Evening Brief

BNP to stage rally in all divisional cities on February 4

BNP on Wednesday announced rally in all divisional cities for February 4 to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a caretaker government.

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BNP has announced rally in all divisional cities for February 4 on Wednesday , January 25,2023 Focus Bangla

15 people to receive Bangla Academy Literary Award 2022

The awardees were named in a media briefing organised by the academy's Public Relations Department on Wednesday. 

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Bangla Academy Building Collected

CEC: EVM project not approved due to funding crunch

The government has not approved the proposal of buying 200,000 new electronic voting machines (EVMs) in light of the current economic situation, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday. 

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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

Mustafa Jabbar: Bijoy keyboard not mandatory for Android phones

Bijoy keyboard software installation is not mandatory in all android phones, said Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Wednesday.

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File photo of a smartphone Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Presidential election to be held on February 19

The 22nd presidential election of Bangladesh will be held on February 19.

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Election Commission Building Dhaka Tribune

Study: Gautam Adani behind largest con in corporate history

India's Adani Group has engaged in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over the course of decades, with its founder pocketing over $100 billion in merely three years, a new research shows.

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Indian billionaire Gautam Adani speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad in this April 2, 2014 file photo Reuters

‘Bangladesh is our secret sauce'

Augmedix has revolutionized healthcare in the United States by delivering ambient medical documentation through the company's Ambient Automation Platform, which is supported by Augmedix Bangladesh. Their scribe operation began in 2016 in Bangladesh. In an exclusive interview with Dhaka Tribune's Zisan Bin Liaquat, the Chief Financial Officer of Augmedix, Paul Ginocchio, talks about the company's operations here and how being listed in the stock market has been a strategic advantage.

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Paul Ginocchio

Minister: DCs asked to ensure prices of essentials are stable during Ramadan

Deputy commissioners (DCs) have been asked to remain vigilant so that no one can manipulate the prices of daily essentials during the month of Ramadan, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said on Wednesday.

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File photo of a kitchen market in Dhaka Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune

Taliban: Extreme cold kills 157 in Afghanistan

At least 157  people have died in a wave of freezing temperatures sweeping Afghanistan, a Taliban official said on Tuesday, with the death toll doubling in less than a week as millions face bitter temperatures with minimal humanitarian aid, CNN reports.

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Afghan burqa-clad women carry children as they walk along a snow laden street in Kabul on January 23, 2023 AFP

How well does Xiaomi Pad 5 perform in 2023, 2 years after its initial release?

Whenever we hear about tablets, the image of an iPad automatically comes into our minds. 

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