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Fire Service celebrates 40th founding anniversary

Fire Service and Civil Defense officials celebrated the 40th anniv of the department across the nation with maintaining hygiene and safety rules. Director General of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense Brigadier General Md Sazzad Hussain on Friday inaugurated the day by cutting a cake. Other o...

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Foreign diplomats praise China policy on Xinjiang

After a four-day visit to China’s Xinjiang region, foreign diplomats from 21 countries have concluded that Muslim residents there are not encountering any inhibitions towards freedom of religion.The 30 diplomats visited Nazarbagh town of Kashgar and interacted with locals from different classe...

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Project inception meeting of Dhaka CALLING held

The project inception meeting of the Dhaka CALLING project was organized on Thursday on an online platform considering the current pandemic situation of COVID-19. This interactive event was vibrant with the participation of 152 participants (Male- 92, Female- 51, Other Gender- 02, PWD-04, Indigenous...

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Massive reshuffle in West Bengal EC

Assembly elections are underway in India’s West Bengal state since April 1, and results will be announced on May 2, following the eight-phase election. The third round of the elections was held on Tuesday.On the same day, the Election Commission took a big decision regarding the voting. T...

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Coast Guard catches 1 with huge amount of cannabis

On Tuesday at around 4 pm Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) Station Maoa conducted a special operation at Kandipara Maoa Old Ferry Ghat area and arrested a drug smuggler along with about 24 kg of cannabis, stated a press release issued by BCG. It is learned on the basis of secret information that ca...

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Six of Bangladeshi family found shot dead in US

Six members of a Bangladeshi family were found shot dead in their home early Monday at Allen, a town of Texas is the United States. Police suspect two brothers -- Tanvir Towhid and Farhan Towhid -- gunned down their parents, sister and maternal grandmother before killing themselves sometime on ...

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BJP’s horse trading falls flat in West Bengal

The West Bengal state of India is going to the third phase of Legislative Assembly election today when voting will be held in 31 seats under 24 Parganas, Hawra and Hooghli districts.The three districts has been strongholds of the state’s ruling party Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the last one d...

World

Chinese President Xi Jinping mourns Taiwan train crash victims

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also the general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, expressed condolences for the compatriots killed in a train derailment in Taiwan on Friday, the worst railway accident the region has seen in 40 years. The accident claimed at leas...

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Mamata may take the crop home

Watching  the unprecedented victory of the ruling BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, India, many thought that the BJP would win  the 2021 Vidhan Sabha elections  as well.But poll surveys conducted by various agencies on the eve of the polls have disproved the earlier notio...

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Factors indicate TMC victory in WB polls

Although the media are playing extra and partial roles in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), there are many grounds for the victory of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) led by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, in the West Bengal Assembly elections-2021, say political analysts. ...

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UNHCR rushes support and aid to Rohingya refugees

An estimated 48,000 Rohingya refugees have lost their shelters and belongings in the blaze which devastated parts of the Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar last Monday (22 March). Sheltering more than 600,000 refugees, this is the largest refugee camp in the world, said a press ...

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BCG seizes huge Jatka haul

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) Station in Chandpur conducted a special operation in the area adjacent to Harina Ferry Ghat at around 6am on Tuesday and arrested 3 persons with some 1,200 kg (30 maunds) of Jatka (Hilsa fries).The operation was led by Lt. M Ashmaduzzaman on the basis of secre...

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Rohingya fire victims get aid

BRAC has taken up an initiative for rehabilitation of Rohingya refugees, who have been affected in a fire incident at Rohingya camps in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar district.Aided by the government, BRAC in coordination with development organizations started food distribution, supply of pure ...

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BCG seizes Jatka from Mawa, Narayanganj

Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) Personnel in different drives seized tonnes of Jatka from Maowa and Narayanganj area on Sunday. A total of 8,800 kilograms of Jatka (Hilsa fries) were seized during the special drives of Coast Guard.Officials of Bangladesh Coast Guard said that members of BCG Maowa ...

City

Every municipality to get urban planner: LGRD Minister

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Md Tajul Islam said that the government is taking initiatives to appoint urban planners in every municipality of the country. He made the remarks while speaking at a seminar arranged by Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) at the CIDRAP audit...

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Naval parade in Bangkok on golden jubilee of Bangladesh's independence

The huge flag of Bangladesh is waving on the top of the boat. Bangladeshi patriotic songs are playing - Joy Bangla, Joy Bangla /Banglar joy.... Overall, it was a wonderful sight on the banks of the Chao Phraya river. The colourful naval procession started from Siam Pier, in the heart of Bangkok on M...

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Polls in West Bengal, Assam begin

Elections in two states of India-- Assam and West Bengal-- began on Saturday. Polling booths opened at 7:00 am and was closed at 6:00 pm as polling has been extended by an hour due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Assam and Bengal will have three-phase and eight-phase elections respectively. Results will b...

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Scores of protesters killed in Myanmar

Security forces killed more than 90 people across Myanmar on Saturday in one of the bloodiest days of protests since a military coup last month, news reports and witnesses said.The lethal crackdown came on Armed Forces Day. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the junta leader, said during a parade in th...

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Orbis wishes to expand services at Rohingya camps

Orbis International has expressed its willingness to expand services for the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in Cox’s Bazar who have been badly affected by a devastating fire that razed refugee camps there.A statement from the headquarters of Orbis International said on Wednesday that ser...

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70,000 Yaba pills seized in St. Martin’s

Bangladesh Coast Guard has arrested five Myanmar nationals and seized a big consignment of Yaba pills from their possession on Chhera Dwip adjacent to St. Martin’s Island on Friday. A total of 70,000 pieces of contraband Yaba pills were seized during the special operation of Coast Guard.M...