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Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus will sit with representatives from the major political parties on Saturday (30 August). The chief advisor’s schedule shows a five-hour block of time from 3pm to 8pm on Saturday for the meetings.

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The death toll from the recent flood in 11 districts has climbed to 54 with 2 more deaths reported in Feni district till Friday, according to the report of Disaster Management and Relief Ministry. Among the deceased, 14 people died in Cumilla, six in Chattogram , 19 in Feni, eight in Noakhali, three in Cox’s Bazar and one each in Brahmanbaria, Khagrachhari, Moulvibazar and Lakshmipur districts respectively. Besides, 10, 09, 522 families have been stranded in 64 upazilas of 11 flood-hit districts--Feni, Cumilla, Chattogram, Khagrachhari, Noakhali, Moulvibazar, Habiganj,

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The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief so far has distributed Taka 4.52 crore as cash among the flood stricken people in 11 flood affected districts, according to a latest report provided by the ministry here on Friday (30 August).

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Persistent rain washed out the opening day of the second test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday. Bangladesh leads the two-match series 1-0 after it notched a historic 10-wicket win at the same venue last week when Pakistan was bowled out for an embarrassing 146 in the second innings on the fifth and final day. Players and team officials stayed in the hotel and umpires called off the play at 12:05 p.m. local time with rain still pouring down and leaving the outfield submerged

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Israel`s military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for the first round of vaccination of 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO official said on Thursday (29 August).

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Referring to changes in Bangladesh, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said they will deal with the government of the day. "It is natural that we will deal with the government of the day," he said. He said they have to recognise that there are political changes, and political changes can be disruptive. "And clearly here, we have to look for mutuality of interest," Jaishankar said. He spoke at the Book release of "Strategic Conundrums: Reshaping India’s Foreign Policy authored by Rajiv Sikri

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Trial of the killers, perpetrators and instigators against QBCA should begin immediately in a special tribunal to be set in line with the International War Crime Tribunal (IWCT). Members of law enforcement agencies who upheld justice and safeguarded the public shall be rewarded. However, those who abused their power by ordering criminal use of force, committing atrocities, and supporting armed cadres and responsible for the deaths and injuries of innocent children, students, and citizens should be held accountable in this court. Authorities responsible but not catered for and failed to secure their Key

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday as the latter wound up a three-day visit with the stated aim of keeping communications open in a relationship that has become increasingly tense in recent years. Sullivan, on his first trip to China as the main adviser to President Joe Biden on national security issues, earlier met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and a top general from the Central Military Commission. Starting with a trade war that dates back to 2018, China and the

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The baby in Gaza who was recently paralyzed by polio was infected with a mutated strain of the virus that vaccinated people shed in their waste, according to scientists who say the case is the result of “an unqualified failure” of public health policy. The infection, which marked the first detection of polio in the war-torn Palestinian territory in more than 25 years, paralyzed the lower part of one leg in the unvaccinated 10-month-old child.

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A sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed an SUV in South Korea`s capital on Thursday, injuring the two occupants, emergency workers said. Photos from the scene showed a white sport utility vehicle engulfed in the 2½-meter-deep (eight-foot-deep) hole that appeared on a street in the central part of Seoul.

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A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet on Thursday, in a sedition case that is widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedom in the city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. Stand News former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam were arrested in December 2021. They pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiracy to publish and reproduce seditious publications.

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BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said that disappearance is a crime against humanity and it is a severe violation of basic human rights. "Like millions of countrymen, I am deeply concerned about the unprecedented disappearances in Bangladesh," he said, adding that it is used as a tool of state oppression. Tarique made the remarks in a message sent to the media on Thursday afternoon on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

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SAFF winners Bangladesh U-20 national football team met Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain at National Sports Council on Thursday evening. Bangladesh has achieved a unique glory by winning the maiden title of SAFF U-20 Championship beating host Nepal by 4-1 goals in the final. Sports Adviser congratulated the players of the Bangladesh team on their success.

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A 20-year-old woman`s body was recovered from her house in Harirampur upazila of Manikganj on Thursday evening, according to the police. The deceased Sriti Sarkar was the wife of Sanjit Saha, a battery-run autorickshaw driver of Jatrapur village of Boyra union of the upazila. Inspector (Investigation) Mojibur Rahman of Harirampur Police Station confirmed the matter. According to locals, Sanjit`s mother, Niyoti Saha, found Sriti’s body on her bed when she went to the room hearing the cries of her two-year-old grandson. At the time, Sanjit was away from home

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Severe flooding has occurred in 11 districts in the eastern part of the country due to water coming down from India. In these floods, poultry farmers in the Cumilla, Lakshmipur, Noakhali, and Feni districts have suffered losses exceeding Tk 800 crore. This information comes from a special report by the Bangladesh Poultry Association (BPA). According to the organisation`s report, at least 6,000 poultry farmers in these four districts have been completely devastated by the floods. They are unable to find any traces of their poultry farms or the chickens.

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Bangladesh is showing an upward trend again in remittance sent by expatriates and exceeded US$ 2 billion in 28 days of August. According to Bangladesh Bank`s updated report on remittance as of August 28, expatriate Bangladeshis sent $2.07 billion to the country through the formal channel. In the same period of August 2023, the remittance inflow was $1.43 billion.

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The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the agency`s deputy director said. The CIA notified Austrian authorities of the scheme, which allegedly included links to the Islamic State group. The intelligence and subsequent arrests ultimately led to the cancellation of three sold-out Eras Tour shows, devastating fans who had traveled across the globe to see Swift in concert.

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Highly partisan bureaucrats from various administrations are being blacklisted, with plans to include the names of identified officers from each batch. This list will detail their past activities and the benefits they have received as government party cadres. According to anonymous sources from the Ministry of Public Administration, the process of blacklisting these ultra-partisan officers is nearing completion. Each officer will be marked with a blacklist designation next to their name, batch, and contact number. However, the authorities emphasize that special care will be taken

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Distinguished Professor of Illinois State University in US, Prof Dr Ali Riaz, on Thursday emphasized the need for rewriting Bangladesh’s constitution to break free from the cycle of centralized power and its misuse. “It is not possible at all to get out of this circle of politicization without rewriting the constitution,”

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A complaint has been filed with the International Crimes Tribunal against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 52 others, including 28 journalists, for inciting genocide during the anti-discrimination student movement. The complaint was lodged with the tribunal`s investigation agency by Supreme Court lawyer Gazi H M Tamim on behalf of Abdur Razzak, father of Nasib Hasan Riyan, a student killed during the protests.

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