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December 7, 2024, 3:25 pm

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Narsingdi clash leaves 2 UP members killed 4 barriers to export disaster Myanmar conflict: People in Teknaf border live in fear as loud explosions rock area 12,515 more schools to end double shifts in January Shafiqul Alam: Bangladesh unfairly portrayed in int’l media Countrymen to see new political leader next year: Planning Adviser Over 16,000 killed in last 5 years of Awami League government Govt to sell loss-making entities of Beximco Short supply of soybean oil hits consumers 34 years of Ershad’s fall: Bangladesh with another chance for democracy

International

Indian billionaire Adani down again, but not out

BSS, AFP Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s feverish push to expand his global energy and infrastructure empire has been knocked by US bribery charges, but analysts believe the tycoon will bounce

Climate finance: $250b a year needed

COP29 draft deal says rich nations should pay the amount to fight climate change AFP, Baku A new draft deal at UN climate talks today proposes that rich nations commit

Record 281 aid workers killed in 2024, says UN

AFP, Geneva A staggering 281 aid workers have been killed around the world so far this year, making 2024 the deadliest year for humanitarians, the UN aid chief said Friday.

Indian billionaire Adani charged in US with bribery; $30b in value wiped off

Reuters Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in a $265

Afghan children struggle for a bite of bread as world celebrates Children’s Day

Online Desk Despite the cessation of conflict in Afghanistan and Children’s Day being celebrated worldwide, countless Afghan children are still required to work hard and abandon school to support their

UN says over 200 children killed in Lebanon in 2 months

AFP, Geneva Over 200 children have been killed in Lebanon in the less than two months since Israel escalated its attacks targeting Hezbollah, said the UN. “Despite more than 200