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Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox`s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three lowering distant cautionary signal number in the wake of the deep depression over the North Bay, said a special weather bulletin. Squally weather may affect the maritime ports, North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh as deep convection is taking place over North Bay, the bulletin added.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday (25 May) said Nepal will build a temple on behalf of Bangladesh at the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha. "They will build a Buddha temple in Nepal on our behalf because we want to have a symbol of Bangladesh at the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha," she said while exchanging pleasantries with religious leaders and eminent personalities of the Buddhist community on the occasion of Buddha Purnima marking the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha.

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The deaths of Ibrahim Raisi and Hossein Amir Abdullahian will have a major impact on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Iran`s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was one of the main suppliers of money and weapons to armed groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Bahrain and Palestine. The big question for these armed groups is whether the new president will become as aggressive. Israel and Western countries have been very unhappy about Iran`s nuclear activities for several decades. Even Saudi Arabia, a major Sunni country known for being

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On a small island off Japan’s northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The “Neko Jinja,” or Cat Shrine, mythologizes cats as guardian angels of Tashirojima, where cats outnumber humans. Legend says the island used to be famous for sericulture and farmers would keep cats because they would chase away rats, protecting the silkworm cocoons from the rodents.

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that he does not welcome the idea of a single European army as it will "duplicate" what the alliance does. "I welcome EU efforts on defense when it comes to increasing defense expenditure … but the EU cannot replace NATO," Stoltenberg told The Economist, adding that the bloc represents only 20% of NATO’s total expenditure. If NATO member states establish "alternative command structures," they will most likely "duplicate" the alliance’s functions, Stoltenberg said.

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France`s president, Qatar`s prime minister and the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan held talks Friday on the Gaza war and ways to set up a Palestinian state alongside Israel, the French presidency said. French President Emmanuel Macron organised the meeting amid growing international concerns over the Israel-Hamas war.

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Mexico has registered 48 deaths in a series of heat waves since March, the government said Friday, as scientists warned that new temperature records could be coming. More than 950 people have suffered various health effects over the same period, according to the health ministry. Last year, Mexico reported a record 419 heat-related deaths in the hot season, which runs from March to October, in a country of 129 million people.

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Rafael Nadal will bring down the curtain on his 19-year French Open career with the likelihood of adding to his 14 titles greatly diminished before he leaves behind a record and reputation unlikely ever to be matched. The great Spaniard, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, won his first title at Roland Garros as a teenager in 2005. A week on Monday, he will celebrate his 38th birthday.

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Suddopuskorini blanked Dhaka Rangers by 2-0 goals in the UCB Women`s Football League held at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city`s Kamalapur on Friday (24 May). In the day`s match, Kakoli scored both the goals for Suddopuskorini in the 10th and 63rd minutes for the winning side.

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Four people have died in separate road accidents in Mymensingh and Tangail districts. In Mymensingh, a couple died as a bus ran over them while they were crossing the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Bhaluka on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Abbas Ali Dewan, 60, and his wife Hazera Khatun, 50, residents of Kalmegha village in Sakhipur Upazila of Tangail. According to police, Abbas Ali and his wife came to visit his granddaughter’house. A bus of Shahjalal Paribahan knocked down the couple when

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Allegations of repeated attacks and gunfire have arisen at the residence of Japan-Bangladesh Group`s chairman Selim Pradhan in Narayanganj`s Rupganj upazila, in support of defeated candidates in the Rupganj upazila parishad elections. At least six security personnel were injured in the incident.

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More than 50 residential houses were gutted in a massive fire in the workers` colony at Kaliakoir in Gazipur on Friday (24 May). Fortunately, no one sustained injuries in the fire that erupted in the Telirchala area of Mouchak in Kaliakoir upazila around 1:15 pm. Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy assistant director of Gazipur Fire Service, said on information four firefighting units of Kaliakoir and Konabari Fire Service went to the spot and brought the blaze under control around 2:15pm.

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For generations, thousands of people have been living at risk along the coast in Bagerhat. When the water levels rise, parts of Rampal, Mongla, and Morrelganj upazilas are flooded and water enters homes, leaving them in suffering. The existing embankments are relatively low, so they overflow during high tides, causing residential areas to flood. During storms and tidal surges, the suffering of locals in these areas becomes unbearable. The news of Cyclone Remal approaching has caused anxiety among the locals

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A month-long exhibition titled ‘Chhapaichitrer Parampara’ giving viewers a glimpse into printmaking techniques from 1950 to date is under way at the Quamrul Hassan Gallery of Bengal Shilpalaya in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. The exhibition is featuring 85 prints by 68 artists made using various techniques, including intaglio, relief, lithography, etching, engraving, dry point, woodcut and others in the past seven decades. The artworks depict the beauty of nature, the relationship between humans

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The depression over Eastcentral Bay and adjoining Westcentral Bay moved north-northeastward over the same area and was centred at 6pm Friday (24 May). It is about 745 kms southwest of Chattogram port, 680kms southwest of Cox`s Bazar port, 710 kms south of Mongla port and 670 kms south of Payra port.

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Farmers are now busy fattening cows ahead of Eid-ul-Adha. Many marginal farmers are injecting toxic chemicals into the bodies of cows in the hope of more profits. They are injecting excessive doses of dexamethasone, betamethasone and cyproheptadine on the advice of local inexperienced doctors. Due to this, the function of the kidney and liver of cows is damaged and water cannot get out of the body. As a result, cows look big. The use of these steroid-like chemicals makes cows look fat, but the amount of meat does not increase much.

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A massive landslide struck remote villages in Papua New Guinea`s highlands Friday, with many homes buried and scores of residents feared dead. The disaster hit an isolated part of Enga province at around 3:00 am local time, according to government officials, when many villagers were at home asleep.

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Cyclone Remal is expected to make landfall in Bangladesh on Sunday (26 May), bringing rainfall and subsiding the scorching heat felt across different parts of the country. "The ongoing heatwave will continue till Saturday. At Saturday midnight, some areas including the coastal region will see rain. Then on Sunday, the temperature will fall in most of the areas of Bangladesh." Md Tariful Newaz Kabir, meteorologist at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told the media on Friday (24 May).

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday (24 May) underscored that International Court of Justice rulings are "binding" after the top UN court ordered Israel to halt military operations in Rafah. Guterres stressed that "decisions of the Court are binding and trusts that the parties will duly comply with the Order from the Court," his spokesperson said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday (23 May) on the seizure of U.S. properties in response to the potential confiscation of Russian assets by the United States. According to the decree, the Russian Central Bank and Russian entities will have the right to seek legal redress in court in case of the unlawful seizure of properties by the United States.

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The United Nations warned on Friday (24 May) that escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar`s Rakhine State had forced around 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee, amid allegations of killings and burnings of property. "Tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced in recent days by the fighting in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships," UN rights office spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell told reporters in Geneva.

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