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The one of a kind Paris opening ceremony: five memorable moments
Boundary-breaking, genre-defying and unprecedented: the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics got the 2024 Summer Games underway with a pulsating energy and unique show that will never be forgotten.
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Lady Gaga, Celine Dion add sparkle to star-studded Olympic show
Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura joined dancers, an opera diva and even a heavy metal band in an opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics that sought
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Historic river parade launches Paris Olympics
A historic boat parade down the River Seine launched the Paris Olympics with spectacular French flair Friday, as the City of Light welcomed the world's greatest athletes for a sporting
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EU transfers 1.5b euros raised from Russian assets for Ukraine
The EU on Friday said 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) had been made available to support Ukraine, the first chunk of money earned from profits on Russian...
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Olympic opening ceremony under way on River Seine
The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics began Friday, an unprecedented and ambitious show with up to 7,000 athletes parading down the River Seine past the historic monuments of the
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Bangladesh
3 quota protest leaders held for their own safety: home minister
Three quota protest organisers have been taken into custody for their own safety, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan
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Even his dead body was shot, says Tahmid's father
As the protesters in Narsigdi were chanting slogans placing Tahmid's body on a stretcher in front of them police fired again. That bullet hit Tahmid’s body.
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Recent violence: Rab arrests 290 more people
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested 290 people from different parts of the country including Dhaka in connection with the recent violence over quota protests
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Met office predicts light to moderate rains across Bangladesh
Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Saturday predicted light to moderate rains across the country in 24 hours commencing 9:00am...
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Bangladesh maritime ports asked to hoist cautionary signal 3
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3 as the low-pressure area over North Bay and adjoining area
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Delhi tightens purse strings on Dhaka aid
Foreign aid to Bangladesh from India was the lowest among key development partners in the just-ended FY 2023-24, data shows. Moreover, the neighbouring country in its FY 2024-25 union budget
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International
France breathes sigh of relief after Olympics ceremony
After years of preparation, France could Saturday breathe a sigh of relief -- it had pulled off the Olympic opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Games.
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G20 pledges to work together to tax ultra-rich
G20 nations have agreed to work together to make the super-rich pay their taxes, but stopped short of a more substantial deal, according to a declaration adopted Friday after a
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Blinken set for talks with Chinese foreign minister in Laos
Blinken has prioritised promoting a "free and open" Asia-Pacific region -- a thinly veiled criticism of China's regional economic, strategic and territorial ambitions
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FBI confirms Trump hit by bullet in assassination attempt
Former US president Donald Trump was indeed hit by an assassin's bullet or a fragment of one, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday, putting to rest questions over the
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'Massive attack' on French rail threatens more chaos
French rail officials warned of travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of people throughout the weekend after saboteurs following a meticulous plan paralysed much of the train network Friday as
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Ukraine attacked Russian base on Crimea: Kyiv source
Ukrainian aerial and maritime drones struck Russian military targets on the annexed Crimean peninsula, a defence source in Kyiv told AFP Thursday, after Moscow reported an overnight drone assault.
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Technology
Are your messenger chats secure?
Here's what you need to know about end-to-end encryption on Messenger.
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Sport
IOC apologises for South Korea gaffe in Olympics opening ceremony
The International Olympic Committee apologised Saturday for a gaffe during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in which South Korean athletes were incorrectly introduced as North Korean.
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Injured Messi out for defending champ Miami as Leagues Cup begins
Lionel Messi will not play for Inter Miami as the defending Leagues Cup champions begin their repeat bid on Saturday (Sunday morning in Bangladesh time) at home against Puebla, Miami
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Suryakumar has faith in India's emerging talent
The retirement of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravindra Jadeja from T20 internationals has left India in a transition phase, but newly-appointed T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav on Friday said he
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ECB to pay Zimbabwe touring fee for 2025 Test
"Normally the touring team gets itself into the country and then it's looked after in terms of accommodation, all the rest of it but there's no fee for that team
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Sagorika wants to build on impressive debut
Bangladesh women's football's latest sensation Mosammat Sagorika said she would like to build on her debut hattrick as the women in red and green take on Bhutan in the second
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আলোচিত
দেশের প্রতিটি আনাচকানাচে অপরাধীদের খুঁজে বের করে বিচারের মুখোমুখি করুন: প্রধানমন্ত্রী
শেখ হাসিনা বলেন, ‘আমি তাই দেশবাসীকে বলব, এই ঢাকাবাসীকেই বলব, আজ আপনাদের এই দুর্ভোগ, আমি তো লাঘব করে দিয়েছিলাম।’
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বিএনপি- জামাতের তান্ডব পাক বাহিনীর পৈচাশিকতাকেও হার মানিয়েছে -এডভোকেট কামরুল ইসলাম
আওয়ামী লীগের সভাপতি মন্ডলীর সদস্য ও ঢাকা- ২ আসনের সংসদ সদস্য এডভোকেট কামরুল ইসলাম বলেছেন, কোটা সংস্কার আন্দোলনের সাথে মিশে...
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সরকার গণহত্যার দায় এড়াতে ছাত্রশিবিরকে জড়িয়ে মিথ্যা প্রোপাগান্ডা চালাচ্ছে : ছাত্রশিবির
কোটা সংস্কার আন্দোলনকে কেন্দ্র করে ছাত্রলীগ, যুবলীগ, আওয়ামী লীগ ও আইনশৃঙ্খলা রক্ষাকারী বাহিনী কর্তৃক সংঘটিত গণহত্যার দায় এড়াতে এবং শিক্ষার্থীদের আন্দোলনকে প্রশ্নবিদ্ধ করতে অবৈধ এই...
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Politics
BNP calls for ‘national unity’ on one-point demand
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has called for a ‘national unity’ to press home one-point demand of ousting the Awami League government in the context of conducting mass arrest and torture on
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Jatiya Mukti Council for immediate withdrawal of curfew
The Jatiya Mukti Council on Friday demanded the withdrawal of curfew immediately, mentioning that the government declared an unofficial military rule by...
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AL, minister continue to post on social media amid shutdown
Both ruling Awami League and state minister for posts, telecommunication and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak continue to give posts on facebook although common users have been...
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Expose culprits from every nook and corner to justice: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said that the BNP-Jamaat and Shibir carried out the nationwide mayhem to undermine the country’s development alongside...
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Stop arrest, harassments of opposition leaders: ASM Abdur Rab
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD president ASM Abdur Rab in a statement on Thursday called on the government to stop arrest and harassments of opposition leaders centring on...
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Business
Bangladesh to face internet disruptions until evening
Internet connectivity in Bangladesh will face partial disruptions for 12 hours today due to the maintenance of a submarine cable. That comes on top of the country’s already slow internet
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Quota protest: Shippers' council seeks waiver of port surcharges
Shippers Council of Bangladesh (SCB) has sought a waiver of various surcharges that the importers will have to pay due to delays in receiving goods from ports amid the quota
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Economy regains momentum, though not fully
Transportation of imported raw materials from Chattogram port is yet to be normal, while a shortage in transports has driven up the costs.
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Editorial
We are all biomass
We all know that we are part of nature and fully dependent on it for our survival, yet this recognition does not translate into action.
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Can we expect some accountability from the government?
Last week’s political violence in Bangladesh was by far the worst I have seen since I first visited and fell in love with this country 15 years ago.
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Need for a bold, result-oriented monetary policy
In the monetary policy statement (MPS) for the first half of the ongoing financial year (FY 2024-25) that the central bank, the Bangladesh Bank (BB), made public on July 18
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Infrastructural damage and destruction
No movement in independent Bangladesh's history has ever been as costly as the one of quota reform both in terms of loss of life and damage to and destruction of
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Entertainment
Lawyer insists Justin Timberlake was sober at time of arrest
In June of this year, Justin Timberlake was detained in Sag. Harbour, New York, for a DWI incident. At a subsequent court session on Friday, July 26, Timberlake’s legal representatives
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Michael C Hall returns to 'Dexter' in new spin-off series
The actor announced at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con on Friday that he will reprise his iconic role as Dexter in two new spin-off shows
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OTT platforms, YouTube channels face huge losses due to internet outage
Entertainment platforms, including online-based Over-The-Top or OTT media services, have faced economic losses due to the internet outage across Bangladesh amid the violence surrounding the quota reform protests. Those in
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Kill: First Indian action film to be remade in Hollywood
Hand-to-hand combat is treated precisely in action movies worldwide. We have seen extraordinary hand-to-hand combat in Hollywood, Korean, and Chinese cinema. But Bollywood lagged in this genre until Kill hit
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Health
Dengue: One dead, 148 hospitalised in 24hrs
One dengue patient died while 148 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till this morning
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Life style
High blood pressure may increase risk of strokes
High systolic blood pressure (the top number on the blood pressure reading and how hard the heart pumps blood to the arteries) increases the risk of the two most common
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