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Daily Quiz: On Bangladesh 1 / 7 | What is the name of the highest civilian award in Bangladesh, equivalent to the Bharat Ratna in India? Answer : Swadhinata Padak (Independence Day Award) DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO SHOW ANSWER 2 / 7 | Which UNESCO World Heritage Site (Image attached) in Bangladesh…
French newspaper Le Parisien said he was “roaring drunk”. Paris: French police early Friday arrested an Egyptian wrestler taking part in the Olympics over allegedly groping a woman in a bar, prosecutors said. Authorities detained Mohamed Elsayed, 26, in front of a cafe in the French capital’s 13th district at around 5 am after he…
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Members of the newly formed interim government are sworn in at the Bangabhaban, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Seventeen members of Bangladesh’s interim government took their oaths at a ceremony in Dhaka on Thursday (August 8, 2024). Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, 84, head of the caretaker government, has taken a super-portfolio encompassing…
Muhammad Yunus stood alongside student and civil society leaders in the new “advisory” cabinet. Dhaka: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus led a solemn tribute to Bangladesh’s fallen independence heroes in the first act of his interim government on Friday, after a student-led uprising forced predecessor Sheikh Hasina into exile. A day after returning home from Europe…
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “An accountability court has extended by 11 days the physical remand of jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the new Toshakhana corruption case,” media reports said on Friday (August 9, 2024.) The hearing, presided over by Accountability…
Jack Karlson had been in the hospital for the past three weeks. Jack Karlson, famed for the classic “democracy manifest” and “succulent Chinese meal” clip, died on August 7, aged 82. In a statement, Karlson’s family confirmed his death, saying he had prostate cancer. “He walked a full and colourful path and despite the troubles…
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Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Rappler CEO gestures as she talks to reporters after being acquitted by the Pasig Regional Trial Court over a tax evasion case in Pasig City, Philippines, on Sept. 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP A court has ruled that the Philippine news site Rappler can…
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Donald Trump has agreed to debate his Democratic counterpart Kamala Harris on September 10. US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has agreed to debate his Democratic counterpart Kamala Harris on September 10. The showdown is set to be hosted by ABC, with additional debates proposed for September 4 and September 25 on Fox and NBC,…
A fire burns, as Russian forces battle Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region, in this screen grab obtained from social media video released on Friday (August 9, 2024). | Photo Credit: Reuters A fire broke out at a Russian military airfield hundreds of kilometres from the Ukrainian border, state media reported early Friday (August 9,…
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People’s Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut speaks during a press conference, announcing a new political party, in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thailand’s disbanded Opposition Move Forward Party unveiled a new leadership and political vehicle on Friday (August 9, 2024) that will become the biggest party in Parliament, naming it People’s…
