Morning Brief

All RMG factories in Ashulia, Konabari, Kashimpur reopen

All readymade garment (RMG) manufacturing units in the Ashulia area have resumed operations, as workers returned to their factories peacefully.

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Photo: Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

BNP’s fifth phase of blockade begins Wednesday

The fifth spell of a 48-hour countrywide blockade was declared by the BNP and its allies, demanding the government’s resignation before the next general election started at 6am.

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File image of BNP flag. Photo: Collected

Police detain relatives as BNP leaders on the run

Twin brothers, Shahidul Islam and Maksudul Islam, both students, find themselves in Kishoreganj jail, while their father, Aminul Islam, president of Kishoreganj Zila BNP, and elder brother, Anan Islam, vice president of the district Chhatra Dal, are currently evading arrest.

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Israeli violence surges against Palestinians in West Bank

The last few weeks have been extremely difficult, said Halima Khalil Abu Eid.

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People inspect the damage following an Israeli military operation, at Tulkarm camp, in the West Bank November 14, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Palestinians dig mass grave inside Israeli-encircled Gaza hospital

Palestinians trapped inside Gaza's biggest hospital were digging a mass grave on Tuesday to bury patients who died under Israeli encirclement, and said no plan was in place to evacuate babies despite Israel announcing an offer to send portable incubators.

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Patients and medics are pictured at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Photo: AFP

Rubaiyat Hossain makes history as 2nd female director to win National Film Award

Rubaiyat Hossain was honored with the Best Director Award at the National Film Awards 2022 for her movie Shimu.

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PM Hasina opens Bangabandhu Novo Theater in Rajshahi

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday inaugurated the Bangabandhu Novo Theater in Rajshahi and laid the foundation stone of Rajshahi Medical University project. 

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Bangabandhu Novo Theater in Rajshahi. Photo: Dhaka Tribune