Evening Brief

Bangladesh win thriller, defeat India by one wicket

Bangladesh have managed a nail-biting win defeating India by just one wicket while chasing 187 runs during their first ODI at Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla national cricket stadium on Sunday.

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PM Hasina in Polo Ground: BNP do not want to participate in poll

Indicating the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that they do not want to participate in the upcoming poll rather they want to grab the power like Ziaur Rahman by killing and installing military rule. 

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Focus Bangla

BNP seeking another location for December 10 rally

Any third location outside Nayapaltan or Suhrawardy Udyan is likely to accommodate the BNP's divisional rally on December 10.

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The BNP's party flag Collected

Dhaka now 4th most populous city globally

Accommodating 22,478,116 people, Dhaka stands fourth among the most densely populated cities worldwide, says a new study. 

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Dhaka Tribune

Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police

Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code, local media said Sunday.

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File photo: This image grab from a UGC video shows hundreds of protesters clapping and cheering during a rally in Saqez, Mahsa Amini's hometown in IRan's western Kurdistan province, on the 40th day since her death on October 26, 2022 AFP

Finding herself on the mountain

One would not think that someone who had been considered timid, introverted, and accident-prone growing up, would end up going on a 13-day, 130km trek in a foreign land, climbing 17,600ft, walking up to eight hours a day and lugging six kilograms of luggage with her! 

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16 September 2022, 2:29 pm when Ayesha made it to Everest Base Camp Sonam Sherpa

What's the fuss all about anyway?

Of the two illusion shattering shocks faced by Marie Antoinette on her arrival in France for her marriage to Louis XVI, one was having to be fully naked in public to be re-attired. The second was to have a batch of ladies-in-waiting that were to impart the lessons of queenship and carrying herself in the French court.

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Jubo Dal President Tuku, 6 others remanded

A Dhaka court on Sunday placed seven people including Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal President Sultan Salahuddin Tuku and Vice President Mohammad Nurul Islam Nayan on four-day remand in a case filed with Paltan police station in the capital.

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District Jubo Dal holds a protest march and rally to protest against the arrest of Jubo Dal President Sultan Salauddin Tuku and Vice President Mohammad Nurul Islam Nayan in Bhola on Sunday, December 4,2022 Dhaka Tribune

Railway Minister: No hospital to be constructed in CRB

Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan has announced that no hospital will be built in the much-debated Chittagong's Central Railway Building (CRB) area.

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UNB

15 BNP leaders sued over cocktail explosion in front of party's Naya Paltan office

Fifteen leaders of the BNP and 50-60 unidentified persons have been sued in connection with a cocktail explosion in front of the party's central office at the capital's Naya Paltan. 

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File photo of BNP's Naya Paltan head office in Dhaka Rajib Dhar/ Dhaka Tribune

Report: 554 killed in road accidents in November across Bangladesh

In November, 463 road accidents occurred in Bangladesh which killed 554 people, according to a report by Road Safety Foundation.

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