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Communication on Chattogram-Kaptai road remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Tuesday (23 April) as the students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) blocked the road protesting the death of two fellows in a road crash. The students took to the street boycotting classes and examinations and blocked the Chattogram-Kaptai road by setting fire on logs and tyres to press home their 9 point demand for safe road. Two Cuet students—Shanto Saha, a 3rd year student and Tawfiq Hasan, a 2nd year student of Civil engineering department, died when a bus of ‘Shah Amanat’ paribahan hit a motorbike on Chattogram-Kaptai road at Zianagar in Rangunia upazila on Monday.

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ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak will preside over a discussion session in the 80th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) panel discussion on "Benefits of Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific" on Tuesday (23 April).

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One hundred and seventy-three Bangladeshi nationals will return home on Wednesday (24 April) from Sittwe prison in Rakhine State of Myanmar. The returnees will be carried by the ‘Myanmar Naval Ship Chin Dwin’ which is visiting Bangladesh to bring back members of Myanmar defence force who were forced to cross the border into Bangladesh due to conflict in Rakhine state, said the Bangladesh Embassy in Yangon. The ship is expected to reach the Bangladesh territory by Wednesday and handover of the Bangladeshi

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The Bangladesh government has garnered significant experience in countering insurgency activities in the Chattagram Hill Tracts (CHT). Through operations like "Operation Dabanal," the Bangladesh Armed Forces have effectively neutralised separatist armed groups. After the peace treaty, "Operation Uttaron" has aimed to uphold law and order and improve the living standards of the Jumma people. With over two decades of such operations, the resurgence of another insurgency movement in that particular region would be a daydream, if not a wild dream.

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India`s main opposition party is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators" and used some of his most incendiary rhetoric to date about the minority faith in an election rally days after the country began its weekslong general election. At the rally on Sunday (21 April) in the western state of Rajasthan, Modi said that when the Congress party was in government, “they said Muslims have the first right over the country’s resources.”

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More than 50,000 people have been displaced by clashes in a disputed area in northern Ethiopia, the United Nations said, as the international community expressed concern about the violence involving fighters from rival regions. "The number of people displaced by the armed clashes in Alamata Town, and Raya Alamata, Zata and Ofla... since 13/14 April has reached more than 50,000," the UN said late Monday (22 April), citing local authorities in the disputed area which is claimed by Tigray and neighbouring Amhara.

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Israel`s apparent strike on Iran was deliberately limited in scope but sent a clear warning to the country`s leadership about Israeli abilities to strike at sensitive targets. Tehran refuses to recognise Israel, and for decades the two countries have waged a shadow war marked by covert Israeli operations inside Iran, and Iranian backing for anti-Israel militant groups including Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

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Philippine troops killed the leader of a small Muslim rebel group and eleven of his men blamed for past bombings and extortion in a clash in the country’s south, military officials said Tuesday (23 April). Seven soldiers were wounded in the hourlong gunbattle Monday against suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in a marshy hinterland in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town in Maguindanao del Sur province, Brig. Gen. Jose Vladimir Cagara said.

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President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday (23 April) urged Qatar to invest more in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Bangladesh. "Bangladesh will welcome investments in various sectors including in state-led food supply chains from production to consumption such as agro-production and processing, food packaging, smart agriculture and fertiliser production," he said

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Sunil Narine says the "door is closed" on his West Indies career after his sparkling IPL form prompted calls for him to come out of international retirement for their home T20 World Cup. The bowling all-rounder has starred for Kolkata Knight Riders as an opening batsman, with 286 runs including a century and a half-ton in the current IPL. He has taken nine wickets with his mystery spin and stifled opposition run flow with an economy of 7.10 in a high-scoring season.

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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday (22 April) has appointed Mohsin Sheikh as the national team Performance Analyst for a two-year term beginning in May 2024. Mohsin, an Australian of Pakistani descent, had been the analyst for the Bangladesh side during the white ball tour of New Zealand in December 2023. He will join the team ahead of the forthcoming T20 series against Zimbabwe.

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At least six houses were gutted in a fire at Khamarpara village of Sreepur upazila of Magura on Monday (22 April) night. The fire originated from a mosquito coil around 8:30 pm on Monday and quickly spread to the houses of Najak Joardar, Kamal Joardar, Shilan Joardar, Ziko Mollah, and Obayed Mollah around, confirmed Sreepur Fire Service Officer Delwar Hossain.

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The upazila administration has taken a remarkable initiative to guide and provide education to fifty students who have lost their schooling in the Char area of Chilmari in Kurigram. They have established a unique school by collaborating with the locals and the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO). A temporary mobile school has been set up in a shelter project to ensure education for approximately four hundred families.

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After nearly 21 years of closure, the Thakurgaon silk factory became operational in August, 2023. As the factory opened with new zeal, the workers and employees dreamed of living comfortably with their families. But after six months the factory has stopped again in February this year. In this regard, the manager of the factory, Md. Tushar said, in the last six months, 2000 yards of sarees and 300 hundred yards of Punjabi have been produced in our factory. We could not sell these in market.

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UNICEF on Monday honoured 15 Bangladeshi journalists, including three child journalists, for their outstanding reporting on children`s issues during the 18th edition of Meena Media Awards in Bangladesh. Since its launch in 2005, the Meena Media Awards have promoted child rights through recognizing excellence in journalistic reporting in print, broadcast, and online media, including reports of child journalists.

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In areas such as Subarnachar in Noakhali district, along with Jashore and Meherpur, people are not getting drinking water, let alone irrigation water. For the last 12-13 days, water has not been coming up from tube wells as the water level has dropped. Very little water is coming from the shallow machines as well. Consequently, farmers are forced to use extra fuel to irrigate their lands, while common people are suffering immensely to obtain the required water.

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An alleged member of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) was killed on Monday (23 April), in a clash with state security forces who are carrying out an anti-terror combing operation in Bandarban district. Although ostensibly the KNF advocates for the rights and betterment of the indigenous Kuki Chin tribal people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, it maintains a separate armed wing, the Kuki Chin National Army (KNA), that has engaged in acts of terrorism in the hills. The incident happened on Monday afternoon

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Four members of a family, including two children, died after a speedy bus ran them over in Cumilla. The deceased were identified as Shahinur Akhter, 25, her daughters Saima, 7, Raima, 2, and her mother-in-law Bilbunnesa, 55. They were hit by a Dhaka-bound bus while crossing the road in Daudkandi upazila`s Raypur area. They were on their way home from the doctor`s chamber. Locals rushed them to the Upazila Health Complex, where the duty doctor declared three of them dead

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There is already uncertainty about whether the initiative taken by Bangladesh Bank to merge financially weakened and troubled banks with relatively strong banks will ultimately succeed or not. Some banks have already objected to this move. Although Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued a policy on mergers, it has been alleged that the central bank itself is not following it. According to the policy, the banks can discuss among themselves and decide on the merger. However, complaints are being made by several weaker banks that BB is forcefully imposing this

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Deadly floods are wreaking havoc in many parts of East Africa that face torrential rainfall, with the poor nation of Burundi calling for international help to deal with the aftermath. Lake Tanganyika`s rising waters have invaded the port of Bujumbura, Burundi`s economic capital, disrupting business there and elsewhere in the country that relies heavily on donor support to run government programs.

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A 25-year-old man died of heatstroke after falling ill on a moving tempo in the scorching heat of Chattogram metropolis on Monday (22 April). The incident happened in front of the Shyamoli bus counter in the port city on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Md Shukkur Ali of Hajibari of Dalal Bazar area of Lakshmipur district. He was currently living in CDA Jalil Gate area of Fauzdarhat of Sitakunda upazila. Pahartoli Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Kefayet Ullah confirmed the matter.

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When people`s lives are suffering due to intense heat, the voluntary humanitarian organization "Team Khorshed" appeared to alleviate the suffering of the city dwellers. Delivering pure and fresh food and water to everyone like the second day. They are feeding free clean water to day labourers, employed people, pedestrians and common people at different points of the city. From Monday (April 22) morning, they were seen distributing water to various spots including Chashara Shaheed Minar, the heart of the city. People traveling on the road are eagerly drinking this water to quench their thirst in hot weather.

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The construction of an international standard and modern 150-bed specialized burn unit of at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) is expected to begin in July next with Chinese funding. "We have been trying to begin the construction works of the 150-bed hospital at a cost of around Taka 181 crores within July this year," said Brigadier General Shamim Ahsan, Director of the CMCH. The burn unit will be constructed at the proposed site on the north side of the main dormitory of the CMCH on Chatteswari Road in the city.

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Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has sought support and collaboration of the US government to ensure fair minimum price of apparel and a unified code of conduct for social audits. The BGMEA also demanded of the US government to reinstate GSP in favour of Bangladesh and include garment items in its GSP program. BGMEA president S.M. Mannan (Kochi) raised the demands at a meeting between the visiting delegation of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the BGMEA held at the BGMEA Complex in Dhaka on Monday (22 April).

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