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‘Faulty design, contractor’s negligence’ behind recent metro rail accident: DMTCL MD

Faulty design and negligence by the contractor and consulting firms may have caused the recent Metro route’s bearing pad fall incident that claimed the life of a pedestrian, said Dhaka

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Govt urges parties to bridge differences on July Charter within a week

The interim government of Bangladesh has urged all the political parties to reach a consensus within a week on the reform proposals submitted by the National Consensus Commission under the

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At least nine people killed in Afghanistan earthquake

A strong earthquake killed at least nine people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said on Monday, just months after another deadly tremor left the country reeling. The 6.3-magnitude quake struck overnight

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Bangladesh may face 10 coldwaves this winter: Met Office

Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast that at least 10 coldwaves including three sever may sweep different regions of the country between November and January. In its long-range weather forecast released

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Ex-PM Khaleda Zia’s principal secretary Kamal Siddiqui passes away

Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, former principal secretary of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, passed away on early Monday. According to a government statement issued in the morning, he breathed his last

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Trump’s global tariffs to face legal challenge before Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday on the legality of Donald Trump’s use of powers for sweeping global tariffs in a case striking at the

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Number of trained teachers declines

The percentage and number of trained teachers in secondary schools and secondary to tertiary madrassahs have decreased over the years while the numbers of students and institutions have increased. The

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Israel’s internationally enabled crime

GAZA does not mark the end of the settler colonial project. It marks, I fear, its final phase. Western states, enriched by their own occupations and genocides — in India,

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