Morning Brief

Who sanctions the sanctioners?

A young Bangladeshi-American was shot dead by the police in Cambridge, USA. This death has inflamed spontaneous protests and infuriated the Bangladeshi community residing in the United States. Flagrant acts of police brutality have witnessed a violent upsurge in recent years and has triggered considerable mass discontent and backlash. 

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Diplomacy

NCTB issues corrections for mistakes in 3 textbooks

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has issued corrections for nine mistakes it found in three of the textbooks distributed this year.

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FM: Bangladesh's growing economy entices US to maintain good relations

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said the United States wants to maintain good relations with Bangladesh and noted that Bangladesh is "becoming a big economy".

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Ukraine closer to receiving modern Western battle tanks, more Patriots

Ukraine has taken a step closer to winning approval for German-made modern battle tanks to confront invading Russian forces and has secured a pledge of more Patriot defence missiles as its allies appear ready to rally for the next phase of the war.

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Ukrainian servicemen ride a tank, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the village of Torske, Donetsk region, Ukraine December 30, 2022 Reuters

World's oldest known person dies aged 118

The world's oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118, a spokesman told AFP on Tuesday.

Sister Andre prays on the eve of her 117th birthday, in Toulon, southern France, on February 10, 2021AFP

Nepali hospitals return bodies from air crash to grieving families

Nepali hospital staff began the grim task of handing over bodies to grieving families on Tuesday after a plane with 72 people on board crashed, the country's worst aviation disaster in three decades.

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Rescue teams work to retrieve bodies from the wreckage at the crash site of an aircraft carrying 72 people in Pokhara in western Nepal January 15, 2023Reuters

Messi's Argentina to visit Bangladesh in June

Argentina football team, led by Lionel Messi, are most likely to tour Bangladesh in June to play a Fifa friendly match, Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin told the media Tuesday.

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