Category: Daily News
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Today India confirmed a case of JN 1, a sub-variant of Covid-19 whose cases have risen in China and the United States. It has been detected in the state of Kerala. The case was found in a RT-PCR positive sample from Karakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, in Kerala on December 8. The patient had mild symptoms of Influenza…
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Bangladeshis earn more on average than people in India & Pakistan. 20 years ago, people of both countries would earn much more than people of Bangladesh. After independence, Bangladesh was named a ‘basket case’. But by just 50 years of independence, Bangladesh crossed 2 of the largest powers in South Asia in GDP per capita.…
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A gang was caught in Khulna selling dog meat disguised as beef and mutton. The meat they sold was used in different popular items like biryani, burgers, and grilled items in multiple local restaurants. Police arrested 5 members of this gang. The arrests took place on Wednesday, December 13, in an abandoned building within the…
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The Dragon Warrior has made his return. DreamWorks has shared the trailer for “Kung Fu Panda 4,” planned to release on March 8. The series follows a panda named Po (Jack Black), who, in the first film, is destined to become the prophesized Dragon Warrior, the only kung fu master with the ability to defeat…
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Ramadan, the holiest month for Muslims, will start in just three months. It will be about 90 days before Muslims observe their usual fast from dawn to dusk. Most months on the Islamic calendar are 29 or 30 days long. Since the moon’s appearance determines when these months begin and end, the exact start date…
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The 4G network use in Bangladesh has gradually increased over the last few years, crossing the 10-crore mark for the first time in October. According to information from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), there were about 18.96 crore mobile subscribers as of October. Of them, 10.05 crore use 4G. This means more than half the…
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Actor Andre Braugher, who was in the hit TV show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, has died aged 61. Jennifer Allen, Braugher’s publicist, confirmed the story to Variety. As Captain Raymond Holt on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, Braugher was loved right away by fans because of how serious and stoic his character was, especially when he was paired with Andy…
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Giorgio Chiellini announces his retirement from professional football. The defender had been playing at MLS team LAFC for the past 18 months, after joining them in 2022 from Juventus. A statement on social media on Tuesday read: “You have been the most beautiful and intense journey of my life. You have been my everything. With…
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Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez were photographed attending a stand-up comedy show, with the proceeds of the event going towards humanitarian relief in Gaza. The event was hosted by comedian Ramy Youssef in Brooklyn, New York. Other celebrities were also photographed there including Cara Delevingne, Anya Taylor-Joy and Zoe Kravitz. Youssef wrote in an Instagram…
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Fashion brand Zara said today it regretted the “misunderstanding” over an ad campaign where they depicted statues wrapped in white, triggering calls for a boycott by some pro-Palestinian activists, and removed the images. People left tens of thousands of complaints about the campaign on Zara’s Instagram handle, asserting that the images resembled photos of bodies…
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rated the pitch used for the 2nd Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur as ‘unsatisfactory’. They have handed it one demerit point. Match Referee David Boon put forward his report to the ICC including concerns of the match officials and after…
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A spokesperson for Puma said that they will no longer sponsor Israel’s national football team after 2024. On Tuesday they have said that the move had been planned since last year and has nothing to do with calls for people to stop buying Israeli goods because of the war in Gaza. A Puma representative told…
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The National Center for Meteorology in Saudi Arabia says that on Sunday, heavy thunderstorms and rain fell in some parts of the country. Videos have been posted online of Makkah’s streets flooded during the heavy rain in the area. The NCM says that some parts of the country are on a yellow alert. The weather…
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Meta just released a deal breaker feature: the ability to change messages that have already been sent. Users can now change any message they sent within 15 minutes of sending it thanks to this new update. To change something in a Messenger message, all you have to do is tap on it. When the first…
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A study by Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) found that at least 74% of the students in the country who are trying to get into university are depressed. Two-fifths of the students are depressed, with 26% having mild depression, 26% having moderate depression, and 22% having serious depression. A group of researchers led…
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Australia said on Monday that it would make it more difficult for foreign students and low-skilled workers to get visas. This could cut the number of migrants coming to Australia in half over the next two years, as the government tries to fix what it calls a “broken” migration system. Under the new rules, foreign…
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Today, four traders were given a Tk 40,000 fine for selling onions for more than they were worth and keeping them in the port city. They were given fines during different drives in Chattogram’s Khatunganj wholesale market and Pahartali kitchen market. A group from the Directorate of National Consumers’ Right Protection (DNCRP) went on a…
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Nasrul Hamid, the State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources, said today that oil reserves have been found at the Sylhet-10 well. He said that a total of four layers of fuel reserves had been found. In the first layer, oil was found in Jaintiapur and Mainatghat in Sylhet. On the first day, 70…
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Nabil Islam had his picture taken while on his bike in front of the “Welcome to Bangladesh” sign. He has a big smile on his face in that picture, even though he is very tired from riding so far. When he got close to the border, he said, “I had this feeling that this country…
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Denmark’s government has passed a law that makes it illegal to burn the Quran in public places. The goal was to calm things down with Muslim countries after a series of protests in Denmark in which the holy book of Islam was burned, which caused a lot of anger. Anti-Islam campaigners burned or otherwise damaged…
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The Dhaka University and Bijoy Sarani stations of the metro rail will be open for public from December 13. MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), confirmed the development to reporters today. PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country’s first-ever metro rail on December 28, 2022 and it was opened to public…
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Businesses in Bangladesh that make readymade clothes were concerned about the new US labor policy that was made public on November 16. Now the worries are even bigger because a US clothing company put a condition in the letter of credit it sent to a Bangladeshi clothing factory. The condition says that it won’t receive…
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Iftaar, the traditional meal that marks the end of the daily Ramadan fast, has recently been named an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO. A joint application from Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan to UNESCO showed how important iftaar is in the Muslim world and led to this approval. Iftaar is a time when Muslims break…
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Starlink is a satellite internet connection which provides broadband connections to people in 60 plus countries. “In principle, I have told the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to give Starlink a license,” Zunaid Ahmed Palak, state minister for telecom and ICT, told The Daily Star yesterday. Starlink is a satellite internet service from Elon Musk’s…
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Meta is launching a new generative AI experience on the web, Imagine with Meta, that lets users create images by describing them in natural language. Imagine with Meta, which is based on Meta’s current Emu image generation model, turns text into high-resolution images in a way similar to OpenAI’s DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion. For…
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Taylor Swift ends 2023 on a high note by being named Time Magazine’s person of the year. The singer follows the likes of Barack Obama, Greta Thunberg and Volodymyr Zelensky. She told the magazine that she is the proudest and happiest she has ever felt. The award is given to an event or person considered…
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At the 18th meeting of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is currently taking place in Botswana, rickshaws and art on rickshaws were recognized as intangible cultural heritage. UNESCO has named Dhaka’s rickshaw paintings as the fifth cultural heritage. The other four are the Jamdani and Shital Pati weaving…
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Starbucks Corp’s market value has dropped by $10.98 billion because of staff strikes, boycotts, and a lackluster holiday promotion. As Starbucks deals with complicated social problems, the stock market has put a lot of pressure on the company. Investors have pulled their money out, and Starbucks’ shares have been losing value for the longest time…
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The government plans to bring nearly half of the country’s population to electric car facilities within two decades. This will result in a major change in fuel consumption and a huge amount of money saved. According to the “Integrated Energy and Power Masterplan 2023”, by 2050, 50 percent of the country’s population will be covered…
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The government is about to start a Health Card system that will use a patient’s unique ID number to store information about them. This card, which you can get for free by signing up online, is part of a special system that was made to protect patients’ privacy and safety. It is a big goal…
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One in three women around the world are victims of violence against women, which is still a societal problem. In 2022, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a study that showed 450,000 murders related to female intimate partners or family members around the world. In 2021, about 17,800 of these victims…
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Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladeshi player to be out obstructing the field on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand in Dhaka today. Tamim Iqbal is making his international debut as a commentator the same day, and he said that a player who has played 80+ Tests should have known better…
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Forbes has named Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina the 46th most powerful woman in the world in 2023. In 2023, she was named ninth among the 18 most powerful women in politics and policy. The list was topped by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank,…
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Amin Uddin Mollah has been dead for 2 years and 10 months. But according to a surprising case statement, police officer in Gazipur “clearly saw” him and 21 other people on October 28 when the they were fleeing after throwing a crude bomb at a police team. The supposed incident took place in Targaon Medical…
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Time Magazine named Lionel Messi Athlete of the Year for 2023. This comes after he moved to the US to play for Inter Miami in Major League Soccer. Some other people who have won the award are Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, LeBron James, and the US women’s national team. Aaron Judge, who plays right field…
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On Tuesday, Britain suggested new age-check guidelines to keep kids from accessing pornography online. One idea was to use AI-based technology to check if a viewer seems to be of legal age. In Britain, you have to be at least 18 years old to watch porn. The regulator said that its advice for figuring out…
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US officials told the Wall Street Journal on Monday that Israel has put together a big network of pumps that could be used to flood Hamas’s tunnels under the Gaza strip to get rid of the fighters. The story said that around the middle of November, Israel’s army finished setting up at least five pumps…
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Actor Dinesh Phadnis died on Tuesday at the age of 57. He was best known for his part as Fredericks on the hit TV show CID. His co-star on the show CID, Dayanand Shetty, who played Daya, told indianexpress.com that he had died. He said, “Dinesh died at 12:08 a.m.” The star was in his…
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The Oxford Dictionary word of the year 2023 is ‘rizz’, an internet slang for romantic appeal or charm, mostly used by young people. It was 1 of 8 words on a shortlist, all chosen to reflect the mood, emotions or vibes of 2023. The shortlist came from a public poll, after which Oxford lexicographers made…
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UEFA has commenced an investigation after sex noises hampered the Euro 2024 draw broadcast on Saturday. Lewd noises were being played as Switzerland were drawn in Group A with Scotland, Hungary and hosts Germany. Host Giorgio Marchetti, the deputy general secretary of European football’s governing body, tried to take control of the matter by saying,…
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