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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is in completely sound health, his Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam confirmed on Wednesday (23 October). "Last night, we got a huge number of phone calls and they inquired about the health of Prof Yunus. We want to inform you that he (chief adviser) is in completely sound health and well," he told a press briefing in front of the State Guest

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Cyclonic storm Dana over the East Central Bay of Bengal and adjoining area is likely to move West-Northwestwards direction and intensify further, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). The storm moved West-Northwestwards and lies over the same area, it said. It was centered at 12 noon 665 kilometers West-Southwestwads of Chittagong port, 600 kilometers West-Southwest of Cox`s Bazar port, 640 kilometers South

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The interim government has affirmed that there has been no decision yet regarding the President’s matter, saying that the media will be informed in due time if any decision is taken. "Political parties are our stakeholders. This (today`s meeting with BNP) is part of an ongoing dialogue with political parties. You will know in due course of time if there is any decision," said Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam to reporters outside the State guesthouse Jamuna on Wednesday afternoon.

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Students from seven colleges affiliated with the Dhaka University (DU) have blocked the busy Science Lab intersection in the capital, bringing all traffic in the area to a standstill. The demonstration, which began around 12:30 pm, followed a march from Dhaka College, where protesters demanded the formation of an independent university.

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The High Court has scrapped four extortion cases filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman in 2007. The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain passed the order after hearing a rule. Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Barrister Kaiser Kamal and Barrister Sanjid Siddique stood for Tarique. Barrister Mahbub Uddin said two businesspersons filed the cases

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Charge d`Affaires of the United States (US) embassy here Helen LaFave on Wednesday (23 October) called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna. They talked about issues of mutual interest and followed up on the key points discussed during the recent meetings between Prof Yunus and US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. During the meeting, Helen LaFave told the chief

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About 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, were on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile (0.60 kilometers) off the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Tuesday, officials said, and local residents refused to allow them onto land. The blue-painted boat has been floating off the coast since Friday.

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A committee of local activists on Tuesday said 31 people were killed in a military air strike on a mosque in Sudan`s central city of Wad Madani two days earlier. The attack occurred "after evening prayers" on Sunday in the capital of Al-Jazira state just south of Khartoum, the Wad Madani Resistance Committee, one of hundreds of volunteer groups coordinating aid across the war-torn country, said in a statement to AFP early on Tuesday

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The Depression over east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining North Andaman Sea moved West-Northwestwards and intensified into a Deep Depression over the East-Central Bay of Bengal and adjoining area, according to a special bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Tuesday night.

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The government has decided to limit tourism in Saint Martin`s Island in Cox`s Bazar during the peak season aiming to protect the country`s lone coral island from environmental pollution caused by growing tourists. "The council of advisers decided that tourism in Saint Martin`s Island would be made limited. Basically, tourism would be limited in four months - November, December, January and February," chief adviser`s deputy press secretary Apurba Jahangir told a press briefing at Foreign Service

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