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Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday (26 May) said the government remains alert so that no journalists face any harassment in the name of Digital Act. He said this while addressing the founding anniversary programme of the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) on the premises of DRU at Segunbagicha in the capital.

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Over 8 lakh people have so far been evacuated to shelters as cyclone Remal is approaching the Bangladesh coast, said State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Mohibur Rahman. He urged the people of 16 coastal districts to go to cyclone centres immediately for their safety. He made the request at a press briefing after an inter-ministerial meeting on cyclone management at the Secretariat on Sunday (26 May).

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Detective Branch (DB) Chief Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid on Sunday (26 May) said they will seek help from Interpol to bring back Akhtaruzzaman Shaheen, the fugitive ‘mastermind’ of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar murder. He made the remark while talking to reporters at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday morning just before leaving the airport for Kolkata to investigate the murder case. Harun, also additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said an

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday (26 May) witnessed the draft copy of the documentary titled "Mujib in Calcutta" made projecting the Kolkata part of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman`s life. She reviewed the draft documentary at her official residence Ganabhaban here in the morning.

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Mindset refers to the established set of attitudes held by someone. It encompasses how individuals perceive their abilities, their growth potential, and how they approach challenges and setbacks. Psychologist Carol Dweck`s research delineates between two primary types of mindsets: fixed and growth. A fixed mindset is characterised by the belief that abilities and intelligence are static and unchangeable. People with a fixed mindset often avoid challenges, give up easily, and see effort as fruitless. In contrast, a growth mindset is grounded in the belief that abilities

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Lithuania`s heads of state and government face off on Sunda (25 May)y in round two of the presidential election, as the Baltic nation prioritises defence and security amid fears over neighbouring Russia. Both candidates agree that the NATO and EU member of 2.8 million should boost defence spending to counter the perceived threat, and to that end the government recently proposed a tax increase.

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The armed wing of Hamas said it had taken "prisoner" at least one Israeli soldier in an ambush on Saturday in the Gaza Strip, a claim Israel denied. The Palestinian militant group targeted Israeli forces in a tunnel in the Jabalia camp and "all their members were killed, wounded or taken prisoner," said Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.

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Nearby tribal violence has complicated recovery efforts at a catastrophic landslide in Papua New Guinea, aid workers said Sunday, as the search continued for hundreds of villagers feared dead under the rubble. A once-bustling hillside village in Enga province was almost completely obliterated when the landslide struck in the early hours of Friday morning, burying scores of homes and the people sleeping inside.

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BNP paid homage to National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam by placing wreaths at his grave beside the Dhaka University central mosque on Saturday, marking his 125th birth anniversary. A BNP delegation, led by its senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, went to the poet’s grave around 7 am and placed the wreaths there.

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The armed wing of Hamas said it had taken "prisoner" at least one Israeli soldier in an ambush on Saturday in the Gaza Strip, a claim Israel denied. The Palestinian militant group targeted Israeli forces in a tunnel in the Jabalia camp and "all their members were killed, wounded or taken prisoner," said Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.

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Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and decided to field first in the third T20I against the USA at the Prairie View Cricket Complex in Houston on Saturday (25 May). Bangladesh will play for pride in this match as they have already conceded the series to the USA, who have won both the first and second T20I. This will be Bangladesh`s last T20I match before the T20 World Cup.

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A statue made of touchstone, weighing 34 kg, was recovered from a pond while workers were digging in it at Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Saturday (25 May). The workers said they spotted the statue while digging at a pond in Bohupukur area of Paschim Begunbari Rajapukur Bazar under Begunbari union yesterday noon. Later, a businessman named Yeasin Ali took the statue from the workers and informed the local police station. Local UP Chairman Boni Amin said the statue weighed 33.80 kg. Sadar police station’s Officer-in-Charge

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Chattogram District Administration has completed all preparations to face the impending severe cyclone ` Remal.` Over 2,000 cyclone shelter centers including 1,789 primary schools are being prepared in all coastal upazilas of the district. Meanwhile, the district administration in an emergency meeting on Saturday noon has taken up brisk preparations comprising all public utility departments and concerned agencies to cope with any eventuality of the cyclonic storm Remal.

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After 11 days of an exceptional edition, the Jury of the 77th Festival de Cannes, chaired by American director, screenwriter and actress Greta Gerwig, surrounded by Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, American actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green, Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, as well as Spanish director and screenwriter Juan Antonio Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino, Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu and French actor and producer Omar Sy, presented its winners` list among the 22 films presented in Competition this year.

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National carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines announced the suspension of its flights to Cox`s Bazar for Sunday (26 May) due to Cyclonic storm Remal. Besides, flights of BG395 and BG391 to Kolkata will remain suspended on Sunday and Monday, respectively, said Bosra Islam, general manager of the Public Relations Wing of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Earlier, Bangladesh Meteorological Department asked the Payra and Mongla maritime ports to hoist danger Signal 7 and danger Signal 6 for Cox`s Bazar and Chattogram seaports

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In the last nine months of the current fiscal year, interest and principal repayments on foreign debt have cost 67 percent more in local currency compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year, representing a 48 percent increase in dollar terms. As the value of the dollar has risen, there is increased pressure on the payment of foreign debt.

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At least 24 people were killed, most of them children, when a fire broke out at a packed amusement park arcade in India on Saturday, officials said. Footage posted on social media, which AFP was not able to immediately verify, showed a ferocious blaze engulfing a structure, with black smoke pouring into the sky.

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New rounds of rainstorms and flooding have claimed 17 lives and injured 11 others in north Afghanistan`s Faryab and the neighboring Sari Pul province over the past two days, local officials said Saturday (25 May). In the Lawlash district of Faryab province, 12 people have lost their lives and 11 others sustained injuries due to downpours and flash floods since Friday, provincial government spokesman Esmatullah Muradi said.

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At least one person was killed and six others were injured on Saturday (25 May) in a blast at an explosives manufacturing factory in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said. The blast took place at the factory near Pirda village in Bemetara district, about 23 km north of Raipur, the capital city of Chhattisgarh. Following the blast, authorities rushed fire brigade teams, police contingents and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel to the spot to carry out the rescue work.

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Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden could help solve the conflict in Ukraine, and even lower-level discussions between top diplomats could help achieve progress, US Congressman Thomas Massie said on Friday (24 May). "I think it could help," Massie said when asked whether talks between Biden and Putin could help solve the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. "Although, even lower-level negotiations would help as well, I think."

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About 12 children were injured at a school in the Russian city of Krasnodar on Saturday (25 May), where the wind blew off a part of the roof, and received shrapnel wounds of varying severity, the Krasnodar Territory prosecutor`s office said. Earlier in the day, Krasnodar Major Evgeny Naumov said that a part of the roof in the school was torn off before the beginning of the solemn line on the occasion of the last call, injuring several people.

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Saturday (25 May ) a discussion meeting titled "Measures to Control Hydraulic Horns" was held at the Grand Park Southgate Conference Hall on Band Road in Barisal City. The meeting was organized by the Multi-Party Advocacy Forum (MAF) composed of members from the Bangladesh Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and Jatiya Party, with support from Democracy International under the SPL project funded by USAID.

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Three Bangladeshi girls, who intruded into India through the border, returned home on Saturday (25 May) through Jashore’s Benapole checkpost after serving 18 months of imprisonment there. They are Tamanna Aktar, 21, Mahmud Akter, 22, and Mousumi Das, 24, hailing from Mymensingh, Dhaka and Khulna districts respectively.

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Khulna City Corporation (KCC) mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque has said that the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam never differentiated religious views in his poetry and he was deadly against the racial segregation in his writings as well. The KCC mayor was addressing the inaugural function of a two-day long celebration programme of the 125th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam with the theme of `Oshamprodayik Chetona ebong Nazrul` (Nazrul and his sense of communal harmony and secularism) at Khulna Shilpokola Academy here this evening as the chief guest.

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After a temporary gap, Chuadanga on Saturday (25 May) again experienced the country`s highest temperature at 41.7 degrees Celsius. People are experiencing the blistering heat as a mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and it may continue. Rakibul Hasan, senior observer of Chuadanga First Class Meteorological Observatory, said that from May 6 to May 24, the temperature was ranging from 34 degrees to 40.0 (zero) degrees Celsius.

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The Bangladesh Jeweller`s Association (Bajus) on Saturday (25 May) decreased gold price by Tk 1,283 per bhori, followed by a price drop in the local bullion market, fixing good quality 22-carat gold price at Tk1,17,176per bhori. Apart from this, the price of 21-carat gold has been set at Tk1,11,846 per bhori, 18-carat gold at Tk95,866 per bhori, and the traditional method price set at Tk79,256.

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Terming the recent Deutsche Welle (DW) documentary – titled "Torturers deployed as UN peacekeepers" – false and fallacious, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday (25 May) it presented misleading portrayal of Bangladesh Army personnel in UN Peacekeeping Missions.

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Metro rail services in the capital were halted suddenly around 7pm Saturday (25 May). Thousands of passengers were seen waiting at various stations when the service stopped, reports Prothom Alo. Around 7:30m, announcements were made at various stations requesting passengers to take alternative routes if they are in a hurry.

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One person has been arrested and four injured as supporters of Iran`s government and anti-government protesters clashed in London after an event honoring late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, London`s Metropolitan Police said on Saturday (25 May). "Anti-government protesters had gathered outside the venue [of the event marking the death of the Iranian president] and clashes had broken out between the groups ... Four people were injured ... One man was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder," the Metropolitan Police said on X.

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Two sisters drowned in a river while bathing in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet on Saturday (25 May) afternoon. The deceased were identified as Suheda Begum, 10, and Majeda Begum, 5, daughters of Joynal Ahmed of Fatehpur Paschimpara village of the upazila. Locals said that Suheda and Majeda went to bathe in the Kushiyara River near the house in the scorching heat. While swimming, they drowned in the river. Locals immediately came to the rescue. Later, their bodies were recovered by a net at around 3 pm.

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Rancon, a leading name in Bangladesh`s automotive industry, is proud to announce the launch of the Proton X70, now locally assembled for the first time in Bangladesh on Thursday, 23rd May 2024 at the 17th Dhaka Motor Show.

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