Evening brief

PM Hasina: 100 newly opened bridges will accelerate Bangladesh's development

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday termed the inauguration of 100 bridges at a time as a historic event, saying it would help quicken the country's overall development.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina virtually inaugurating the bridges from her official Ganabhaban residence on Monday, November 7,2022 Focus Bangla

High Court extends bail to Khaleda in 2 defamation cases

The High Court on Monday extended BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail in two defamation cases filed in Dhaka and Narail districts.

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A shadow of her former defiant self Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Dengue death toll rises to 177 with 7 new fatalities

Seven more deaths reported in 24 hours till Monday morning raised this year's fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 177, amid a sharp rise in dengue cases in different parts of the country.

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File photo of a dengue ward in hospital Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Attack on Tabith: Petition filed to sue 16 including Banani OC

BNP Executive Committee Member and former DNCC mayoral candidate Tabith Awal filed a petition to sue 16 people including the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Banani police station Noore Azam over an attack on him in September this year. 

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BNP leader Tabith Awal receiving treatment at United Hospital Bangla Tribune

What lies ahead for Bangladesh's RMG exports?

Just when the country's export-oriented readymade garment (RMG) industry was recovering from the effects of Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, the Russia-Ukraine war plunged the industry deeper into multiple crises.

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Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

How regulatory uncertainty reduces investment

Twenty-one years ago, it was 9-11.

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No more service charge on sending remittance

Banks on Monday decided to waive the service charge on remittance to boost inflow of money sent by expatriate Bangladeshis.

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File Photo of Dollar Note Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune

Loss and damage: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs

It was a total loss — the type that is usually glossed over in big impersonal statistics like $40 billion in damage from this summer's Pakistan floods that put one-third of the nation underwater.

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File photo: Smoke and steam billows from Belchatow Power Station, Europe's largest coal-fired power plant operated by PGE Group in Poland Reuters

UN chief warns against 'collective suicide' on climate

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned world leaders at a climate summit in Egypt on Monday that humanity faces a stark choice between working together or "collective suicide" in the battle against global warming

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Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 7, 2022 Reuters