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UNB :At least eight arson attacks were recorded in 24 hours till 6 am on Thursday, during the 24-hour blockade called by BNP and like-minded opposition parties. A total of eight vehicles were set on fire by miscreants during the period, and three of those were set ablaze in Dhaka’s Mirpur, Jatrabari and Hazaribagh areas, said Shahjahan Shikdar, deputy director of Fire Service and Civil Defence’s Media Cell. Five buses, two trucks, and a container truck were burnt during this...

UNB :Though the government claims to have achieved the target of ensuring one hundred percent access to electricity, still 7.64 percent consumers have to provide bribes to officials to get electricity connections. Such a gloomy picture came from a field level survey conducted by the Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services (Midas) on behalf of the Power Cell, which was presented at an event at Biduyt Bhaban in the city on Thursday. Some 90.78% customers say ‘no’ as they did...

Staff Reporter :Three cocktails were hurled at the office of Dhaka Divisional Commissioner and Returning Officer at Segunbagicha in the city on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred around 3:10pm on Thursday. Sub Inspector of Ramna Thana Shafiqul Islam confirmed the matter to the media on Thursday. Hearing the sound, we rushed to the spot and we are investigating the matter, SI added. According to locals, miscreants threw cocktails from near a building and that were exploded on the vehicle shed....

AFP :An Indian national has been charged with plotting to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader on US soil, the Justice Department said on Wednesday, alleging an Indian government official was also involved in the planning. The Justice Department unsealed murder-for-hire charges against Nikhil Gupta, 52, “in connection with his participation in a foiled plot to assassinate a US citizen” of Indian origin in New York City, it said in a statement. The man allegedly targeted in the killing “is a...

Al Jazeera :The United Nation’s annual climate summit is under way in Dubai, with world leaders approving a climate disaster fund that will help vulnerable nations cope with the impact of drought, floods and rising seawater. The agreement marked a “positive signal of momentum” at the start of the 2023 conference – known as COP28 – its host UAE’s Sultan al-Jaber said in the opening ceremony on Thursday. Al-Jaber, who is the UAE’s minister of industry and also heads the...

Staff Reporter :The ruling Awami League has nominated the main opposition party-BNP Vice-Chairman Shahjahan Omar for Jhalakathi -1 constituency to contest in the 12th general election, a day after his release from jail. AL Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan confirmed the matter on Thursday evening. The detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Shahjahan Omar from a house in the capital in the early hours of November 5 in a case of torching a bus in New Market area in...

AFP :The unprecedented nature of the crisis in Gaza will change the general strategic landscape in the region, security analysts and academics said at a roundtable on Thursday. “The severe implications are not only for the Middle East, but for the international system at large. It will also change the general strategic landscape in the region. Even international initiatives that were taken are also coming into question like the Abraham Accord or the implementation of IMEC,” Major General ANM Muniruzzaman,...

Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court yesterday fixed December 12 to deliver the verdict in a case filed against BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas for amassing illegal wealth and concealing the information about his assets. Special Judge Court-6 Judge Manjurul Imam of Dhaka passed the order on Thursday as the verdict was not ready to pronounce. Earlier, on November 22, the court fixed Thursday for delivering the verdict following the completion of argument on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)...