Sanofi confirms exit plan
After 60 years, the French pharma giant announces its plan to leave Bangladesh
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India court ends hearings on disputed religious site
Supreme Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi is expected to announce a verdict next month
Dealing with China isn’t worth the moral cost
It is the largest, most powerful and arguably most brutal totalitarian state in the world
Four big questions about Syria’s future
The surprise American withdrawal from parts of northern Syria reshuffled old alliances and touched off a new stage of the eight-year war
Russia capitalises on American void in Syria
Moscow can now press for Syrian army gains and project itself as a rising power broker in the Middle East
Technology eases woes for India’s trans people
A new app introduced as part of a drive to end an HIV epidemic is providing the transgender community better access to doctors, lifesaving drugs
Violence uproots nearly 500,000 in Burkina Faso
Aid groups and the government of the West African nation have been at a loss to respond to a fast-moving emergency, set off by lawlessness and suspected terrorist attacks in a once-tranquil country
The Kurdish struggle for rights and land
Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran all have large Kurdish minorities seeking varying degrees of autonomy from central governments after decades of repression
Scientists back wider family-planning access
It aims to curb climate change and fast-rising risks in a hotter world
Thai human traffickers flout orders to compensate victims
Their actions fuel fears that many survivors could be re-trafficked
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An aerial view of Lalbagh Fort, a 19th century Mughal establishment, in the middle of buildings in Old Dhaka.
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An aerial view of Lalbagh Fort, a 19th century Mughal establishment, in the middle of buildings in Old Dhaka.
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A mobile court fined two traders in Chattogram's Khatunganj wholesale market Tk 20,000 each for selling onion at higher prices than normal.
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Access to Information or a2i displays Afrin, a robot which can talk, at its stall in the Digital Device and Innivation Expo in Dhaka's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Tuesday.
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The first Digital Device and Innovation Expo 2019 got off in Dhaka's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Tuesday.
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BUET students protesting against the murder of their peer Abrar Fahad on the campus announced the next course of their demonstrations on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister's Adviser for Private Industry and Investment Salman F Rahman speaking at Industry Leader Summit, a roundtable discussion, at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka on the second day of the Digital Device and Innovation Expo on Tuesday.
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Police took expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat into a 10-day custody on Tuesday following permission given by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's court of Dhaka. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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Police took expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat into a 10-day custody on Tuesday following permission given by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's court of Dhaka. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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Supporters of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat demonstrating at the CMM Court premises on Tuesday demanding his release . Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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Rajmoni Cinema Hall in Dhaka's Kakrail started its journey with actor Razzak's "Lalu Bhulu" on Mar 3, 1983. It ended the journey with Shakib Khan's "Nolok" on Oct 13, 2019. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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Rajmoni Cinema Hall in Dhaka's Kakrail started its journey with actor Razzak's "Lalu Bhulu" on Mar 3, 1983. It ended the journey with Shakib Khan's "Nolok" on Oct 13, 2019. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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Rajmoni Cinema Hall has been shut down by the authorities to construct a high-rise commercial building. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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A handful of movie-goers, eight in number, came to watch "Nach Ruposhi" in the morning show at Rajia Cinema Hall in Dhaka's Kakrail on Monday before it was shut down along with Rajmoni Cinema Hall. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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Kafil Uddin, 65, has been selling tickets at the counter of Rajmoni-Rajia theatres in Dhaka's Kakrail since the cinema hall was opened for the first time. He has witnessed the struggles of the theatre and its heydays. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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Police personnel stand guard in the court area of Dhaka on Tuesday as security was beefed up for appearance of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hugs and consoles slain BUET student Abrar Fahad's mother Rokeya Khatun at the Ganabhaban on Monday.
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A candidate rushing into the BUET admission test centre minutes before the exams on Monday.
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Candidates coming out of exam cetres after BUET admission tests on Monday.
Lululemon investigates Bangladesh factory
Female workers of the factory have reportedly alleged verbal abuse, assault, forced overtime work
2020 Democrats slam Trump over Syria
Democratic presidential hopefuls denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to pull US troops back from northern Syria, saying in an Ohio.
