Second day of Dhaka Lit Fest underway
Book lovers from across Bangladesh started gathering on the Bangla Academy premises braving the cold on Friday morning as the second day of the Dhaka Lit Fest went underway.
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Bangla TribuneNuruddin Farah: I always had an independent spirit
Internationally renowned Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah said he has been independent all his life.
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Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneStrikes in east Ukraine despite Putin's ceasefire order
Artillery exchanges pounded war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to stop attacking for 36 hours.
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File photo: Ukrainian soldiers with the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade fire a projectile from a 2S7 Pion self propelled cannon, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, during intense shelling on the front line in Bakhmut, Ukraine, December 26, 2022 ReutersWorld food prices hit record high in 2022
World food prices fell for a ninth month in a row in December, though they hit their highest level on record for the full year in 2022, UN data showed on Friday.
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File photo: Labourers move a cart loaded with rice bags inside a food processing unit in Ahmedabad ReutersFM Momen slams Bangladeshi expat's killing in US
Referring to the killing of a Bangladeshi in the US, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said Bangladesh does not want any hate crime anywhere in the world.
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Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen inaugurating the three-day "Peace Run Bangladesh" by lighting the peace torch at the Suhrawardy Udyan premises UNBSarah Gilbert doubtful about effectiveness of one Covid vaccine for different variants
British scientist Sarah Gilbert, who co-developed the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, has said she is not optimistic about the same vaccine for different coronavirus variants.
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British scientist Sarah Gilbert at a session on the second day of the Dhaka Lit Fest at the Bangla Academy Bangla Tribune