Morning Brief

Dengue: Mobile courts to be conducted in Dhaka from Sunday to prevent outbreak

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will conduct mobile courts from Sunday to destroy Aedes mosquito breeding grounds to prevent outbreak of dengue disease in the city.

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Fear of flooding grips Sunamganj as rivers continue to swell up

The water level of major rivers including Surma, Kushiara, Jadukata, Piyain has increased in Sunamganj from the onrush of upstream water and torrential rains for the last few days.

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Map of Sunamganj Dhaka Tribune

RAB: UP chairman plotted to murder journo Nadim for publishing report

Sadhurpara Union Chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu planned to attack journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim out of personal grudge for publishing a report against him, according to Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). 

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JU admission tests from Sunday

Jahangirnagar University's first year admission test for the academic year 2022-2023 is going to be held on Sunday. 

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File photo of the main gate of Jahangirnagar University Dhaka Tribune

Records galore for Tigers in historic win

It was complete dominance from Bangladesh in every aspect of the game as they sealed a thrashing 546-run win against Afghanistan in the one off-Test match in Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Saturday.

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Bangladesh players celebrate with the trophy following their victory over Afghanistan in the solitary Test in Mirpur Saturday AFP

South Africa's Ramaphosa tells Putin Ukraine 'war must be settled'

South Africa's president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa meets with people who lost family members during flooding in Clermont, Durban, South Africa on April 13, 2022 Reuters