Public university teachers across the country will go on an indefinite work abstention programme starting today as the government has not heeded their demand to reinstate previous pension facilities in place of the Universal Pension Scheme.

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Al-Quds and Hamas are fighting fiercely with Israeli forces in the northern Shujaiya area of Gaza City. According to an Al Jazeera report, one Israeli soldier was killed and nine others were wounded in the fighting

Hotel Material in Kyoto, Japan, cancelled an advance booking of an Israeli tourist. The hotel authorities have mentioned the involvement of 'war crimes' as the reason. Local officials have criticised the hotel's initiative. They said it violated policy

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah are rising. Al Jazeera says there have been 7,400 counter-attacks in the last nine months. However, the number of Israeli attacks is several times higher than Hezbollah. Hezbollah is not far behind in attacking important installations. Twenty-one Israelis were killed in 1,258 attacks. They also attacked important Israeli military installations

An injured man is seen on the bonnet of an Israeli military vehicle in the Palestinian West Bank city of Jenin in a video that went viral on social media

Yemen's armed Houthi rebels attacked a Liberian-flagged commercial vessel on Friday for using Israeli ports

Bangladesh and India today agreed to work for the conservation and management of the Teesta river inside Bangladesh with Indian assistance within a mutually agreed timeframe and remain engaged to formulate the framework for interim water-sharing based on the recommendations of the Joint Rivers Commission

In the last 9 months, Hamas has not only paid the price for the war with Israel, but the Netanyahu government has also been facing a great challenge in terms of maintaining and rehabilitating wounded and deceased Israeli soldiers

Watch Star Newsplus to know what other issues will be discussed in this visit besides the Teesta water-sharing agreement, border killings, and expansion of trade

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Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Chief Spokesman Daniel Hagari has stated that it is impossible to achieve the goal of eliminating Hamas, for which Israeli troops have been wreaking devastation in Gaza for the past eight months

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Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief Spokesman Daniel Hagari has stated that it is impossible to eliminate Hamas

Defying neglect and limited opportunities, players of Burigoalini Basic Football Academy dream of representing Bangladesh team

More than one million marooned; BMD predict more heavy rainfall in 72 hours; water slightly recedes in main rivers

NDTV said on Tuesday that the information was releaved in a report published by SIPRI on Tuesday

Find out more about Abdur Rahim on today's Inside Bangladesh

Eleven migrants died and 64 were missing on Monday after two shipwrecks off southern Italy, according to a German charity, the Italian coast guard and United Nations agencies

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