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Traffic came to a halt for about an hour on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway after workers of a readymade garment factory blocked the road demanding overdue wages in Tongi on Wednesday morning, said police.

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Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that his government is focusing on short-term reforms rather than mid-term or long-term changes in various critical sectors of the country. "Now we’re trying to reform, but it would be short-term, not mid-term or long-term. We’ll leave a footprint behind so that you can at least walk on it.

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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the country`s most urgent need is now a free, fair and acceptable election, as various conspiracies and campaigns are being orchestrated against the nation. Talking to journalists at his residence in Thakurgaon district town, the BNP leader said that the proportional representation electoral system is not feasible in the context of Bangladesh.

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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today suggested creating a new life-style based on `zero waste and zero carbon` to protect the planet from climate catastrophes, presenting his longstanding dream of creating a new world of three zeroes. "In order to survive, we need to create another culture. A counter-culture which is based on a different lifestyle. It is based on zero waste. It will limit consumption to essential needs, leaving no residual waste," he said while speaking at the opening session of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit in COP29, held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

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A writ petition was filed today at the High Court, challenging the legality of the power deal signed between the government and the Adani Group of India. Supreme Court lawyer M Abdul Qaium filed the petition, which is likely to be heard by the High Court division bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury.

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‘The Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement has called a meeting with its 158 coordinators to outline upcoming programmes. The meeting is scheduled for this afternoon at the organisation`s central office in Rupayan Tower, Banglamotor.

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A bus carrying 25 passengers returning from a wedding plunged into a river late Tuesday in Gilgit-Baltistan, in northern Pakistan, officals told AFP on Wednesday, adding the bride had survived.

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Billionaire Elon Musk took a wild gamble backing Donald Trump`s White House candidacy, but the bet has paid off -- at least for now -- with the US president-elect handing him an outsized role to overhaul the government. Musk said before the election that a new "Department of Government Efficiency" would slash $2 trillion from the federal budget -- a big promise echoing his sky-high business ambitions that have made him the world`s wealthiest person.

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After a tumultuous year filled with anxiety and a legal battle about its future in the U.S., TikTok may have just been thrown a lifeline by the man who was once its biggest foe: Donald Trump. President-elect Trump, who tried to ban the social media platform the last time he was in the White House, has repeatedly pledged during his most recent campaign to oppose a ban on the short-form video app, which could happen as soon as mid-January if the company loses a court case that`s currently underway in Washington.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will leave Tuesday on an urgent trip to Brussels to discuss support for Ukraine after Donald Trump`s election win, the State Department said. The top US diplomat under outgoing President Joe Biden will meet Wednesday

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Two business establishments were fined TK 80,000 today for running their business violating the existing rules and regulations. Rajshahi divisional office of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute (BSTI) led by executive magistrate Zahid Hassan conducted a drive at Baya Bholabari area under Paba Upazila in the district and found Abir Battery involved in producing battery water illegally.

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Police in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with huge hemp from a bus in Bakshiganj upazila of the district this morning. The arrested was Md Abul Hasem, 36, son of Md Golam Robbani of Algar Char village in Roumary upazila of Kurigram district.

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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s primary capital market, experienced mixed trends during the first two hours of trading on Wednesday, with total transactions reaching Tk 191 crore by 12 pm. During this period, 5.56 crore shares and mutual fund units were exchanged through 68,680 transactions.

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Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in partnership with Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD), presented an evening with the Franco-German Jazz Trio featuring Luise Volkmann (saxophone), Max Andrzejewski (drums), and Paul Jarret (guitar) recently at the AFD, Dhanmondi, in Dhaka.As part of a successful regional jazz tour of the trio, the concert enamoured the Dhaka audiences on Sunday, November 10.

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Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said Bangladesh is willing to work with the ‘Climate Club’ to catalyse international cooperation in terms of capacity building, technology transfer and concessional decarbonisation finance. “LDCs will need preferential treatment owing to their special circumstances and development needs,” he said while attending the high-level ‘Climate Club Leader’s Meeting’ jointly hosted by Germany and Chile

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Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam today said there is no pressure of the government on the mass media and country’s media should focus on objective news with courage taking the advantage of the prevailing freedom of expression. “The people are constantly being misled by rumors and misinformation as the correct information is not being widely disseminated.

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