Morning Brief

Voting for District council polls underway

Balloting for District council polls in 57 districts began at 9am on Monday and will continue to 2pm across country.

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File Photo: Voting is being held through electronic voting machines (EVMs) exclusively for the first time in Narayanganj city Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Awami League eyes victory in competitive district council polls

The ruling Awami League is aiming for victories for its candidates in competitive and peaceful district council elections across the country on Monday.

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Election materials being carried away with Police protection in Bogra Focus Bangla

District council polls: EC to monitor every centre with CCTV cameras

The Election Commission (EC) is set to monitor the District Council polls across the country on Monday through CCTV cameras at the EC headquarters, just as they did during the recent by-polls to Gaibhanda-5 constituency.

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File photo shows a general view of the Election Commission offices in Dhaka's Agargaon Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Grid failure: 2 PGCB officials suspended

The authorities have suspended two officials of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) over the national grid failure on October 4.

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Bangladesh, Brunei agree on energy cooperation

Bangladesh and Brunei Darussalam on Sunday agreed to explore mechanisms for long-term collaboration in the energy sector, particularly in the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and other petroleum products to Bangladesh.

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PM Sheikh Hasina with Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Focus Bangla

PM Hasina for increased trade, investment cooperation with Brunei

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday laid emphasis on increasing cooperation in trade and investment between Bangladesh and Brunei Darussalam as the visit of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ushered in a new chapter in the bilateral relations.

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PM Sheikh Hasina with Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Focus Bangla

Lalon fest begins on Monday in Kushtia

Fans have thronged Chheuria in Kushtia marking the 132nd death anniversary of Lalon Shah, the preceptor of Baul asceticism, composer and singer of Baul songs, social reformer, and secular thinker.

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Artists joining Lalon fest to commemorate death anniversary of Lalon Shah Dhaka Tribune

TCB starts selling essential commodities Monday

The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling essential items across the country from Monday at a subsidized rate.

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File Photo:Soybean oil being sold from TCB truck Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Chittagong depot fire: 11 bodies still remain unidentified after 4 months

As many as 11 bodies are yet to be identified from the deadly fire incident at BM Container Depot in Chittagong’s Sitakunda that claimed 49 lives.

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File photo of the fire tragedy at BM Container Depot Chittagong's Sitakunda upazila Dhaka Tribune

Intense fighting flares in Ukraine's Donetsk region

Intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces was taking place around two towns in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Bakhmut and Soledar, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.

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A view shows the city administration building hit by recent shelling in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict, in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, October 16,2022Reuters

Will Xi Jinping be in charge of China forever?

In the Chinese Communist Party's 20th National Congress, which began in Beijing on Sunday, President Xi Jinping is expected to be confirmed as president-for-life. If that actually happens, China's ascent to genuine superpower status will be at least delayed. At worst (from the Chinese perspective), it may not happen at all.

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File photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds at a meeting commemorating the 110th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on October 9, 2021 Reuters

The story of a Bengali soldier in World War II

It was only during my year-long undergraduate course on the history of World War II at the Australian National University (ANU) that I realized that 2.5 million Indians were under arms during the war. According to some estimates, 87,000 Indian troops lost their lives fighting in a war on foreign shores, far away from home. They lay buried in places as distant as Kandy and Haifa.

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Data Protection Act 2022: More questions than answers

Many countries around the world have taken various initiatives and steps to protect the personal data of citizens. The main purpose of these initiatives is to protect individuals' personal data. 

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