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" > <a href="/opinion/letters-the-editor/news/destruction-hargazi-canal-3594271">Destruction of Hargazi Canal</a> </h3> <p class="intro">There are no visible changes yet. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columns small-12 medium-5 large-4"> <div class="card position-relative horizontal row image-reverse align-justify border-bottom"> <div class="card-image position-relative columns small-12 medium-5"> <a href="/opinion/letters-the-editor/news/trapped-never-ending-scroll-3507351" aria-label="Trapped in a never-ending scroll? 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text-12"> <span class="interval">14h 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="/opinion/views/news/bangladesh-should-intervene-fast-the-gaza-genocide-case-3867171" aria-label="Bangladesh should intervene fast in the Gaza genocide case "> <picture title="Gaza genocide case at ICJ" class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/04/09/gaza.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/2025/04/09/gaza.jpg" alt="Gaza genocide case at ICJ" title="Gaza genocide case at ICJ" />  </picture> </a> </div> <div class="card-content card-content columns" > <h3 class="title" > <a href="/opinion/views/news/bangladesh-should-intervene-fast-the-gaza-genocide-case-3867171">Bangladesh should intervene fast in the Gaza genocide case</a> </h3> <p class="intro">Bangladesh made written and/or oral submissions in the four advisory opinions related to Palestine.</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="/opinion/editorial/news/make-upazila-health-complexes-effective-3867126" aria-label="Make upazila health complexes effective "> <picture title="Make upazila health complexes effective" class="ratio ratio__16x9">  <source data-srcset="https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/medium_202/public/images/2025/04/09/shortage_of_doctors_in_upazila_health_complexes.png 1x" 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