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Plastic dependency: The environmental cost of food delivery in Bangladesh
Daily Star
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July 15, 2025
Over the last couple of years, cities in Bangladesh have seen a rapid growth in online food delivery services. From local catering houses to global fast food chains, everything is a matter of a tap away. However, the unchecked use of single-use...
Rohingya refugees in peril in Bangladesh as support wanes: UN
Al Jazeera
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The US and other Western countries have been reducing their funding, prioritising their defence spending instead. The plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh could rapidly deteriorate further unless more funding can be secured for critical...
Is Bangladesh's Jamaat setting up BNP for a ban before polls?
Firstpost
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July 15, 2025
The once robust political alliance between the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) is now showing signs of deep fracture, prompting speculation that Jamaat may be orchestrating a political manoeuvre to isolate, discredit...
World Bank reiterates support for reforms and growth
Daily Star
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July 16, 2025
The World Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to support Bangladesh's development priorities as Johannes Zutt, World Bank vice president for South Asia, concluded his first official visit to the country yesterday. Zutt met Chief Adviser Muhammad...
Big pharma’s sole focus is on profits
Dawn
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July 14, 2025
IT is a cruel irony of our times that while medical science continues to soar to extraordinary heights, offering hope against once incurable diseases, the very markets that deliver these miracles have become compromised by greed, weak regulation...
150,000 Rohingya Flee To Bangladesh Amid Renewed Myanmar Violence
Scoop
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Saturday, 12 July 2025, 4:41 pm Press Release: UN News As armed clashes intensify and conditions worsen inside Myanmar, thousands continue to cross the border seeking safety in the overcrowded camps of Cox’s Bazar, where nearly one million...
Revolutionising farming: Experts call for adoption of precision agriculture
The Business Standard
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July 16, 2025
At a seminar held today (16 July) in Dhaka, experts highlighted the critical need for precision agriculture in Bangladesh to safeguard the environment by applying fertilisers, water, pesticides, and other inputs precisely according to the land's...
Dr Sheikh Mohiuddin becomes first elected president of BPMCA
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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Dr Sheikh Mohiuddin of Ad-din Women’s Medical College has become the first elected president of the Bangladesh Private Medical College Association (BPMCA), while Professor Dr Md Moazzem Hossain, chairman of East-West Medical College, has been...
Sports News | Mustafizur Rahman Surpasses Adil Rashid to Become Fifth-highest Wicket-taker in T20 Internationals
Latestly
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July 16, 2025
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): Bangladesh veteran seamer Mustafizur Rahman has surpassed England spinner Adil Rashid to become the fifth-highest wicket-taker in T20 internationals. He achieved this feat in his outing against Sri Lanka in...
Uphold spirit of July Revolution: BMU VC
Bangladesh Post
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Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) held a special screening of a video documentary in observance of the July Mass Uprising of 2024, with university Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Md. Shahinul Alam calling for collective efforts to uphold the...
Dengue: 2 dead, 321 hospitalised
BDNews24
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Two more people have died of dengue while 321 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across over the past 24 hours. The number of patients hospitalised with the disease this year rose to 15,906, while the tally...
Dhaka’s air turns ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ after long time
United News of Bangladesh
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Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked ninth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 10 at 9:15 am this morning (July 11, 2025). Today Dhaka’s air was classified as ‘unhealthy for sensitive...
Mitford murder driven by ‘business feud, personal grudge’: DMP chief
BDNews24
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The brutal murder of scrap trader Lal Chand alias Md Sohag was primarily driven by “business rivalry and personal resentment”, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali has said. Police have arrested another suspect in...
A Bangladeshi scientist to TIME100 Health List of Global Health Influencers
Daily Star
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July 12, 2025
TIME has named Dr Tahmeed Ahmed, Executive Director of icddr,b, to the 2025 TIME100 Health, its annual list recognising the 100 most influential individuals in global health. This recognition highlights Dr Tahmeed's pioneering contributions to...
Pharma exports more than double in seven years
Daily Star
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July 10, 2025
Bangladesh's pharmaceutical exports have more than doubled over the past seven years, reaching $213 million in the just-concluded fiscal year 2024-2025, thanks to the entry into fresh markets and a wave of new products. However, on a year-on-year...
Harnessing AI to enhance traditional medicine
Daily Star
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July 12, 2025
On 11 July 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) released a new report titled Mapping the Application of Artificial Intelligence in...
Bangladesh visa issuance in Assam drops over 60% amid political unrest
The Assam Tribune
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July 11, 2025
Guwahati, July 11: The issuance of Bangladesh visas in Assam has declined by more than 60 per cent, reflecting a significant reduction in cross-border movement and bilateral exchanges between the two countries. According to sources, the three visa...
Dhaka’s rooftops could feed the city, but law keeps getting in the way
Daily Star
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July 10, 2025
Deep in the heart of Dhaka, where multistorey complexes rise like concrete forests and parks are a luxury, a quiet revolution is taking root: rooftop farming. This is more than just an attractive concept or a design feature—it is a green,...
Bangladesh ex-PM Sheikh Hasina indicted over deaths of hundreds of students
CNN
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July 11, 2025
AP — A special tribunal indicted Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed last year....
Bangladeshi tribunal indicts ex-PM Sheikh Hasina over 1,400 deaths
Press TV
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A special tribunal in Bangladesh has formally charged former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two senior officials with crimes against humanity linked to a violent uprising last year, which resulted in the death of nearly 1,400 Bangladeshis. The...