August 21st

August 21st

Blocks with symbols and atomic numbers of Rare Earth Elements (REE) are placed on a Chinese flag in this illustration taken January 21, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

China has agreed to address US concerns over rare earth shortages: White House

China's rare earth export controls - introduced in April 2025 in retaliation for US President Donald Trump's Liberation Day tariffs - continue to tightly restrict exports of some rare earths

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PM Hasina calls for speeding up the verdict on 21 August grenade attack

The wounds 21 Aug grenade attack victims still bear

The wounds 21 Aug grenade attack victims still bear

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Journalists' accounts on 21 August grenade attack

Hasina Begum, mother of Mahbubur Rashid, holding a picture of her son. Sheikh Hasina’s bodyguard Mahbubur Rashid died of injuries sustained by a bomb sprinter during the grenade attack on the Awami League rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka on 21 August 2004. Photo: Collected

PM's former bodyguard Mahbubur Rashid's parents want to see killers punished

Illustration: TBS

21 August grenade attack: Politics still carries the scar

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Dollar drops as risk appetite improves after Fed minutes

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PM Hasina blames BNP-Jamaat govt for 21 August carnage

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Sheikh Hasina pays tribute to 21 Aug grenade attack victims

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo

CDC advisers back Covid booster shots for those 65 and older, not for high-risk workers

Sheikh Hasina was saved by a human-shield, formed by the senior leaders of Awami league during August 21 grenade attack in 2004. Photo: Shamsul Hoque Tanku

August 21 grenade attack: Living in agony, with trauma

Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana were seen saddened after the heinous August 21 attack in 2004. Photo: Shamsul Hoque Tanku

The day Bangladesh's politics changed forever

Photo: Shamsul Hoque Tanku

Hearing soon on death references, appeals in grenade attack cases