Morning Brief

Dhaka residents wait in long queues to ride metro rail for first time

Ignoring the biting cold and foggy winter morning, hundreds of Dhaka residents gathered in front of metro rail stations on Thursday to ride for the first time as Bangladesh's first elevated rail service opens its door public.

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Metro rail: Motijheel-Uttara route may need another year

The Uttara North Station-Agargaon section of the metro rail is set to open for the public today, but residents of Dhaka may have to wait another year before they can benefit from the Uttara-Motijheel section, according to Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) sources.

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Dhaka Metro Rail Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Metro Rail: A milestone for 50 years of Bangladesh-Japan friendship

The new Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori has said the inauguration of the metro rail in Dhaka is a symbol of strong cooperation and marks a historic moment as the final event of the 50th anniversary year of diplomatic relations between the two Asian countries.

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Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori and Ichiguchi Tomohide, representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Bangladesh Bangla Tribune

Chomsky: Wars could break out all over the map

American linguist and philosopher Prof Noam Chomsky predicts a grim future for the world as the superpowers are at loggerheads over establishing supremacy centering on the Russia-Ukraine war.

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American linguist and philosopher Prof Noam Chomsky Reurters

New Chinese envoy: Bangladesh pearl of Bay of Bengal, important in S Asia

Newly appointed Ambassador of China to Bangladesh Yao Wen has described Bangladesh as the "Pearl of the Bay of Bengal, an important country in South Asia and a rapidly emerging economy."

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College fee confusion creates headache for students, parents

Students and parents have been left confused as the government is yet to issue an order, notification, or provision on “backlogged fees” being whimsically charged by some government and private colleges for admission to class XI.

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File photo: Students wearing masks at Notre Dame College in Dhaka to avoid Covid-19 infection on Monday, March 9, 2020 Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

RpCC polls: AL-backed mayoral candidate to lose security deposit

The Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia will lose her security deposit after being defeated by Jatiya Party (JaPa) candidate Mostafizar Rahman Mostofa with a big margin in the Rangpur City Corporation election held on Tuesday.

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Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia Dhaka Tribune

Travel misery grinds on as US digs out from superstorm

Thousands more flights were canceled across the United States on Wednesday, with no end in sight to days of travel misery as the country digs out from a deadly superstorm.

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Snow blankets the city in this aerial drone photograph in Buffalo on December 25, 2022 AFP