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Five people were dead when a bus rammed into a microbus on Faridpur-Barishal highway at Chagolchira in Maksudpur upazila of Gopalganj district on Wednesday (20 March). The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The accident occurred around 10:45 am when the Dhaka-bound bus hit the microbus, leaving five people dead on the spot and several others injured, said officer-in-charge of Maksudpur Police Station, Asraful Alam.

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Death toll from the gas cylinder blast in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila went up to 14, as another burn victim died early Wednesday (20 March). The deceased was identified as Kamala Khatun, 65. Kamala, who received 80 percent burn injuries, breathed her last around 4:30 am at the ICU of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said Tariqul Islam, resident medical officer of the hospital.

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India is gearing up for its 18th parliamentary election soon. It is expected that by May 25, a new formation is likely to take shape. However, an official declaration has not been made to date. But within the common framework, preparations have begun on a war footing. In the aftermath of the political preparations for the election, a lot of calculations are taking place. There are a lot of new entrants to the ruling force, from erstwhile opponent forces to the current ones.

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New Zealand said Wednesday (20 March) it will ban disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, and raise financial penalties for those who sell such products to minors. The move comes less than a month after the government repealed a unique law enacted by the previous left-leaning government to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes. New Zealand’s Associate Health Minister Casey Costello said Wednesday that e-cigarettes remain “a key smoking cessation device” and the new regulations will help prevent minors from taking up the habit.

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Rescuers fighting to free 13 people trapped in a gold mine in eastern Russia face a "difficult" situation, authorities warned Wednesday (20 March), two days after a rockslide covered the miners under rubble. The collapse struck Monday at the Pioneer mine in the far eastern Amur region, one of Russia`s most productive gold mines, trapping the miners 125 metres (more than 400 feet) underground.

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Jamie Roberts and her husband felt lucky when they found an A-frame cabin on forest-draped Wrangell Island in southeast Alaska, where they could settle on a few acres and have some chickens. A stretch of highway a few miles north, the only road into town, did make her nervous; there, waterfalls cascaded and rocks tumbled from towering bluffs on stormy days. But she always felt safe at her home for more than 20 years. That all changed the night of Nov. 20 after heavy rains, when a torrent of earth and trees rushed down a mountainside next to their home, cutting a swath to the sea. It killed six people, including a family of five; demolished two houses; and buried the highway.

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Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on Wednesday (20 March), the education ministry said, with girls banned from joining secondary-level classes for the third year in a row. Taliban authorities barred girls from secondary school in March 2022, after surging back to power in mid-2021 and ousting the Western-backed government. The education ministry announced the new school year on Tuesday, a day before the start of the Afghan calendar`s new year.

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Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant will be under scrutiny on their return to action as the Indian Premier League begins on Friday, with the T20 World Cup hot on its heels. The 17th edition of the world`s richest cricket league is expected to end close to the June 1 start of the World Cup in the West Indies and United States. Organisers have released only the first two weeks of the IPL schedule so far because it clashes with India`s six-week-long general election.

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Illegal cutting and selling of soil from the Kakan riverbank in Raipura, Narsingdi, is causing significant concern as it disrupts river ecology and contributes to untimely river erosion. Local influencers are engaging in these illegal activities, utilizing excavators and tractors for the operations. This rampant exploitation of the riverbed not only poses a threat to the environment but also jeopardizes crop production on the adjacent lands. Recently, on a Tuesday afternoon, Raipura Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Md. Shafiqul Islam, accompanied by law enforcement officers, visited the site and issued orders to halt the illegal soil cutting activities. Upon inspection of Kandapara village, excavators were found abandoned, and mounds of soil were piled up, indicative of ongoing illegal operations. However, work halts during the day due to fear of reprisal from locals and the administration. When questioned, villagers hesitated to speak out against the influential individuals involved in the illicit soil trade, fearing repercussions.

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Three guards of Chattogram jail have been suspended over an inmate’s death by suicide in the jail. The suspended prison guards are: Ershad Ullah, Habibur Rahman and Al Amin. The authorities took the punitive action on Tuesday for negligence of duty, said jail sources. Meanwhile, a departmental case was filed against three more jail guards in this connection. They are: chief prison guard Md Jashim, assistant chief prison guard Abdul Latif, and prison guard Masud.

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The hilly region of Rangamati lags in its tourism sector even after having enormous potential due predominantly to a lack of well-planned establishments and goodwill. The natural beauty of the hills and the Kaptai Lake alone attract only a few visitors nowadays. Apart from the Hanging Bridge and Polwel Park, no other tourist spots have been developed in the area of natural beauty.

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The government and Bangladesh Bank (BB) are working to increase women`s participation in the country`s financial sector. However, women`s participation in financial institutions is on the decline, despite an increase in their involvement in the banking system. In the last three months of 2023, non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) increased lending to women but decreased lending to women entrepreneurs. At the end of the year, the amount of loans provided to women entrepreneurs stood at Tk 2,225.97 crore, which is Tk 102 crore less than the previous quarter.

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The people of Gopalganj bid a tearful final farewell to the celebrated singer of many evergreen songs, Khalid. Following the second janaza after the Zohr prayers on Tuesday, Khalid was laid to rest beside the graves of his parents at the old graveyard of Gopalganj town. Relatives as well as fans from different nearby areas attended his janaza in Gopalganj to bid farewell to the beloved artiste. Renowned lyricist Prince Mahmud rushed from Dhaka to bid farewell to Khalid. Earlier, the first janaza of the singer of `Jodi Himaloy Hoye Dukhkho Ase` was performed at the Green Road Jame Mosque in Dhaka. People from all walks of life, including artistes and cultural personalities, took part in the janaza held at 11 pm on Monday.

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Two bodies have been pulled from a collapsed mine in southern Pakistan, rescuers said on Wednesday (20 March), with eight more people feared dead. A gas explosion rocked the private coal pit in the mining region of Khost, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Quetta, on Tuesday evening, trapping 10 people about 800 feet (244 meters) below ground. "Two dead bodies were recovered by the rescue teams overnight," Ghani Baloch, the chief inspector of mines for Balochistan province, told AFP.

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This year has a high probability of being even hotter than 2023, which itself was the hottest year ever recorded, the United Nations` weather and climate agency said on Tuesday (19 March).

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At least 13 miners have been trapped in a collapsed gold mine in far eastern Russia, regional officials said Tuesday (19 March). Part of the mine collapsed in Zeysk district, authorities in the Amur region said. The Emergencies Ministry reported that 13 miners were trapped, but the regional prosecutor`s office said that up to 15 could remain underground.

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The incoming Palestinian prime minister said on Tuesday (19 March) that he will appoint a technocratic government and establish an independent trust fund to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction. Mohammad Mustafa laid out wide-ranging plans for the kind of revitalized Palestinian Authority called for by the United States as part of its postwar vision for resolving the conflict.

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Miscreants gouged a local Jubo League leader’s eye in Sadar upazila of Lakshmipur Monday (18 March) night. The victim, identified as Kamal Hossain, is president of Awami League’s youth wing Jubo League’s ward 3 unit under Bashikpur union and a fruit seller at the local Poddar Bazar. Police and locals said Kamal came under attack on his way to Poddar Bazar from his house around 8:30 pm.

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Adani Group is all set to exponentially boost its planned investments in the next fiscal year ending March 2025. As per the news agency PTI, Adani Group is expected to invest over $14 billion (₹1.2 lakh crore) across its portfolio business with a special focus on green/renewable energy. The planned investments are 40% higher than the invested amount in the current fiscal year. The report claimed that by March 31 this year, Adani Group is estimated to have incurred a capex of around USD 10 billion. The company has doubled down on its $100 billion investment guidance for the next 7-10 years.

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