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Ekushey medalist poet Asim Saha’s death

Ekushey Padak-winning poet and novelist Asim Saha passed away at about 4:00pm on Tuesday (June 18) while undergoing treatment at

Petrobangla cancels LNG spot cargo deliveries

Bangladesh’s Petrobangla has cancelled some spot liquefied natural gas imports after one of the country’s two import terminals was damaged

Putin vows to support North Korea against US

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Tuesday to deepen trade and security ties with North Korea and to support it

Israeli forces deepen Rafah invasion, kill 17 in central camps

Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed at least 17 Palestinians in two of the Gaza Strip’s historic refugee camps and Israeli

11 people dead, 64 people missing from 2 shipwrecks in Mediterranean Sea

Sixty-four people were missing in the Mediterranean Sea and several were rescued after their ship wrecked off Italy’s southern coast

Judiciary is free, ACC is also free: Obaidul Quader

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said both judiciary and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in the country are free. Investigation