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class="interval">1h 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/news/wounded-bangladesh-protesters-receive-prosthetic-hand-3760256" aria-label="Wounded Bangladesh protesters receive prosthetic hand "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/images/2024/11/24/afp_20241124_36n676f_v1_preview_filesbangladeshunresthealth.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/2024/11/24/afp_20241124_36n676f_v1_preview_filesbangladeshunresthealth.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/news/wounded-bangladesh-protesters-receive-prosthetic-hand-3760256">Wounded Bangladesh protesters receive prosthetic hand</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Squeezing rubber-covered robotic prosthetic hands, Bangladesh protesters wounded during the deadly revolution to topple autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina test out replacement arms for their lost limbs</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">1h 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/accidents-fires/news/deaths-3-iut-students-breb-suspends-7-officials-3760241" aria-label="Deaths of 3 IUT students: BREB suspends 7 officials "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/images/2024/11/24/mahin.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/2024/11/24/mahin.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/accidents-fires/news/deaths-3-iut-students-breb-suspends-7-officials-3760241">Deaths of 3 IUT students: BREB suspends 7 officials </a> </h3> <p class="intro">Following an initial investigation, the BREB suspended the seven officials last night</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">1h 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/news/workers-block-dhaka-msingh-highway-demanding-factory-reopening-3760211" aria-label="Workers block Dhaka-M'singh highway demanding factory reopening "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/images/2024/11/24/img-20241124-wa0007.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/2024/11/24/img-20241124-wa0007.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/news/workers-block-dhaka-msingh-highway-demanding-factory-reopening-3760211">Workers block Dhaka-M'singh highway demanding factory reopening</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Traffic severely disrupted for 45 minutes</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">2h 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-announce-recruitment-22000-officials-today-3760206">Govt to announce recruitment of 22,000 officials today</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Senior secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration will provide further details at a press conference around 1:00pm</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">3h 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/ex-chief-justice-ruhul-amin-no-more-3760166">Ex-chief justice Ruhul Amin no more</a> </h3> <p class="intro">He breathed his last at 4:30am while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">4h 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="/environment/pollution/air-pollution/news/dhakas-air-quality-2nd-worst-the-world-morning-3760161">Dhaka's air quality 2nd worst in the world this morning</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Today's air was classified as "very unhealthy", according to the AQI index</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">4h 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/61pc-want-polls-within-year-659pc-prefer-reforms-first-3759696">61pc want polls within a year, 65.9pc prefer reforms first</a> </h3> <p class="intro">More than three out of every five (61.1 percent) Bangladeshis said they wanted elections within a year, while almost 66 percent said they wanted necessary reforms before the elections, as per a survey by the Voice of America’s Bangla service.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">10h 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"> <div class="row"> <div class="columns small-12"> <div class="row collapse align-middle title-wrapper "> <div class="columns has-title-seperator"></div> <div class="columns shrink position-relative"> <div class="text-72-90 fw-700 color-cyan no-pointer">Asia</div> <h2 class="section-title "> <a href="/news/asia">Asia</a> </h2> </div> <div class="columns has-title-seperator"></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/asia/south-asia/news/sectarian-violence-fresh-clashes-kill-32-pakistan-3759881" aria-label="Sectarian violence: Fresh clashes kill 32 in Pakistan "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/images/2024/11/23/2024-11-22t140618z_1576862242_rc26abazqsq0_rtrmadp_3_pakistan-attacks.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/2024/11/23/2024-11-22t140618z_1576862242_rc26abazqsq0_rtrmadp_3_pakistan-attacks.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/asia/south-asia/news/sectarian-violence-fresh-clashes-kill-32-pakistan-3759881">Sectarian violence: Fresh clashes kill 32 in Pakistan</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Around 300 families yesterday fled sectarian violence in northwest Pakistan as fresh sectarian clashes killed another 32 people.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">13h 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/asia/india/news/india-bloc-ahead-jharkhand-assembly-polls-3759576" aria-label="INDIA bloc ahead in Jharkhand assembly polls "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/feature/images/jharkhand-1.png 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/feature/images/jharkhand-1.png" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/asia/india/news/india-bloc-ahead-jharkhand-assembly-polls-3759576">INDIA bloc ahead in Jharkhand assembly polls </a> </h3> <p class="intro">Trend showed that INDIA had risen to 51 of the 81 seats in the state assembly, considerably above the 41-seat majority, while the BJP-led NDA had taken the lead in 28</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">1d 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/asia/news/10-killed-attack-sufi-shrine-3759366" aria-label="10 killed in attack on Sufi shrine "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/default_fallback.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/default_fallback.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/asia/news/10-killed-attack-sufi-shrine-3759366"><span class="color-red">NORTH AFGHANISTAN</span> / 10 killed in attack on Sufi shrine</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Ten people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a Sufi shrine in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, an interior ministry spokesman told AFP yesterday.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">1d 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/asia/south-asia/news/pakistani-town-uproar-after-40-shias-gunned-down-3759356" aria-label="Pakistani town in uproar after 40 Shias gunned down "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/default_fallback.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/default_fallback.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/asia/south-asia/news/pakistani-town-uproar-after-40-shias-gunned-down-3759356">Pakistani town in uproar after 40 Shias gunned down</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Angry crowds gathered in the remote Pakistani mountain town of Parachinar yesterday, incensed by an attack on an escorted convoy of buses in which 40 Shia Muslims died after being sprayed with automatic fire in an ambush.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">1d 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/asia/india/news/india-security-forces-kill-10-maoist-rebels-3759351">India security forces kill 10 Maoist rebels</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Indian security forces gunned down at least 10 Maoist rebels yesterday during a firefight, police said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to crush the long-running armed conflict.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">1d 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/asia/news/north-koreas-kim-accuses-us-stoking-tension-3759336">North Korea’s Kim accuses US of stoking tension</a> </h3> <p class="intro">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States of ramping up tension and provocations, saying the Korean peninsula has never faced a greater risk of nuclear war, state media KCNA said yesterday.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">1d 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/asia/india/news/step-vehicle-restrictions-3759326">Step up vehicle restrictions</a> </h3> <p class="intro">India’s top court yesterday ordered authorities in the smog-choked capital New Delhi to establish checkpoints on all 113 roads into the city to stop the entry of polluting vehicles.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">1d 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/asia/india/news/dead-man-wakes-funeral-pyre-dies-day-later-3759221">'Dead man' wakes up on funeral pyre, dies a day later</a> </h3> <p class="intro">A 25-year-old man declared dead by doctors woke up just as he was placed on the pyre but breathed his last a few hours later, capping a dramatic life and death story in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district on Thursday and Friday</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">1d 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"> <div class="row"> <div class="columns small-12"> <div class="row collapse align-middle title-wrapper "> <div class="columns has-title-seperator"></div> <div class="columns shrink position-relative"> <div class="text-72-90 fw-700 color-cyan no-pointer">World</div> <h2 class="section-title "> <a href="/news/world">World</a> </h2> </div> <div class="columns has-title-seperator"></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="/environment/climate-change/news/australia-protest-forces-ship-abort-arrival-coal-port-170-arrested-3760246" aria-label="Australia protest forces ship to abort arrival at coal port, 170 arrested "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/images/2024/11/24/australia_protest.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/2024/11/24/australia_protest.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/environment/climate-change/news/australia-protest-forces-ship-abort-arrival-coal-port-170-arrested-3760246">Australia protest forces ship to abort arrival at coal port, 170 arrested</a> </h3> <p class="intro">New South Wales police said 170 protesters were arrested on Sunday for refusing to move from the shipping channel near the Port of Newcastle.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">2h 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/world/news/russia-says-us-using-taiwan-stir-crisis-asia-3760201" aria-label="Russia says US using Taiwan to stir crisis in Asia "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/images/2024/11/24/tow-2a_wire-guided_anti-tank_missile.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/2024/11/24/tow-2a_wire-guided_anti-tank_missile.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/world/news/russia-says-us-using-taiwan-stir-crisis-asia-3760201">Russia says US using Taiwan to stir crisis in Asia</a> </h3> <p class="intro">The US is Taiwan's most important international backer and arms supplier, despite the lack of formal diplomatic recognition</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">3h 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/world/news/cheers-angst-us-nuclear-plant-three-mile-island-reopen-3760196" aria-label="Cheers, angst as US nuclear plant Three Mile Island to reopen "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/images/2024/11/24/the_three_mile_island_nuclear_power_plant.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/2024/11/24/the_three_mile_island_nuclear_power_plant.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/world/news/cheers-angst-us-nuclear-plant-three-mile-island-reopen-3760196">Cheers, angst as US nuclear plant Three Mile Island to reopen</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Gains could include some 3,400 jobs and three billion dollars in tax revenue for the surrounding counties, according to a study by the council.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">3h 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/world/news/trumps-mass-deportation-plan-could-end-hurting-economic-growth-3760191" aria-label="Trump's mass deportation plan could end up hurting economic growth "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_201/public/images/2024/11/24/migrant_workers_in_usa.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/2024/11/24/migrant_workers_in_usa.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content pt-20 pb-20 pr-20" > <h3 class="title fs-20" > <a href="/news/world/news/trumps-mass-deportation-plan-could-end-hurting-economic-growth-3760191">Trump's mass deportation plan could end up hurting economic growth</a> </h3> <p class="intro">US authorities estimate that there are around 11 million unauthorized people living in the United States, the vast majority of whom come from Mexico.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">3h 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/world/news/canada-apologizes-indigenous-group-mass-killing-sled-dogs-3760181">Canada apologizes to Indigenous group for 'mass killing' of sled dogs</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree delivered the apology in Nunavik, in northern Quebec province.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">3h 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/world/news/main-points-the-300-billion-climate-deal-3760171">Main points of the $300 billion climate deal</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Here are the main points of the agreement reached at COP29 in Baku</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">4h 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="/environment/climate-change/news/world-approves-300b-poor-nations-climate-deal-3760126">World approves $300b for poor nations in climate deal</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Nearly 200 nations approved Sunday a climate deal that raises to at least $300 billion a year the amount wealthy historic polluters pay poorer countries to take action against global warming</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">9h 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/world/middle-east/news/120-killed-48-hours-3760036"><span class="color-red">Israeli offensive in Gaza</span> / 120 killed in 48 hours</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 120 Palestinians over the last 48 hours and hit a hospital on the northern edge of the enclave, wounding medical staff and damaging equipment, Palestinian medics said yesterday.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">1d 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 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</picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/japan-garden-city-complaint-filed-over-poisoning-stray-animals-3759716">Japan garden city: Complaint filed over poisoning of stray animals</a> </h3> <p class="intro">The People for Animal Welfare (PAW) 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">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/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_202/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="" data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/media/api_images/2024/11/23/Nurul-Kabir.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/new-age-editor-harassed-airport-3759776">New Age editor harassed at airport</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Editor of New Age Nurul Kabir yesterday said he faced harassment at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport twice this week while flying to and from Colombo to attend a media conference.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">11h 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/youth-stabbed-death-bogura-concert-3760026" aria-label="Youth stabbed to death at Bogura concert "> <picture title="bogura map" class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2022/05/31/bogura.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/2022/05/31/bogura.jpg" alt="bogura map" title="bogura map" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/top-news/news/youth-stabbed-death-bogura-concert-3760026">Youth stabbed to death at Bogura concert</a> </h3> <p class="intro">A 26-year-old was stabbed to death while attending a concert at the Govt Azizul Haque College in Bogura around 9:00pm last night</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/politics/news/attempts-tarnish-image-students-nahid-3760016" aria-label="Attempts on to tarnish image of students: Nahid "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/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_202/public/images/2024/11/15/nahid.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <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">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/crime-justice/news/ctg-jubo-league-man-who-fired-protesters-held-3760011" aria-label="Ctg Jubo League man who fired at protesters held "> <picture title="arrest-detained-held-logo" class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/09/15/arrest_3_0.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/2024/09/15/arrest_3_0.jpg" alt="arrest-detained-held-logo" title="arrest-detained-held-logo" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <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">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/world/news/poor-nations-stage-walkout-cop29-3759871" aria-label="Poor nations stage walkout at cop29 "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/23/2024-11-23t115757z_1712158132_rc2zabam4x65_rtrmadp_3_climate-cop29-activism.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/2024/11/23/2024-11-23t115757z_1712158132_rc2zabam4x65_rtrmadp_3_climate-cop29-activism.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/world/news/poor-nations-stage-walkout-cop29-3759871">Poor nations stage walkout at cop29</a> </h3> <p class="intro">The world’s most climate-imperilled nations stormed out of consultations in protest at the deadlocked UN COP29 conference yesterday, as simmering tensions over a hard-fought finance deal erupted into the open.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">13h 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/govt-could-form-commission-the-marginalised-3759981" aria-label="Govt could form commission for the marginalised "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/24/rehman_sobhan.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/2024/11/24/rehman_sobhan.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <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">13h 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/education/news/double-shift-schools-students-losing-out-learning-hours-3759971" aria-label="Double-shift schools: Students losing out on learning hours "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/24/school-time.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/2024/11/24/school-time.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <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">13h 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/elections/news/new-cec-election-commissioners-be-sworn-today-3759966" aria-label="New CEC, election commissioners to be sworn in today "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/default_fallback.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/default_fallback.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <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">13h 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/doing-business-gets-harder-gas-power-shortage-3759956" aria-label="Doing business gets harder for gas, power shortage "> <picture class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2024/11/24/biz.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/2024/11/24/biz.jpg" alt="" title="" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/news/bangladesh/news/doing-business-gets-harder-gas-power-shortage-3759956">Doing business gets harder for gas, power shortage</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Insufficient gas and power supply, increased fuel prices and inflation have escalated production costs in Bangladesh, making doing business here harder, said top business leaders at a discussion yesterday.</p> <div class="card-top color-iron text-12"> <span class="interval">13h ago</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item-list item-list-pager"><ul class="pager pager-show-more"><li class="pager-show-more-next even first last"><a href="/news?page=1">+ More</a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="columns medium-3 small-12"> 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