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PM Hasina likely to attend G20 Summit in New Delhi in September

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to attend the 18th G20 Summit which will take place in New Delhi on September 9-10.

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Bangladesh gets $476m IMF loan as first instalment

Bangladesh has received the first instalment of $476 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) out of the $4.7 billion loan package.

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Performance schedule for Dhaka Art Summit

Throughout the day - AHMET OGUT, BALANCED PROTEST POSTERS, 2022-2023

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Diana Campbell with Ali Sethi, Amitav Ghosh, and Salman Toor's Jungle Nama imagined as an installation by GOLEM Courtesy of Dhaka Art Summit

Pentagon: Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over United States

A suspected Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, US officials said on Thursday, in what would be a brazen act just days ahead of a planned trip to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, US October 9, 2020 Reuters

JU student in coma after being hit by, dragged under bike around campus

A first year student of the journalism and media studies department of Jahangirnagar University is on life support after being hit by a bike and dragged under the bike on campus.

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69 Russian ships ordered not to enter Bangladesh

The government has ordered not to allow 69 mother vessels of seven Russian companies, which have been sanctioned by the United States (US), to enter the ports of Bangladesh.

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What Awami League, BNP are saying about Hero Alom almost winning Bogra by-polls

Ashraful Hossen Alom, better known as Hero Alom, was not far from becoming the lawmaker for Bogra-4 (Kahalu-Nandigram), bagging 19,571 votes in Wednesday's by-polls to the constituency – just 834 votes fewer than the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSoD) candidate AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen.

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