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A teenager and her toddler brother were dead and their parents were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on Mymensingh-Sherpur Highway in Mymensingh’s Tarakanda upazila on Sunday (31 March) morning. The deceased were identified as Mashura Nokasddes Tanas, 16, and her brother Anas Ahnaf, 3 -- children of Mokaddes Rahman Torab and Monira Begum of Char Shimulchra village under Sreebardi upazila of nearby Sherpur. The injured, including the microbus driver, are undergoing

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A forest official was crushed under the wheels of a mini truck(dumper) during a drive against hill cutting at Harinmara in Cox’s Bazar early Sunday (31 March) morning. The deceased was identified as Md Sajjaduzzaman, 30, in-charge of Dochari forest beat of Ukhiya range and a resident of Munshiganj’s Gajaria and the injured was driver Mohammad Ali. According to the forest department officials, Sajjad and Ali conducted a drive on information about cutting hill and colleting soil at Harinmara by a dumper

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Today, screens are omnipresent, shaping how our kids learn and have fun with the constant presence of digital devices. The internet, an expansive and ever-evolving realm, plays a major role in their upbringing. These days, many parents are introducing digital gadgets to their young children from an early age. It`s a way to keep them entertained with cartoons or games during meals, making it easier for parents to get them to eat without fuss. It`s a pretty common thing in many homes these days and during the pandemic, when most schools across the

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Thousands of people on Sunday (31 March) attended a rally by an alliance of India`s opposition parties that criticized the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of stifling opponents and undermining democratic institutions ahead of a national election next month. The “Save Democracy” rally was the first major public demonstration by the opposition bloc INDIA against the arrest of New Delhi’s top elected official and opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal on March 21. Kejriwal was arrested by the federal Enforcement Directorate, which is controlled by Modi’s government, on charges that his party and state ministers had accepted 1 billion rupees ($12 million) in bribes from liquor contractors nearly two years ago.

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Romania and Bulgaria partially joined Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone on Sunday (31 March), marking a new step in the two countries’ integration with the European Union. After years of negotiations to join the so-called Schengen area, there is now free access for travelers arriving by air or sea. Land border checks will remain in place, however, due to opposition primarily from Austria, which has long blocked their bid over illegal migration concerns.

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Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts, a Democratic stalwart who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass former President Barack Obama`s legislative agenda, has died following a long-term illness, his family announced. Delahunt died Saturday (30 March) at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the age of 82. Delahunt served 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1997 to 2011, for Massachusetts’s 10th congressional district.

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Pope Francis overcame concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass, leading tens of thousands of people in a flower-decked St. Peter’s Square in one of the most important liturgies of the year. Just hours after celebrating the 2½-hour nighttime Easter Vigil, the 87-year-old Francis appeared in good form at the start of the liturgy in the blustery piazza. Francis, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, has been battling respiratory problems all winter that the Vatican and he have said were bronchitis, the flu or a cold.

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Gas supply will remain suspended for emergency work on pipeline for 4 hours – from 10 am to 2 pm – in several Dhaka areas on Sunday (31 March). The areas where gas supply is suspended include Khilgaon, Nandipara, Bashabo, Madartek, Goran, Sipahibagh, Rampura, Banasree, Mugda and Manda. Adjacent areas may experience low pressure in gas supply, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd said, regretting the temporary inconvenience.

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In Mymensingh city, this Ramadan marked the opening of a pioneering mosque dedicated to members of the hijra community. The "Third Gender Community and Dakshin Char Kalibari Ashrayan Mosque," situated on the picturesque banks of the Brahmaputra River, symbolizes a significant stride towards inclusivity in religious spaces. Spanning an area of 33 decimals, the mosque not only serves the spiritual needs of the local hijra population but has also welcomed Muslims from the broader community

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The body of a member of Natore district women’s badminton team was recovered from a private female students’ hostel in Natore city on Saturday (31 March) night. The deceased was identified as Nusrat Maria Boishakhi, daughter of Rakibul Mridha of Bahadur village under the district’s Singra upazila. Nusrat was a first year student of the local NS Government College. The hostel’s residents informed that Nusrat had been staying in a room on the third floor of the hostel ‘Hafsa Chhatri Nibas’ in Uttar Borogachha area of the district since last January

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In the name of social forestry, the Forest Department has initiated arrangements to cut down trees on both sides of the 19-km road between Tukerbazar and Sachnabazar areas in Sunamganj. It is known that the Forest Department has invited tenders to cut down the trees along the 19 km road from Sunamganj to Sachnabazar. As part of this massive campaign, each tree has already been marked with a number in red paint on its trunk. The Sunamganj District Forest Department informed that the trees along

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Cashless payments are adding to the joys of Eid shopping, traveling, Iftar and Sehri meals. Thanks to the hefty discounts offered by banks and mobile financial services (MFS) credit card holders are making best use of the facilities. Banks keeping in mind the demand of different types of their customers, provide up to 80 percent discount, cashback, and buy one get one offers in purchasing products and services using credit and debit cards during this Eid festival.

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In the last year alone, approximately 8,301 tons of imported goods have been released without duty payment at the Teknaf customs station. The value of the duty for these goods amounts to several hundred crores of taka. This revelation stems from a report by customs intelligence, covering the period from January 2023 to January 2024. Upon analysing data from Teknaf Customs Station, United Portland Limited, and Assycode World, evidence of malpractice was uncovered.

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The liquidity crisis in the country’s banking sector persists unabated despite various measures being taken one after another. Instead, the situation is worsening day by day. In a surprising turn of events, the Bangladesh Bank is continuously providing money to address this crisis. Last Wednesday, the Bangladesh Bank lent a record Tk 29,000 crore in a single day. Simultaneously, some banks borrowed Tk 3,000 crore from others (Call Money). In total, distressed banks borrowed Tk 32,000 crore from the Bangladesh

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During the prolonged economic slowdown globally, the country`s plastic manufacturing sector has been maintaining steady growth over the years against the backdrop of growing demand for plastic products in domestic and international markets. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), plastic goods exports grew by 16.82 percent to $161.62 million in eight months during July-February of the 2024 fiscal year (FY). During the same period last year, plastic exports were $138.35 million

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The US National Archives has announced this week having turned over 211 emails containing 5,860 pages to the House Oversight Committee as part of the Republican investigation of US President Joe Biden on Saturday (30 March).The Republican-controlled committee is seeking to prove the head of state`s involvement in the business of relatives who allegedly traded his name around the world, all ultimately to find grounds for an impeachment vote.

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Lebanon`s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, has condemned the drone attack, attributed to Israel but denied by the latter, in which several United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) observers were injured on the Lebanese side of the mutual border, his office said on Saturday (30 March). Earlier in the day, Lebanese media reported that an Israeli drone hit a UNIFIL vehicle in the southern village of Wadi Katmoun near the border town of Rmeish. Several UN military observers were reportedly injured in the incident.

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You’re driving along, and without warning, the roadway drops from beneath you. There are a few seconds of falling, with thoughts possibly racing about family or loved ones, followed by a jarring impact, and most likely injury. Tuesday’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore following a ship strike brought back jarring memories of their own ordeals to people who survived previous bridge collapses.

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The United Nations said four of its military observers were wounded on Saturday (30 March) when a shell exploded near them in southern Lebanon, where Israel and the Hezbollah movement trade regular cross-border fire. The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) did not identify the source of the shelling but Lebanon`s official National News Agency blamed Israel.

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Russian armed forces hit the Martynivske airfield and a military base in Ukraine`s Mykolaiv region, destroying Western military equipment, the coordinator of the Mykolaiv underground Sergei Lebedev said. "At 13.50 (10:50 GMT) there were strikes on Martynivske airfield in the Mykolaiv region. On Saturday (30 March) aviation activity was recorded near the airfield. An airplane took off, landed, and took off again. It launched one projectile and landed, and then the hit followed.

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Israel has seized 27 square kilometres or 6,672 acres of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank since October 7, according a Land Day statement by the Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC). The governmental commission affiliated to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) found that the Israeli government approved 1,895 settlement units and displaced 25 Bedouin communities from Palestinian territory.

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