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Eric Rush Earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris posted a bunch of wistful tweets supposedly detailing her childhood Kwanzaa celebrations. It didn’t take long for critics and detractors to unload on the alleged vice president-elect for having likely fabricated these cherished “childhood memories” – and with very good reason. “Our Kwanzaa celebrations are one of my [...]

The year 2020 began with a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the horizon. The novel coronavirus was spreading in Europe, the destination of over 60 percent exports from Bangladesh, after wreaking havoc in China, its largest trading partner. [Read More]

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said educational institutions will not reopen before the pandemic is contained. [Read More]

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Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has admitted that seven lakh fake OMS cards were distributed during the Covid-19 lockdown in the country last year. [Read More]

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The capital’s city corporations yesterday formally took over the management and maintenance responsibilities of 26 canals and 10 kilometres of box culverts from Dhaka Wasa, raising hope that the city’s long-standing waterlogging problem would be solved. [Read More]

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I have to confess, one of the most frustrating things I have had to face during The Year of Covid-19 is having to restrain myself from hugging people. [Read More]

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Economists see a promising 2021 for Bangladesh because of the rollout of coronavirus vaccines globally and manageable impacts of the pandemic on the country, while sounding out alarms about the bumpy road the economy has to ride before full recovery takes place. [Read More]

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The incidents of rape and violence against women this year were more than previous years despite the Covid-19 pandemic, rights body Ain O Salish Kendra said yesterday. [Read More]

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The year 2020 could have been a watershed for Bangladesh. Policymakers would have put their heads together and looked at what have been achieved and what went wrong in order to set targets accordingly to become a prosperous and developed nation. [Read More]

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