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Foundation, Bangladesh, yesterday filed a complaint with Adabor Police Station after carcasses of three stray dogs and a cat were found in Mohammadpur’s Japan Garden City on Friday night.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">6h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columns small-12 medium-3 large-3"> <div class="card position-relative"> <div class="card-image position-relative w66"> <a href="/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/new-age-editor-harassed-airport-3759776" aria-label="New Age editor harassed at airport "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/media/api_images/2024/11/23/Nurul-Kabir.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" 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class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/images/2024/11/15/nahid.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/images/2024/11/15/nahid.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/politics/news/attempts-tarnish-image-students-nahid-3760016">Attempts on to tarnish image of students: Nahid</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam yesterday said attempts are being made to tarnish the image of students, who led the protests that toppled the Awami League regime, to undermine the July uprising</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">7h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columns small-12 medium-3 large-3"> <div class="card position-relative"> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/ctg-jubo-league-man-who-fired-protesters-held-3760011">Ctg Jubo League man who fired at protesters held</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Another Jubo League man who opened fire from a shotgun on students and protesters on August 4 in New Market area in Chattogram has been arrested by police from Satkhira district</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">7h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columns small-12 medium-3 large-3"> <div class="card position-relative"> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/govt-could-form-commission-the-marginalised-3759981">Govt could form commission for the marginalised </a> </h3> <p class="intro">Eminent economist Prof Rehman Sobhan yesterday said the interim government could form a separate commission to protect the rights of the disadvantaged or marginalised communities.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">8h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columns small-12 medium-3 large-3"> <div class="card position-relative"> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/education/news/double-shift-schools-students-losing-out-learning-hours-3759971">Double-shift schools: Students losing out on learning hours</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Double shift primary schools deprive the children of up to a third of the teaching hours compared to students of schools with just one shift.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">8h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columns small-12 medium-3 large-3"> <div class="card position-relative"> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/elections/news/new-cec-election-commissioners-be-sworn-today-3759966">New CEC, election commissioners to be sworn in today</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin and four other election commissioners will take oath at the Supreme Court today.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">8h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-category-news no-title block" class="panel-pane pane-category-news no-title block"> <div class="pane-content">  <div class="section has-top-separator position-relative bg-light-grey Bangladesh"> <div class="row"> </div> <div class="row pt-30 "> <div class="columns small-12 medium-4 large-5"> <div class="card position-relative border-bottom"> <div class="card-image position-relative w66"> <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/doing-business-gets-harder-gas-power-shortage-3759956" 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card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/form-resistance-against-discriminations-3760101">Form resistance against discriminations</a> </h3> <p class="intro">To create a discrimination-free Bangladesh, resistance must be built against those promoting inequality, said Prof Anu Muhammad yesterday.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">9h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card position-relative horizontal type-horizontal-list row border-bottom collapse image-reverse"> <div class="card-image position-relative w33 columns small-3 medium-3"> <a href="/news/bangladesh/politics/news/more-reserved-seats-women-3760091" aria-label="‘More reserved seats for women’ "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/feature/images/2020/12/22/parliament.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/feature/images/2020/12/22/parliament.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/politics/news/more-reserved-seats-women-3760091">‘More reserved seats for women’</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Women rights activists and senior television journalists yesterday proposed increasing the number of reserved seats for women in the parliament, alongside a direct presidential election.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">9h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card position-relative horizontal type-horizontal-list row border-bottom collapse image-reverse"> <div class="card-image position-relative w33 columns small-3 medium-3"> <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/ensure-no-innocent-harassed-igp-3760096" aria-label="Ensure no innocent is harassed: IGP "> <picture title="new IGP and DMP commissioner" class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/20/tds_20.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/20/tds_20.jpg" alt="new IGP and DMP commissioner" title="new IGP and DMP commissioner" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/ensure-no-innocent-harassed-igp-3760096">Ensure no innocent is harassed: IGP</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam yesterday instructed field-level officers to properly investigate cases filed after August 5 to ensure no innocent person is harassed.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">9h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card position-relative horizontal type-horizontal-list row border-bottom collapse image-reverse"> <div class="card-image position-relative w33 columns small-3 medium-3"> <a href="/news/bangladesh/politics/news/no-political-return-hasina-her-allies-without-trial-sarjis-3759876" aria-label="No political return for Hasina, her allies without trial: Sarjis "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/23/19201080_frame_17.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/23/19201080_frame_17.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/politics/news/no-political-return-hasina-her-allies-without-trial-sarjis-3759876">No political return for Hasina, her allies without trial: Sarjis</a> </h3> <p class="intro">He condemned those advocating for the political rehabilitation of Sheikh Hasina and her associates, describing them as accomplices of fascists.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">10h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card position-relative horizontal type-horizontal-list row border-bottom collapse image-reverse"> <div class="card-image position-relative w33 columns small-3 medium-3"> <a href="/news/bangladesh/politics/news/bnp-posters-banners-cover-ctg-3759811" aria-label="BNP posters, banners cover Ctg "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/23/468210341_8924228120966972_2565189343469499203_n.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/23/468210341_8924228120966972_2565189343469499203_n.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/politics/news/bnp-posters-banners-cover-ctg-3759811">BNP posters, banners cover Ctg</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Residents allege the publicity materials ruin the city’s beauty</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">12h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card position-relative horizontal type-horizontal-list row border-bottom collapse image-reverse"> <div class="card-image position-relative w33 columns small-3 medium-3"> <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/committee-probe-iut-students-electrocution-3759671" aria-label="Committee to probe IUT students' electrocution "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/23/iut.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/23/iut.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/committee-probe-iut-students-electrocution-3759671">Committee to probe IUT students' electrocution</a> </h3> <p class="intro">The accident happened when the double-decker bus tilted slightly while making way for another vehicle and touched the high-voltage line</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">16h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card position-relative horizontal type-horizontal-list row border-bottom collapse image-reverse"> <div class="card-image position-relative w33 columns small-3 medium-3"> <a href="/top-news/news/unified-law-all-local-government-elections-3759656" aria-label="A unified law for all local government elections "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/21/ec_logo_3.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/21/ec_logo_3.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/top-news/news/unified-law-all-local-government-elections-3759656">A unified law for all local government elections</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Advocates electoral reform commission</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">16h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card position-relative horizontal type-horizontal-list row border-bottom collapse image-reverse"> <div class="card-image position-relative w33 columns small-3 medium-3"> <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/452-road-crashes-claim-475-lives-october-3759616" aria-label="452 road crashes claim 475 lives in October "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/23/road-accident-bangladesh.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/23/road-accident-bangladesh.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/452-road-crashes-claim-475-lives-october-3759616">452 road crashes claim 475 lives in October</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Of the victims, 138 bike related road crashes claimed lives of 163 people</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">18h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card position-relative horizontal type-horizontal-list row border-bottom collapse image-reverse"> <div class="card-image position-relative w33 columns small-3 medium-3"> <a href="/news/bangladesh/accidents-fires/news/fire-breaks-out-farmgate-building-3759611" aria-label="Fire breaks out at Farmgate building "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/23/img-20241123-wa0033.jpg 1x" data-aspectratio="/" media="(min-width: 1024px)" />    <img class="ratio ratio__16x9 lazyload" data-aspectratio="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/23/img-20241123-wa0033.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/accidents-fires/news/fire-breaks-out-farmgate-building-3759611">Fire breaks out at Farmgate building</a> </h3> <p class="intro">The cause of the fire could not be known immediately</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">18h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card position-relative horizontal type-horizontal-list row border-bottom collapse image-reverse"> <div class="card-image position-relative w33 columns small-3 medium-3"> <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/low-pressure-likely-over-bay-bmd-3759581" aria-label="Low pressure likely over Bay: BMD "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source 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