Top 30 in national selection receive awards, final selection on July 29 and 30

Desk Report, Top 30 in national selection receive awards, final selection on July 29 and 30 30 people have passed the national selection of the 20th edition of the astronomy event ‘Apex Astro-Olympiad’. Five of them will be finally selected on July 29 and 30. They will participate in the Open World Astronomy Olympiad to be held in Russia next September. Top 30 in national selection receive awards, final selection on July 29 and 30 This Saturday morning, the national selection program was organized at the East West University campus…

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Bangladesh Writers’ Camp President Kazi Iqbal, Editor Shafi Rahman

Desk Report, Bangladesh Writers’ Camp President Kazi Iqbal, Editor Shafi Rahman Kazi Iqbal has been elected as the president of Bangladesh Writers’ Camp, while Shafi Rahman has been appointed as the general secretary. A 21-member central executive committee was formed after the concluding session of the two-day national conference of the Writers’ Camp today, Saturday. At the beginning of the first session, the representatives present discussed the report of the general secretary. Barkat Ali, Ajit Roy, Abidul Islam, Barkat Ullah, Minhaj Ahmed, Humayun Kabir, Nazmul Alam, Faizul Hakim, Khaled Uddin,…

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5 arrested, including a leader of anti-discrimination student movement, on extortion charges

Desk Report, 5 arrested, including a leader of anti-discrimination student movement, on extortion charges Five people have been arrested on charges of extortion at the residence of Awami League leader and former MP Shammi Ahmed in the capital’s Gulshan area. They were arrested from the Gulshan area around 8 pm on Saturday. 5 arrested, including a leader of anti-discrimination student movement, on extortion charges These five are Md. Riyad, Md. Siam, Md. Sadaf, Md. Ibrahim and Md. Aminul. Gulshan Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Hafizur Rahman told Prothom Alo that Riyad…

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Tarique Rahman is the main hero of the July Movement: Amir Khasru

Desk Report, Tarique Rahman is the main hero of the July Movement: Amir Khasru Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, a member of the party’s national standing committee, has said that the main hero of the movement is BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman. He made this comment at a rally in Chittagong on Saturday evening, saying that the leaders and activists of all the constituent organizations including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jubo Dal, Sramik Dal, Chhatra Dal, and Swechchhasebak Dal played the biggest role in the July-August movement. Begum Khaleda Zia…

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Attempts are being made to sabotage the election process by creating chaos: Chief Advisor

Desk Report, Attempts are being made to sabotage the election process by creating chaos: Chief Advisor Principal Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus has commented that the defeated forces are trying to sabotage the election by creating chaos. He has called on all anti-fascist forces to remain united to resist this evil attempt. Attempts are being made to sabotage the election process by creating chaos: Chief Advisor Principal Advisor Professor Yunus made this call at a meeting with leaders of 14 parties and alliances at the State Guest House Jamuna on Saturday…

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A party becomes a monster when it loses its fear of losing power: Legal Advisor

Desk Report, A party becomes a monster when it loses its fear of losing power: Legal Advisor Law Advisor Professor Asif Nazrul said, “When a party thinks that it will lose power after five years, they do less bad things even out of fear. They violate human rights less. When the fear of losing power of a party goes away, they turn into monsters. We can understand this when we look at the past Awami regime.” A party becomes a monster when it loses its fear of losing power: Legal…

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When the tap doesn’t come out: The horror of Bangladesh’s future water crisis

Desk Report, When the tap doesn’t come out: The horror of Bangladesh’s future water crisis Imagine a day, you wake up, go to wash your face, turn on the tap, but there is no water. You wait for half an hour, but still there is no water. Your mother is standing in the kitchen; she is unable to wash rice, let alone make tea in the morning. What if such a day happens every day? Many may think that this happens in countries like Sahara in Africa. But the reality…

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Low-lying areas of Noakhali coast remain flooded for the second day, people in distress

Desk Report, Low-lying areas of Noakhali coast remain flooded for the second day, people in distress Due to the new moon and low pressure, the low-lying areas of the coastal area of Noakhali have been flooded for the second consecutive day due to abnormal tides. This has damaged about three kilometers of embankments in Hatiya, the island upazila of the district. At the same time, waterlogging has also increased in the mainland of the district due to fresh rainfall. Low-lying areas of Noakhali coast remain flooded for the second day,…

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What happened in the selective ‘police killing’ in Baniyachang?

Desk Report, What happened in the selective ‘police killing’ in Baniyachang? In Baniachang, Habiganj, the largest village in Bangladesh, on August 5, after clashes, attacks on the police station, and deaths of villagers in police firing, an unprecedented incident of angry villagers negotiating with the army and administration over the demand for ‘police killings’ took place. On that day, angry people attacked the Baniachang police station, looted weapons and set fire to it, and more than fifty policemen were besieged. What happened in the selective ‘police killing’ in Baniyachang? Earlier,…

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Government maintains previous tariff on jute exports

Desk report, Government maintains previous tariff on jute exports The government has brought back the fee (fee) for the export of raw jute and jute products to its previous level. The government will now charge 2 taka for each bale of raw jute export as before. And it will charge 10 paisa against the export price of every 100 taka of jute products. Government maintains previous tariff on jute exports After 30 years, in April, through a notification, the government had fixed a fee of 7 taka for each bale…

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