The son that will never return
He had promised his mother he would come back and build her a new home. On his word, she dreamed of a better life provided by one of the three sons – the lone bread-winner of the family.
179 Bangladeshi expats stuck in Muscat airport after suspension of flights from Oman
A total of 179 Bangladeshi expatriates are stuck at the Muscat International Airport after Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) added Oman to a list of 12 countries from which passengers would not be allowed to enter Bangladesh as part of the country’s Covid-19 containment measures.
Israel says Syria's Assad may be left with rump state
A senior Israeli defense official said President Bashar al-Assad controlled just a fifth of Syria and may end up in charge of a rump state dominated by his minority Alawite sect.
War crimes trial
International Crimes Tribunals awarded death to several top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami including the party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami in October, Mir Quasem Ali in November and Azharul Islam, and former Jatiya Party lawmaker Syed Mohammad Qaisar, both in December. The Supreme Court commuted death penalty to imprisonment for life for Delawar Hossain Sayedee in September. Judicial procedures are pending for next stage of...
Ctg 10-truck arms haul: 14 awarded death
Babar, Nizami, NSI's Rahim, DGFI's Rezzakul among convicts
...Countrywide 10hr blackout
The whole country plunged into the worst blackout in seven years on November 1 as a malfunction in Bheramara power plant snapped the Bangladesh-India transmission line, triggering failures throughout the national grid.
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Sundarbans oil spill
A tanker carrying 3.58 lakh litres of furnace oil sank in a Sundarbans river near Mongla early on December 9, spilling oil over a vast area of the world's largest mangrove forest.
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