Bicycle exports picking up
The country's bicycle export earnings have started showing a sign of recovery on the back of increasing demand in Europe, the key destination for the two-wheeler, stakeholders have said.According to them, there had been excessive stocks of the vehicle of European brands in the continent when the Covid-19 pandemic was...
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Enforced disappearance victims faced brutal, methodical torture: Commission
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has said the victims of enforced disappearance have gone through inhuman torture in secret detention centres in a systemic manner, reports BSS."The accounts of torture we have documented are both profoundly brutal and disturbingly methodical," the commission said in its report.The five-member commission,...
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Rumor Scanner debunks video claiming militancy emergence in BD
Fact-checking organization Rumor Scanner in an investigation found that a video on a performance of students at an annual competition in Jashore Jamia Islamia Madrasa was falsified as rise of militancy, gatherings or calls for jihad in Bangladesh, reports BSS.It said the video of a competition at the Jamia Islamia...
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Case filed over Biswa Ijtema killings; one arrested
GAZIPUR, Dec 20 (UNB): A case has been filed in connection with violent clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat at the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi over control of the venue, police said.Maulana Zubair's follower M Alam Hossain filed the murder case against 29 people with Tongi West Police...
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Circular Waterway Project around Dhaka fades amid neglect, poor planning
The 112-kilometre Circular Waterway around the capital city Dhaka, a project with immense potential linking five rivers and connecting four river ports, is losing its significance due to neglect and ineffective planning by authorities, experts say, reports UNB.The previous government, they said, failed to deliver a fully functional circular waterway...
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Road crashes leave seven dead in four dists
At least seven people, including a college student, have been killed in separate road accidents in four districts, reports UNB.In Dinajpur, two motorcyclists were killed in a collision with a truck in Birganj upazila on Friday morning, reports UNB.The accident occurred around 8:30 am in the Kabirajhat area, said Abdul...
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Architect Marina Tabassum made chairperson of Nat’l Museum governing body
Internationally-renowned architect Marina Tabassum has agreed to become the chairperson of the governing body of Bangladesh National Museum, according to an announcement by the Cultural Affairs Adviser to the interim government, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, on Thursday, reports UNB."We are glad Time magazine's one of the 100 most influential people of...
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Weather likely to remain dry today -
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna and Barishal divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Chattogram divisions until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over...
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