... -
Delta offers $30,000 each to Toronto plane crash passengers
Feb 20, 2025US airline Delta will offer $30,000 to each passenger on a plane that crashed as it landed at Toronto airport this week, the carrier told AFP on Wednesday. “This gesture has no strings attached and does... -
Hezbollah readies massive funeral for slain leader Nasrallah
Feb 20, 2025Hezbollah in Lebanon is getting ready for a huge crowd during the funeral of its dead leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday, which will give the Iran-backed organization a chance to demonstrate its might following a brutal... -
Yoon becomes South Korea’s first sitting president to go on criminal trial
Feb 20, 2025Removed Hearings on South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s proposal to impose martial law began Thursday, making him the nation’s first sitting head of state to go on trial in a criminal case. The 64-year-old former... -
Bangladesh signs $366,500 grant agreement with UNICEF
Feb 20, 2025The Ministry of Finance’s Economic Relations Division (ERD) and UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, also known as the United Nations Children’s Fund, have inked a grant agreement totaling $366,500 (Taka 439.80 Lakh). The three-year... -
Govt to procure 50,000 MTs non-basmati rice, 40,000 MTs fertilizer
Feb 20, 2025The government today approved separate proposals for procuring some 50,000 metric tons of non-basmati rice, 40,000 metric tons of DAP fertilizer and 10,000 metric tons of phosphoric acid to meet the growing demands of the country.... -
Dhaka seeks global partners’ quick action on climate financing
Feb 20, 2025Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin has called upon the global partners to take their responsibility and take quick and pragmatic action on climate financing along with adaptation and mitigation initiatives. He made the call when Australia’s... -
Bangladesh Bank governor suggests extracurricular activities for students
Feb 20, 2025Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur today laid emphasis on extracurricular activities for students to develop future generations. “If we want to develop our future generations, we must advance through small initiatives like Olympiads,”... -
Youth Festival ends with record-breaking women participation
Feb 20, 2025Bangladesh’s Youth Festival-2025 ended with huge women participation on Wednesday after a month of activities revolving around the theme ‘let’s change the country, let’s change the world’, reports BSS. One visible change is the prominence of...
