India will not invite Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi, who starts his second term as India’s prime minister, two sources in the foreign ministry said,

The 13th span of the Padma Bridge has been installed, making a stretch of almost 2 kilometres of the main structure visible. Source of shared Link

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated two bridges over the rivers Meghna and Gomti along with several thoroughfares on the Joydebpur-Chandra-Tangail-Elenga Highway to ease the sufferings of travellers

Local leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League in Brahmanbaria have obstructed Dhaka University Central Students’ Union Vice-President Nurul Haque Nur from joining an Iftar party. Source of shared Link

The government has decided to stop depositing money in the banks that have not delivered on the promise to bring down interest on loans to single-digit rates. Source of shared Link

More than 242,000 students who passed the school-leaving SCC and equivalent exams are yet to apply for college admission, according to the education board. Source of shared Link

Prices of rice have eased in Dhaka as the government is trying to exert control on grain markets amidst frustration of farmers over low paddy prices. Source of shared Link

Rahul Gandhi congratulates Narendra Modi Source of shared Link

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the stunning election victory of his Bharatiya Janata Party. Source of shared Link

With quality bowling attacks, Australia and India may have the edge at the World Cup in England where fortunes are likely to be made or marred in the middle overs, former Australia paceman Andy Bichel

Shakib No-1 in ODI ahead of England WC Source of shared Link

The risk of nuclear weapons being used is at its highest since World War Two, a senior UN security expert said on Tuesday, calling it an “urgent” issue that the world should take more seriously. Source

A tribunal has sentenced four transport workers to life in jail for raping a woman on a moving bus in Tangail three years ago. Source of shared Link

No.1 happiest country Finland opens contest for free summer vacation Source of shared Link

The New York attorney general’s office said Monday that it had opened an inquiry into more than a decade of lending practices that left thousands of immigrant taxi drivers in crushing debt, while Mayor

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have stepped up missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia this week in a resurgence of tactics that had largely subsided since late last year amid United Nations-led peace

Whaleshares is a decentralized social network Source of shared Link

Two crime suspects have been killed in an alleged gunfight with RAB while trying to enter Dhaka in a hijacked covered van from Sreemangal. Source of shared Link

Bangladesh Chhatra League, or BCL, has expelled five members for their alleged involvement in the violent clashes at Madhu's Canteen amid protests over its announcement of its new committee. Source of

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