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Canada appoints fentanyl czar as part of promises to Trump
UN condemns death of employee held by Yemen’s Huthi rebels
After Patagonia, Argentina’s northern prairies consumed by fires
Politics
Canada appoints fentanyl czar as part of promises to Trump
Japan PM heads to US for Trump summit
160,000 people attend Berlin rally against far right: police
War & Conflict
US appears to backtrack as Trump Gaza plan sparks global outcry
North Korea troops not in combat in Russia’s Kursk since mid-Jan: Seoul
UN condemns deadly attacks on civilians in Sudan
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
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Business
New e-commerce Cartup Ltd launches
Australia PM says Trump considering steel tariff exemption
Visa urges consumers to follow safety measures
Economy
Trump announces talks with Canada, Mexico over sweeping tariffs
Mexican farmers, auto-parts makers urge dialogue with US
Inward remittances reach $2.19b in January
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 extended a global rally on Thursday
Equities fell again in Asia on Friday
Asian markets struggled on Thursday after a tepid lead from Wall Street
Forex
Remittance collection rate at Tk 123 per dollar: BB
Gross forex reserves cross $26b: BB
Gross forex reserves cross $24b: Bangladesh Bank
Development
UN condemns death of employee held by Yemen’s Huthi rebels
After Patagonia, Argentina’s northern prairies consumed by fires
Interim govt welcomes UN fact-finding report on July-August protests
Environment
After Patagonia, Argentina’s northern prairies consumed by fires
Botanical gardens to be turned into conservation sites: Rizwana
Australia says flood recovery may take weeks
Disaster
Education
Touhid urges Georgia to enroll more Bangladeshi students
The UK to end a tax exemption for private schools on Wednesday
UK to tax private schools in o1.5 bn boost to public education
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
UN condemns death of employee held by Yemen’s Huthi rebels
Interim govt welcomes UN fact-finding report on July-August protests
UN Human Rights Office to hold news conference on Bangladesh protests Feb 13
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
Small cars, big passion: A local diecast celebration
Attempted murder trial of Rushdie assailant to begin
J-pop star Nakai to retire after sex misconduct allegations
Arts
Small cars, big passion: A local diecast celebration
Banana taped to a wall sells for $6.2 mn in New York
Oriental Art Department’s annual exhibition began at DU
Celebrity
Attempted murder trial of Rushdie assailant to begin
J-pop star Nakai to retire after sex misconduct allegations
Malala Yousafzai ‘overwhelmed and happy’ to be back in Pakistan
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
Glitzy Oscars nominees’ lunch cancelled after LA wildfires
Golden Globes ratings edge up past 10 million
Brady Corbet wins best director Golden Globe for ‘The Brutalist’
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
Nokia CEO Lundmark to be replaced by Intel AI chief Hotard
Taiwan bans government agencies from using DeepSeek
Japanese tech stocks hit by AI fears, dollar boosted by tariff talk
Technology
Nokia CEO Lundmark to be replaced by Intel AI chief Hotard
Taiwan bans government agencies from using DeepSeek
Japanese tech stocks hit by AI fears, dollar boosted by tariff talk
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 to raise prices of all its cars in Canada from Feb. 1
Ford Motor to recall 272,817 vehicles in the United States on concerns over battery failure, NHTSA said
Rivian to launch its advanced hands-free driver assistance systems in 2025
Space
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
Japanese startup’s space rocket launch fails
Health
Sierra Leone declares public health emergency over mpox
NIOH appears blessings for eye patients despite bed crises
France detected its first case of a new mpox virus
Disease
France detected its first case of a new mpox virus
First human death in the United States linked to bird flu recorded
Nigeria launched an emergency response centre after recording 190 deaths from Lassa fever
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
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
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
CAAB gives approval to Fly Jinnah for Karachi-Dhaka flight
Biman to operate additional flight to Madina every Sunday
Morocco sees tourism spike in 2024 with 17 million visitors: ministry
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
CAAB gives approval to Fly Jinnah for Karachi-Dhaka flight
Biman to operate additional flight to Madina every Sunday
Delta Air Lines resumed flights after extreme winter weather forced the closure of all five runways for more than two hours
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 13, 2025
Rafiuzzaman Sifat
Md. Rafiuzzaman Sifat, a CSE graduate turned into journalist, works at News Hour as a staff reporter. He has many years of experience in featured writing in different Bangladeshi newspapers. He is an active blogger, story writer and social network activist. He published a book named 'Se Amar Gopon' inEkushe boi mela Dhaka 2016. Sifat got a BSc. from Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. He also works as an Engineer at Bangla Trac Communications Ltd. As an avid traveler and a gourmet food aficionado, he is active in publishing restaurant reviews and cutting-edge articles about culinary culture.
In the Bangladesh Innovation Award, bKash wins four award
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Rafiuzzaman Sifat
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Feb 19, 2023
At the Bangladesh Innovation Award 2023, bKash, the nation’s largest MFS provider, earned the innovation award in four categories. According to a press statement issued here today, it won accolades across a number of categories for...
Lille edge Monaco in seven-goal thriller
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Rafiuzzaman Sifat
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Oct 25, 2022
Remy Cabella scored twice as Lille put an end to Monaco’s six-game unbeaten run in Ligue 1 with a 4-3 win on Sunday that continued their own resurgence. Alexsandro and Cabella twice gave Lille the lead...
Intense fighting in Afghan city Ghazni as Taliban presses
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Rafiuzzaman Sifat
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Aug 12, 2018
Taliban insurgents attacked police headquarters and other government buildings in Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Sunday and were threatening to seize control of the city, with the main highway now heavily mined, local lawmakers and residents...
Russia tells Washington curbs on its banks would be act of economic war
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Rafiuzzaman Sifat
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Aug 10, 2018
Russia warned the United States on Friday it would regard any U.S. move to curb the activities of its banks as a “declaration of economic war” and would retaliate, as new sanctions took their toll on...
Hunt on for survivors as Indonesia’s quake toll climbs to 131
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Rafiuzzaman Sifat
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Aug 8, 2018
The death toll from last weekend’s powerful earthquake on Indonesia’s Lombok island rose to 131 on Wednesday as rescuers found more people crushed under collapsed buildings, though some still held out hope of finding survivors. “We...
UN calls on Dhaka to stop industrialisation in Sundarbans
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Rafiuzzaman Sifat
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Jul 31, 2018
Bangladesh must halt the industrialisation of the Sundarbans reserved forest, the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest, a UN expert said on Tuesday, reports UNB. Stretching along the Bay of Bengal, the Sundarbans is considered one of...
‘There’s going to be a raid’: A Chilean prosecutor forces Catholic Church to give up secrets
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Rafiuzzaman Sifat
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Jul 31, 2018
Two special envoys sent by Pope Francis to investigate a child sex abuse scandal in Chile were meeting priests and Church workers at a university in the Chilean capital last month when aides rushed into the...
Pakistan’s Khan in coalition talks with small party, independents
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Rafiuzzaman Sifat
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Jul 28, 2018
Pakistan’s likely new prime minister Imran Khan opened coalition talks with at least one smaller party and independent politicians on Saturday, a spokesman said, following the announcement of full results of an election disputed by rivals....
Ex-Catalan leader returns to Belgium from Germany after extradition bid fails
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Rafiuzzaman Sifat
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Jul 28, 2018
Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont returned from Germany to Belgium on Saturday after Spain failed in an attempt to extradite him from Germany on charges of rebellion over an illegal declaration of independence. Puigdemont said he...
Seemo Intelligent Living, Bangladesh’s first home security and automation brand
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Rafiuzzaman Sifat
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Jul 26, 2018
Seemo brings customer’s security in his/her own hands enabling him/her to take immediate action to prevent crime even from miles away from their home/office. Bangladesh, despite economic and technological progress, is suffering from increasing crime rate...
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