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The government has sought support from the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other development partners for various ongoing and future programmes, Finance and Commerce Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with a delegation from the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) at the Finance Division Conference Room in the Bangladesh Secretariat, Dr. Salehuddin outlined the government’s requests for technical and financial

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World Bank will provide USD 300 million to support the Bangladesh Clean Air Project (BCAP), aiming to strengthen air quality management and reduce emissions from key sectors. The project will be funded by an IDA credit, along with a potential grant for clean cooking initiatives as part of the National Air Quality Management Plan. Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, Climate Change, and Water Resources Syeda Rizwana Hasan revealed it following a high-level

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Four children tragically lost their lives after being hit by a speeding microbus in Khoksha upazila of Kushtia on Sunday morning, police said. The children were on their way home after Quran lessons at a local mosque when the accident occurred. Three of the victims have been identified as Mim, 12, daughter of Md Hanif; Tanjila, 11, daughter of Palon Sheikh; and Juthi, 12, daughter of Helal Uddin. All were residents of Shimulia Kuthipara village in the upazila.

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Low-lying neighbourhoods in Nepal`s capital Kathmandu were inundated by surging floodwaters on Sunday after ferocious monsoon rains that police said had killed at least 101 people around the Himalayan republic. Deadly rain-related floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency and severity.

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Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power. “I’ve never seen so many people homeless as what I have right now,” said Janalea England, of Steinhatchee, Florida, a small river town along the state’s rural Big Bend, as she turned her commercial fish market into a storm donation site for friends and neighbors, many of whom couldn’t get insurance on their homes.

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Hurricane John, which made landfall twice on Mexico`s Pacific coast, has now left eight people dead, all of them in southern Guerrero state, home to the beachside city of Acapulco, authorities said Saturday. John first slammed into the shore earlier this week as a Category 3 hurricane, churning along the coast for several days and intensifying before striking land again, this time as a tropical storm.

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The new government of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer reeled from its first resignation Saturday, as lawmaker Rosie Duffield quit the Labour Party, accusing him of "hypocrisy" over his acceptance of free gifts. In a blistering resignation letter, Duffield denounced Starmer for pursuing "cruel and unnecessary" policies.

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Donald Trump on Saturday called Democrat Kamala Harris "mentally impaired" and said illegal immigrants are out to cut the throats of ordinary Americans in their own homes as he doubled down on the racially charged rhetoric fueling his unprecedented bid to regain the US presidency. Trump was seeking to strike back at Harris after she visited the US-Mexico border on Friday and vowed to do more to control asylum claims and undocumented migrant crossings.

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In a surprising development, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has dissolved the convening committee of its Dhaka North city unit, around two and a half months after its formation. The party announced the dissolution of the committee through a press release, signed by Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday night, without providing any reasons.

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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived in Dhaka early Sunday, concluding a productive visit marked by a series of high-level meetings with global leaders. Prof Yunus and his delegation arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3:32 AM on a Qatar Airways commercial flight.

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Michael Ward -- who has lived on Treasure Island, off Florida`s Gulf coast, for 33 years -- decided to ride out Hurricane Helene despite an order to evacuate. It was a decision he quickly regretted. Instead of going with his wife to a friend`s home inland, the 67-year-old Ward stayed put. As torrential rains led to flooding, he feared he would be electrocuted in his one-story home, but the storm surge prevented him from even opening his door.

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