Tag: Bangladesh
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A woman died after falling from a rickshaw when a snatcher pulled at her bag in front of the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban (National Parliament). She was the headteacher of a primary school in Bogura.The incident took place at around 6:30 …
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Actress Apu Biswas and the entire team of the film “Shikar” narrowly escaped a major disaster while shooting in Nepal. A devastating natural disaster struck the very mountainous route they had been scheduled to take to Kathmandu on 26 August. Fortuna…
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At the first Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman had instructed each ministry to submit a 180-day action plan. We can assume that he regarded six months as a period for assessing the ministries’ performance and efficiency.The BNP governmen…
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At least 12 new resorts and cottages are being built on Saint Martin’s Island, a coral-rich ecologically critical island. Local representatives and residents of the island said construction of these resorts and cottages began after the 13th parliamen…
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Shooting and killing people on streets in broad daylight, opening fire on a businessman’s house over unpaid extortion demands and boldly marching away firing two pistols—these are some of the activities of Chattogram’s ‘top terror’ Md Mobarak, also k…
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A traffic jam stretching nearly 40 kilometres has developed on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway, from Sonargaon in Narayanganj to Elliotganj in Daudkandi, Cumilla.The congestion began after road repair work started on the Dhaka-bound lane at Ashariarchar…
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President Donald Trump said Friday his administration has reached a huge oil deal with Venezuela that gives the United States majority control of 65 billion barrels of proven petroleum reserves.The deal — which Trump proclaimed as “the biggest oil d…
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The government built a guesthouse at a cost of Tk 7 million (70 lakh) at the ancestral home of Oscar-winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray to accommodate tourists. However, although 14 years have passed since its construction, there is no record of any tour…
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Devastating floods in the Nepal-Tibet border region have killed at least 616 people, Nepali police said Saturday, three days after the disaster.Chinese state media had earlier confirmed seven dead, taking the total killed to at least 623 dead.Number …
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Zoyal Ghale, who ran into a forest and climbed trees to escape Nepal’s deadly floods, was reunited with his mother on Friday after she had begun to fear he and his brother had both perished in their school.A day earlier, 8-year-old Ghale had been air…