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    Yet Another Chargesheet Against Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus

    The Commission cleared the way to submit the chargesheet against them after deputy director of ACC Md Gulshan Anwar filed the case against Muhammad...
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    European Union to Provide Pakistan an Additional €100 Million to Enhance Post-Flood Resilience

    The package extends its impact by fortifying Pakistan’s long-term resilience through targeted investments in human rights, gender equality, and civil society. The European Union (EU)...
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    Is Bangladesh Sleep Walking to Dictatorship?

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    PPPs’ Private Gain at Public Expense

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    Women and children account for roughly 70 per cent of people killed in the war in Gaza, with two mothers killed every hour since...
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    Hundreds of Afghan women were forced to quit their jobs or have been arrested and denied access to essential services in the last quarter...
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    Smallholder farmers produce one-third of the world's food, and agriculture makes up every second livelihood in Bangladesh. But the country's agricultural sector has been...
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    First Meeting of the Social Audit Advisory Body (SAAB)

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    Uttarakhand: A Unique Harvest Festival in Tehri Village

    At a unique event held recently in Tehri district, women of Bugala village were honoured as chief guests by their community at the traditional harvest festival known as Ropani.
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