EU postpones partnership deal discussion with Bangladesh

A new partnership pact between Bangladesh and the European Union faces setback as the EU postponed negotiations on grounds of the current unrest in the country, a spokesperson said Wednesday."In the light of the prevailing situation, the first round of negotiations on the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement envisaged for September...

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Moazzem Hossain's 6th anniversary of death today

Today (Thursday) is the 6th death anniversary of the iconic economic journalist and founder-editor of The Financial Express (FE), A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain.On August 01, 2018, he passed away at the age of 73.He was one of the leading organisers of the FE, the country's first financial English daily that started...

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Preventive police action sparks clashes

Student demonstrators now staged 'March for Justice' Wednesday in different places of the country, including Dhaka, which ended in clashes with intercepting law-enforcement forces, spot reports said.The ongoing protests that originated from quota-reform movement and later 'Student Movement against Discrimination' are taking on newer dimensions with different professional and cultural...

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Notification on Jamaat ban anytime, says Home Minister

The process to ban Jamaat-Shibir is underway and notification can be issued anytime in this regard, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Wednesday, reports UNB.The minister came up with the remark while talking to reporters in his Secretariat office on Wednesday evening.Asked whether there will be new unrest in the...

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Hamas leader Haniyeh killed in Iran

CAIRO/DUBAI, July 31 (Reuters) : Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled further concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning into a wider Middle East war.The Palestinian militant group and...

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Prayer Timings (2024-08-01)

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