Day: July 9, 2025

Desk Report, Three days of continuous rain disrupts public life in Barisal, causing extreme suffering due to waterlogging Three days of continuous rain in Barisal have brought public life to a standstill. This has led to waterlogging in several areas of the city. Knee-deep water is accumulating on the roads, causing serious disruption to vehicle movement. City residents are not going out except for urgent needs, thinking of the suffering. Laborers are in extreme distress. Many schools have declared a holiday on Wednesday due to waterlogging. Three days of continuous…

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Desk Report, Indian Air Force fighter jet crashes in Rajasthan, two pilots killed An Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jet crashed in Ratangarh tehsil of Churu in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The IAF has confirmed that both pilots on board the aircraft have been killed. Indian Air Force fighter jet crashes in Rajasthan, two pilots killed The Indian Air Force said in a post on ‘X’, ‘Today, during a routine training mission, an IAF Jaguar trainer aircraft crashed. It crashed in Churu district of Rajasthan. Both pilots were seriously…

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Desk Report, 32 prominent citizens demand end to eviction of Santals in Gobindaganj in the name of EPZ Thirty-two prominent citizens of the country have demanded an end to the eviction of Santal farmers and attempts to acquire fertile agricultural land in the name of setting up an EPZ in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha. At the same time, they have also demanded an impartial investigation into the corruption and irregularities committed in the establishment of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) or Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the last one and a half to…

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Desk Report, The bond that July… My son met photographer Shahidul Alam Bhai once about seven years ago. He was riding his folding bicycle through Dhanmondi. My son sat in a rickshaw with his grandmother. He looked at the bicycle through the gap in the hood with surprise. Shahidul Bhai asked him a little surprised, ‘Can you ride a bicycle?’ The bond that July… If July 24 had not come into my life, it is unlikely that I or any member of my family would have had more contact with…

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Desk Report, The government will provide 1GB of free internet data to all citizens of the country on July 18. The government has decided to provide free internet to all the people of the country as part of the July Uprising Day celebrations. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has already issued a directive to all operators in the country to provide free internet on July 18. The government will provide 1GB of free internet data to all citizens of the country on July 18. The directive was issued by…

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Desk Report, A recent New York Times article came under fire from readers for its coverage of the issue—and for good reason. The headline was “Mamdani identified himself as Asian and African American on college application.” Here are some of the reasons why the New York Times article has come under fire, according to Margaret Sullivan, a columnist for The Guardian US. She writes about media, politics, and culture. In her column, Margaret Sullivan wrote that the article was about New York City mayoral candidate Zohrab Mamdani, whose landslide victory…

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Desk Report, NCP not getting ‘Shapla’ symbol The Election Commission (EC) has taken a policy decision not to list the ‘shapla’ as an election symbol in the rules. As a result, no political party will get ‘shapla’ as their party symbol. NCP not getting ‘Shapla’ symbol The National Citizen Party (NCP), a political party formed by the youth who led the mass uprising, recently applied to the EC for registration as a party. They have asked for ‘shapla’ as their symbol. In addition to the shapla, the NCP’s application has…

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Desk Report, The dissatisfaction that Liton wants to satisfy with Tanjim A dissatisfaction has been plaguing Bangladeshi cricket for ages. Khaled Mahmud and Mushfiqur Babu have tried to remove that dissatisfaction in their time. But the question remains as to how much it has enriched Bangladeshi cricket. The reality is that the lack of a pace bowling all-rounder is still another name for dissatisfaction in Bangladeshi cricket. The dissatisfaction that Liton wants to satisfy with Tanjim Bangladesh will once again enter the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka starting tomorrow…

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Desk Report, Attempts are being made to portray rational statements against ‘mafia’ Bashundhara as a ‘threat to the media’: Hasnat Abdullah Hasnat Abdullah, the chief organizer of the National Citizens Party (NCP) in the southern region, has said that the wheels of the cultural and intellectual machinery of the fallen fascists have started to turn. Terming Bashundhara Group, one of the country’s leading industrial groups, as a ‘media mafia’, he said that some journalists are trying to portray his logical statement and position against a mafia group as a ‘threat…

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