Morning Brief

PM Hasina: US can overturn power of any nation if it wants

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the United States can change the power of any country if it wants.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina delivers valedictory speech in the 22nd session of the current parliament on Monday, April 10, 2023 PID

US wants Bangladesh set up strong example of free, fair polls

The United States (US) has reiterated its desire to see a free and fair election in Bangladesh, noting that the world is looking to Bangladesh for the next election.

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Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, left and US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken UNB

Govt forms wage board for RMG workers

The government on Sunday formed a minimum wage board to review the wages of the workers in the country's readymade garment (RMG) industry.

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File Photo Dhaka Tribune

DSCC: Burning cigarettes or coil behind Bangabazar fire

The investigation committee of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) primarily suspects that burning cigarettes or mosquito coils on the fourth floor of the Adarsha unit of Bangabazar clothing market may have caused the massive fire that razed around 5,000 shops on April 4.

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Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Bank worker kills five co-workers in US shooting

A 23-year-old bank employee armed with a rifle shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday while livestreaming the attack on social media, police said.

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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks with police deploying at the scene of a mass shooting near Slugger Field baseball stadium in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, US April, 10, 2023 Reuters

Murder accused Nafiz lands in jail in narcotics case

A Dhaka court on Monday ordered Chhatra Dal activist and Adnan murder accused Nafiz Mohammad Alam to be sent to jail in a case under the Narcotics Control Act.

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Nafiz Mohammad Alam Bangla Tribune