Category: Other News
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Teen Alo celebrates 10th anniversary
Teen Alo celebrates 10th anniversary
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List of freedom fighters: age-limit complications
Sajjad said his father and four brothers are gazetted freedom fighters. But they are facing a problem because the government has fixed the minimum age limit of a freedom fighter as 12 years and 6 months. He claimed that he was 14 years old during the liberation war but his school headmaster reduced his age.…
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Is ‘growth-surprise’ heading towards ‘growth-disaster’?
We have been seeing for the last six months that various rating agencies have been downgrading the credit ratings of Bangladesh. These ratings are coming at a time when Bangladesh has taken the bailout package of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In recent times Bangladesh was promoted as a ‘development-wonder’ among international agencies. Now the…
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Panama Canal reduces the number of ships traveling the waterway due to drought
The Panama Canal announced Saturday that it will reduce the maximum number of ships traveling through the waterway from 32 to 31 per day in August, as a drought has reduced the supply of fresh water needed to operate the locks. This compares to a daily average of 36 to 38 ships per day under…
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Our product can challenge polythene.
Our product can challenge polythene.
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Price of green chilli increased again in Bangladesh
The price of green chillies has started rising again recently, with various markets in the capital seeing an increase of at least Tk 100 per kg within a week. During a visit to several markets yesterday, Saturday, the retail price of green chillies was between Rs 200 and Rs 220 per kg. This surge in…
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Brick kiln worker becomes successful entrepreneur
Brick kiln worker becomes successful entrepreneur
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Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion kills 170, migration from enclave on the rise
Yerevan said 93,000 of the region’s estimated 120,000 people had fled after Azerbaijan on Sunday reopened the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. Armenia has asked the UN’s highest court to take immediate measures to protect the enclave’s residents, the court announced on Friday. Yerevan on Thursday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to…
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Linguistic Liberation: Rape as a Crime Against the Body
If a person is attacked with a knife or injured by a bullet by some goons, that person will feel the same emotions that they felt. But in cases of rape, since they are a different species of human beings, although they were attacked and it was a crime against their body, we associated it…
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10 ancient weapons made from meteorites
Since time immemorial, mankind has looked to the sky in search of answers to countless questions. It has looked to the stars in search of connections between the universe above and Earth. In the process, it witnessed endless cosmic events that enthralled mankind for thousands of years in the ancient past. Since its inception, Mother…
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Exposure to air pollution may increase risk of stroke
Short-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of stroke, according to a meta-analysis. Short-term risk was defined as occurring within five days after stroke. The study was published in the Medical Journal of the American Academy of Neurology “Previous research has established an association between long-term exposure to air pollution and an increased…
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Climate migrants see improvements in their livelihood opportunities in 5 cities: UMIMCC/UMML project
MD Shariful Islam, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Social Welfare, presided over the concluding session. Minister of State for Social Welfare Mohammad Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru attended the event as the chief guest. Charles Whiteley, Ambassador of the EU Delegation to Bangladesh, was present as the special guest. Minister of State Ashraf Ali Khan said that…
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Air pollution in Dhaka increased by 13 percent since 2020: CPD survey
Air pollution in Dhaka increased by 13 percent since 2020: CPD survey
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11,000 names including mayors, MPs, secretaries are being added to the list of freedom fighters.
Jamuka member and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Liberation War Affairs Ministry, Shahjahan Khan, in a meeting on July 19 last year, had recommended adding the name of Hemayat Uddin from Baufal of Patuakhali to the gazette. “The applicant fought from Khalil Force camp in Madaripur district,” he wrote in the application. When…
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Ensuring cyber security and privacy for a digitally secure path forward
addressing the skills gap Additionally, better education, training, skill upgradation and awareness regarding cyber security should be ensured, calling for effective public-private partnerships. Collaboration between educational institutions, governments, and industry stakeholders can help develop programs that promote cybersecurity expertise from an early age. Microsoft Learn is an admirable example, providing a global-standard platform for individuals,…