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Saudi Ambassador Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan on Monday assured that he will take steps to clear all pending visa applications from Bangladeshi aspirants to perform Hajj this year. The ambassador made the assurance during a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban, according to PM’s speech writer M Nazrul Islam. This year more than 83,000 Bangladeshis are scheduled to perform Hajj. According to report a more than 10,000 of them are yet to get visas due to some

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Following the demise of a heart patient inside a lift at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital in Gazipur on Sunday (12 May), the authorities have sent a letter to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), citing the disorder inside the elevator as the reason behind the death. The letter mentioned that the safety system of the lift did not work due to the patient and her relatives consistently pushing on the elevator door. The letter, signed by Dr Jahangir Alam, acting director of the hospital, was sent to the DGHS on Sunday.

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Monday (13 May) that he was open to allowing nuclear weapons on Swedish soil in wartime, as critics call for the new NATO member to ban their deployment. Sweden`s parliament is set to vote on a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the United States in June which will give the US access to military bases in Sweden and allow the storage of military equipment and weapons in the Scandinavian country.

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Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work in microfinance through Grameen Bank, finds himself embroiled in a controversy that transcends his accolades. While celebrated globally for his contributions to poverty alleviation, Yunus`s actions and associations have come under intense scrutiny, raising profound questions about his integrity and motives. To come out from the controversies, he uses his global personal leverages, emotional words and anti-govt campaign. As a part of it, Dr. Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka for Italy to take part

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The US auto workers union`s drive to organize auto plants in the southern United States faces a second test this week at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama following a triumph last month. Some 5,200 workers at the Mercedes auto manufacturing plant and battery complex near Tuscaloosa, Alabama will decide whether to join the United Auto Workers in a federally-administered election that runs from Monday (13 May) through Friday.

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Ukrainian troops are locked in intense battles with the advancing Russian army in two border areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while the death toll from a Russian apartment building collapse blamed on Ukrainian shelling rose to 15. Zelenskyy said “fierce battles” are taking place near the border in eastern and northeastern Ukraine as outgunned and outnumbered Ukrainian soldiers try to push back a significant Russian ground offensive.

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Kuwait`s emir approved a new cabinet on Sunday (12 May) just after two days when he dissolved the parliament elected only weeks earlier, and he and the new government assumed some of the assembly`s powers. Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Friday dissolved the most powerful elected legislature in the Gulf and suspended articles of the constitution, citing "interference" by lawmakers.

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In Chakaria upazila of Cox`s Bazar, farmers are rejoicing over a successful Boro harvest season, with vast fields yielding as expected despite initial cultivation delays. This season, the target for Boro cultivation encompassed 17,670 hectares of land across 18 unions and municipalities within the upazila. Thanks to favorable natural conditions, timely application of fertilizers and pesticides, and meticulous care by farmers, Boro crops have flourished, painting smiles on the faces of agriculturalists.

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After four and a half years since the issuance of the work order, the construction of the Mujibnagar Model Mosque in Meherpur remains stalled due to challenges in land acquisition. While district and upazila model mosques in Sadar and Gangni have been successfully completed, Mujibnagar`s model mosque, significant in its historical context of the Liberation War, remains conspicuously absent. The initiative falls under the larger project titled "Establishment

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Although the government is active in various ways to prevent environmentally destructive sand extraction in the three hill districts of Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachari, sand extraction is going on freely in Bolipara union of Thanchi upazila of the district, destroying the bottom of Sangu river. As a result of sand extraction with dredger machines for the last one and a half months, the geo-natural environment, biodiversity, fisheries and aquatic animals, cropland and ecology of that side of the river have been destroyed

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Mango harvesting of the current season is going to start from May 15 everywhere in the district to ensure the natural ripening of the seasonal delicious fruit. Farmers can harvest the local and indigenous varieties from May 15 while Gopalbhog from May 25, Ranipachhand and Lakhna from May 25 and Himsagar or Khirshapat from May 30. They can also harvest Langra from June 10, Amropali and Fazly from June 15, BARI Aam-4 from July 5, Ashwina from July 10, Gourmati from July 15 and Ilamati from August 20. The District Administration has announced a mango harvesting calendar fixed the date in a meeting with all stakeholders related to mango harvesting and marketing held at the conference hall of Deputy Commissioner (DC) on Saturday (12 May).

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The popular American family reality game show `Family Feud` is making its way to Bangladesh. The hit competition show, broadcast in over 50 countries worldwide, will soon have its Bangladeshi version released on the OTT platform Bongo. And celebrated Bangladeshi singer-actor Tahsan Khan is set to take on a new role as the host of this show. Bongo has announced that Tahsan has been chosen as the presenter to make the Bangladesh edition of `Family Feud` even more entertaining. In the show, two

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The country`s various government offices currently have approximately 500,000 vacancies, yet the unemployment rate continues to rise annually. Education researchers attribute this situation to factors such as prolonged recruitment processes and a lack of new job creation in the private sector. However, the Ministry of Public Administration reports that recruitment efforts have now commenced vigorously.

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The number of people killed by flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano in western Indonesia over the weekend has risen to 41 with 17 more missing, a local disaster agency official told AFP Monday (13 May). Data as of last night, we recorded 37 dead victims... But from this morning it has grown again, the figure reached 41 (dead), Ilham Wahab, West Sumatra disaster mitigation agency official told AFP, adding rescuers were searching for 17 still missing.

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Israel struck Gaza on Sunday (12 May) and troops battled Hamas in several areas of the Hamas-run territory, where the health ministry said the death toll in the war had exceeded 35,000 people. More than seven months into the Israel-Hamas war, UN chief Antonio Guterres urged "an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages and an immediate surge in humanitarian aid" into the besieged Gaza Strip.

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Egypt on Sunday (12 May) announced its intention to formally support South Africa`s case at the International Court of Justice against Israel, alleging genocide in its war against Hamas in Gaza. Pretoria brought its case to the ICJ in December, calling on the UN court to order Israel to suspend its military operations in Gaza. In its most recent appeal to the ICJ on Friday, South Africa again accused Israel of "continuing violations of the Genocide Convention" and of being "contemptuous" of international law.

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Fifty percent of people in the United States believe that their government is spending excessive amounts of money on military and financial assistance to Ukraine, a poll conducted by the Financial Times newspaper and University of Michigan`s Ross School of Business showed on Sunday (12 May). The poll also showed that 26% of respondents think Washington is spending enough money on Ukraine and 11% said the US was not spending enough. In addition, 47% of respondents believe spending to support Israel is excessive, while 11% believe Washington could provide more aid to Israel, the poll showed.

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South Korean Ambassador Park Young-sik has expressed his country`s keen interest to invest in the jute and leather sectors of Bangladesh for mutual benefits of both the countries. "Now South Korea is keen to develop both the country`s success in jute and leather sectors," he said, while making a courtesy call on textile minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak at his secretariat office here on Sunday (12 May). Talking to reporters after the meeting, Nanak said the envoy praised the Bangladeshi government for the development in different sectors.

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Mount Everest saw a record-breaking day on Sunday (12 May) as Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa and Briton Kenton Cool reached the top of the world`s highest mountain, extending their records for the most summits by a Nepali and a foreigner. Sherpa, 54, reached the peak for the 29th time and Cool, 50, made his 18th summit.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez`s Socialists are hoping to show Catalonia has moved past its independence fixation by winning Sunday`s (12 May) regional vote and defeating separatist leader Carles Puigdemont. Polls opened at 9:00 am (0700 GMT), with voters casting their ballots to elect 135 lawmakers in the Catalan parliament in this wealthy northeastern region of some eight million people. Surveys suggest Sanchez`s Socialists are set to win the most votes, ahead of Puigdemont`s hardline separatist JxCat and its rival ERC, led by current regional leader Pere Aragones. Polls close at 8:00 pm with results due out several hours later.

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The green road connects Panthpath and Farmgate which carries lots of importance for the people who reside surrounding it or use this road. Along with the movement of thousands of people, Pani Bhavan, IBA Hostel, the University of Asia Pacific and several university coaching centres have been located here. Until now, there were hundreds of rickshaws parked along this busy road along with several rickshaw repair shops. Besides, several floating hotels on the sidewalk surrounding this rickshaw lane existed which did not allow people to walk on the sidewalk. Recently, a different picture has been observed on the ground inspection of the area, there are no old rickshaw lanes or occupied footpaths.

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Around a hundred factories in Fatullah BSCIC Industrial area have been closed following a fire caused by a gas line rupture. Several shops were gutted in the fire in the Fatullah Bscic Industrial area on Sunday (12 May).

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Thousands more civilians have fled Russia`s renewed ground offensive in Ukraine`s northeast that has targeted towns and villages with a barrage of artillery and mortar fire, officials said Sunday (12 May). The intense battles have forced at least one Ukrainian unit to withdraw in the Kharkiv region, capitulating more land to Russian forces across less defended settlements in the so-called contested "gray zone" along the Russian border.

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Israeli forces were battling Palestinian militants across the Gaza Strip on Sunday (12 May), including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it had cleared months ago, where Hamas has exploited a security vacuum to regroup. Israel has portrayed the southern Gaza city of Rafah as Hamas` last stronghold, saying it must invade in order to succeed in its goals of dismantling the group and returning scores of hostages. A limited operation there has expanded in recent days, forcing some 300,000 people to flee and drawing warnings from Egypt, where an official said it is putting the country`s decades-old peace treaty with Israel at risk.

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Emergency aid and rescue teams struggled on Sunday to reach areas of northern Afghanistan hardest hit by flash floods that killed hundreds, AFP journalists saw. Heavy rains caused flash flooding in several provinces in Afghanistan on Friday (10 May). Northern Baghlan was the worst impacted, with efforts to deliver aid hampered by destruction to roads and bridges wrought when the floods ripped through the province. In Sheikh Jalal, about a two-hour drive from Burka, one of the most devastated areas, AFP journalists saw aid trucks full of food, military vehicles, rescue workers and local residents stuck where roads had been completely washed out.

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WorldFish Hosts Inception Workshop for Asia-Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) Project funded by UK government Blue planate fund, unveiling Project Overview to Stakeholders in Dhaka, Bangladesh. WorldFish, a global leader in fisheries and aquaculture research, convened a landmark Inception Workshop for the Asia-Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) Project, aimed at sharing comprehensive project insights with key stakeholders. The workshop took place on Sunday (12 May), at the Hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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