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The third wave of floods this monsoon have left over one lakh people stranded in their homes in Sunamganj, officials and relief workers said on Friday. The north-eastern district of Bangladesh has been grappling with floodings due to continuous rainfall and the onrush of water from the upstream hills in India. Floods hit the district first on June 16. The second round of flooding began on July 1 and now the water levels in all the rivers of the district have risen abnormally, causing the third wave of flooding

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday (11 June) against conflict between NATO and Russia, telling an alliance summit aimed at bolstering Ukraine that diplomacy must also be an option. The summit in Washington produced announcements including F-16 transfers to Ukraine and a US plan to deploy long-range missiles in Germany, with Russia warning of a response to the "very serious threat" from NATO. "I shared my views candidly here that NATO should never be allowed to be a party to the war in Ukraine," Erdogan told a news conference after the 75th anniversary summit.

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More than 60 people are missing in Nepal after a landslide triggered by heavy rains swept two buses off a highway and nto a river, authorities said. Dozens of search and rescue personnel were combing the site for survivors of the accident in the central district of Chitwan, district official Khimananda Bhusal told media. Bhusal said that the buses were carrying at least 66 people between them but three passengers had been able to escape before they crashed

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On July 9-11, Washington is hosting a NATO summit marking the 75th anniversary of the Alliance. According to its organisers, it is held amid the alleged deterioration of European security. Representatives of 32 member states and other invited countries and organisations are discussing stronger measures aimed at inflicting "strategic defeat" on Russia through indirect actions, military support to Ukraine, and opportunities for NATO further advancement, including in the Asia-Pacific

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Billionaire Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani celebrates the lavish finale of his son`s wedding this week, highlighting his staggering wealth, as well as India`s rapid economic growth and stark financial inequalities. Ambani`s younger son Anant and fiancee Radhika Merchant, both 29, are set to marry in a three-day Hindu ceremony in India`s financial capital Mumbai starting Friday (12 July). Asia`s richest man is no stranger to throwing a costly wedding. He held the most expensive wedding in India to date for his daughter in 2018, which reportedly cost up to $100 million and saw US singer Beyonce perform.

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The European Union has trained almost 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers since early 2022, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday (11 July), adding that the bloc should continue supporting Ukraine. "We have to continue supporting Ukraine, we at European Union, we have done that, we have provided almost 40 billion of military support, trained almost 60,000 soldiers from Ukraine, increasing our military capacity and increasing our production capacity of our defense industry," Borrell said.

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BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday (11 July) alleged that there exists a "telepathic relationship" between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the judiciary, as her thoughts are reflected in court orders. "It seems to us that the Awami League government has a telepathic connection with the judiciary. What Sheikh Hasina thinks comes through the court verdicts. How does this telepathic relationship happen?” he said. Speaking at a press conference, the BNP leader questioned why the court issued an order over the reinstatement of quota in government jobs when the government revoked it by issuing a circular.

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Bangladesh`s right-arm pacer and vice-captain of the T20 team Taskin Ahmed has issued legal notices to private TV station Ekattor TV and Bangla daily Samakal, demanding retractions and apologies for broadcasting and publishing allegedly false and defamatory reports that have tarnished his reputation. Represented by Advocate Jobayer Mohammad Aourangzeb, Taskin Ahmed has taken a firm stance against what he describes as baseless allegations that have caused significant harm to his standing both nationally and internationally. The notice to Ekattor Media Limited, who owns Ekattor TV, pertains to a report aired on the sports segment “Khelajog” on 1 July. The broadcast alleged that Taskin missed the team bus and arrived at the cricket ground after the toss for the match against India on 22 June.

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Land slide triggered from torrential rain caused death of two including a child at Sikderpara and Palangkata of Cox’s Bazar town here at early Thursday (11 July) morning. The deceased were identified as Md Hasan,10, a resident of Sikderpara area of Cox’s Bazar town and Nurjahan,27, a resident of Palangkata area. “Land slide have killed two –where a child and a female. The bodies have been kept in the morgue of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital”, said the Resident Medical Officer of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital Dr Ashiqur Rahman.

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Half-yearly sales conference-2024 of Rupayan Group, one of the country`s top industrial organisations, has been held. The conference was held at the Army Golf Club Convention Hall in the capital on Wednesday. Chairman of Rupayan Group Liaquat Ali Khan Mukul said Rupayan Group is implementing all housing projects that attract all categories of buyers, which makes it easier for the sales team to present to buyers. Entrepreneurs create employment through investment and the sales

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Air Astra – the newest airline in Bangladesh, launched its frequent flyer program, ORBIT, on Thursday. The event was inaugurated by Rubaba Dowla – prominent corporate personality and country managing director of Oracle Bangladesh held in Dhaka, according to a media release. Imran Asif, CEO and Sohail Majid, CCO of the airline were also present among others at this milestone event of the airline. ORBIT has been uniquely designed to cater to its loyal customers through a tiered membership

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In the sweltering heat of a 4 pm sun, Khalil, a Pathao driver, waits for passengers in Mohakhali. His face etched with fatigue, this Bhola native now lives in the Signboard area of Dhaka. With two children studying at a local madrasa, Khalil`s struggle is palpable. “Three days` income is not enough for one day`s expenses,” he reveals, his voice heavy with emotion. Although he has lived in Dhaka for 30 years, he has never faced such a situation. In the last few years, house rent, car rent, children`s

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The main part (operative part) and instructions of the High Court verdict on the 2018 government circular declaring the abolition of existing quotas applicable to jobs (grades 9 to 13) have been published on Thursday (11 July). A High Court bench comprising of Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Khizir Hayat published the one-page brief judgment. According to the operative part, if the government wants to change, reduce or increase the ratio or percentage of the quotas, the verdict will not be an obstacle.

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The joint work of the BRICS countries could strengthen the constructive influence of the association and make the world a safer place, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (11 July). "I am convinced that by working together, cohesively, we will be able to maximize the economic, investment, technological and human potential of our countries, strengthen the constructive influence of BRICS on global processes, make the world in which we live safer and much more harmonious," Putin said in an address to the BRICS Parliamentary Forum in St. Petersburg.

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Thousands of people from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica on Thursday (11 July) for the annual ritual of commemorating the 1995 genocide which Serb officials continue to deny, fueling ethnic tensions and deep divisions within the war-ravaged state. Twenty-nine years after they were murdered in Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust, the bodies of 13 men and one teenage boy were laid to rest Thursday at a vast and ever-expanding memorial cemetery just outside Srebrenica, in eastern Bosnia. They join more than 6,600 massacre victims already reburied there.

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French left-wingers attacked President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday (11 July) after he called for a broad coalition government, demanding that their movement alone should propose a prime minister. No single force won Sunday`s second-round vote outright, though a broad alliance of Socialists, Communists, Greens and the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) won the most seats, with 193 in the 577-strong National Assembly. With no overall majority, the result left France rudderless at home, where it will host the Olympic Games in just over two weeks, and weakened abroad, where President Emmanuel Macron was in Washington for a NATO summit focused on Russia`s invasion of Ukraine.

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