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Who will win the Golden Gloves?

The Golden Gloves are the award given to the best goalkeeper at the World Cup. Goalkeepers are in the running for this award based on their key saves in knockout matches and their outstanding performances in the final moments of the tournament. The Golden Glove trophy, awarded to the best goalkeeper at the FIFA World Cup, may look like a ...

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BFIU freezes Tk 76,000cr linked to Hasina family, 10 business groups

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has frozen assets worth about Tk 76,000 crore linked to the Hasina family and 10 widely discussed business groups as part of its anti-money laundering drive. Of the total amount, Tk 57,000 crore has been frozen in Bangladesh, while the rest has been blocked overseas. The information was disclosed on Wednesday by BFIU chief ...

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Hasina has no chance to surrender, will be arrested upon return: Home Minister

Home Affairs Adviser Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said there is no opportunity for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, to surrender, adding that she will be arrested immediately if she returns to Bangladesh. Speaking as the chief guest at a discussion titled “The Turning Point of the July Mass Uprising” at ...

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46 BGB stands by flood victims with medical camp

Sreemangal Battalion (46 BGB) has distributed free medical services, essential medicines, water purification tablets, and cooked food among hundreds of flood-affected border residents in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar. The humanitarian program was organized on Wednesday (July 15) at the Kurmachhara Government Primary School ground under the jurisdiction of Mokabil BOP in the upazila. Sreemangal Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Sarkar Asif ...

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PM Tarique Rahman for collective efforts to make country greener

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said everyone must work together to make Bangladesh greener and urged children to plant at least one tree each every year. “We all should make an effort to make our country greener,” he said. The Prime Minister made the call while inaugurating a nationwide tree plantation programme at government primary schools at the Bangladesh-China ...

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New Zealand detects H5 bird flu

New Zealand has detected the first case of H5 bird flu, after a migratory seabird was found on a beach in Wellington, officials said Wednesday. H5 bird flu has caused severe disease and high death rates in poultry and wild birds worldwide. “New Zealanders are being asked to be alert after a single ocean-going seabird, a brown skua, returned a ...

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BGB turns to drones for flood relief in Habiganj

Habiganj Correspondent : The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has deployed drones to deliver relief to people stranded in remote, waterlogged villages in the flood-hit haor region of Habiganj. Alongside boat-based operations, drones have been used to air-drop dry food and cash assistance to areas inaccessible due to flooding, BGB officials said. The operation began yesterday in several villages under Sujatpur ...

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Oil prices cross $80 a barrel amid US-Iran tension

Global crude oil prices have surged past $80 per barrel due to prolonging US-Iran military tension. President Donald Trump has put a sanction on Iranian sea ports while Iran launched fresh strikes on US military infrastructures around the Middle East. On Wednesday (July 15), Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose by $1.46 or 1.72 per cent. It reached $86.19 per ...

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Students block road in Uttara again

Students blocked a road and staged a protest in Uttara demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dr. A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milan. They are protesting the continuation of HSC exams during adverse weather and the use of faulty question papers. A group of students announced the program on social media. They gathered in front of the BNS Center in ...

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Flood-hit homes to be rebuilt under government initiative: State Minister

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Anindya Islam Amit on Wednesday said the government would rebuild flood-damaged homes that have become uninhabitable and rehabilitate affected families. He made the remarks while distributing relief materials among flood victims in the Ambagan area of Balaghata in Bandarban town. The state minister said houses that were fully or partially damaged by ...

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