PM Hasina: Airport underpass project going to be a landmark achievement
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the planned construction of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Pedestrian Underpass is going to be a landmark achievement of the country.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina witnessing the presentation on the project Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Pedestrian Underpass PIDMilitary support to ethnic armed groups in Myanmar may undermine Bangladesh's security
Brig Gen (Retd) M Sakhawat Hussain on Wednesday said that using a liberal interpretation of the non-lethal assistance clause may allow the United States to provide military support to the various ethnic armed organizations (EAO) in Myanmar which “may undermine” Bangladesh's security as these groups have some ties to the same separatist factions operating in the country.
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UNBGovt to procure 16m litres soybean oil, 60,000 tons fertilizer
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday approved separate proposals for procuring some 16 million litres of soybean oil and 60,000 tons of fertilizer to meet the growing demand in the country.
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File Photo of Soybean oil in store Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneHow tech companies are failing women workers and social media users
From Elon Musk's erratic start as Twitter's new owner to Meta's recent decision to lay off more than 11,000 employees, and an ongoing downturn for tech stocks, the social media sector is once again in turmoil.
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Two female journalists working for Bilan Media, a Somali start-up staffed entirely by women, interview a woman running a restaurant in a market in Mogadishu on May 22, 2022 AFPUkraine war: Russia's economy holding out against sanctions
In the dramatic days following Russia's invasion of Ukraine one year ago, the Russian economy was seriously rattled.
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German carmaker Mercedes-Benz cars on sale are seen parked in front of a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Moscow on February 14, 2023 AFPIsraeli troops kill nine Palestinians in West Bank clash
Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians, including at least three gunmen and three civilians, and wounded over 90 others during a raid on a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, witnesses and medical officials said.
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Palestinians run as they clash with Israeli forces during a raid in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West bank on February 22, 2023 ReutersWhere the world went wrong on the SDGs
In the year 2000, something remarkable happened: the world came together and committed to a short list of ambitious targets which became known as the Millennium Development Goals. The objectives—to reduce poverty, fight disease, keep kids in school, and so on—essentially boiled down to eight specific, verifiable goals, subject to a hard deadline of 2015.
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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, near Belchatow, Poland on November 28, 2018. ReutersPolice: Militants usually become active during national polls
While law enforcement agencies are busy during national elections, militant organizations choose this as an appropriate time to conduct their organizational activities.
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Bangla TribuneWho is militant leader Sheikh Mohibullah?
Sheikh Md Mohibullah is the leader of militant organization Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya.
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Representational Photo CollectedKNF: Where does it get its funding and what is its endgame?
With the separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front, known as KNF, making the headlines recently, questions have arisen about its funding and its plans.
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