Panchagarh boat capsize: How Jashobala-Shukatu couple returned alive
Fifty-one-year-old Jashobala was elated at the thought of visiting the Mahalaya festivity for the first time with her husband. Even after 30 years of marriage, they did not get a chance to see Mahalaya together. She started making preparations ahead of the visit. She bought a new saree for herself and a dhoti for her husband with her savings.
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People wait on the bank of the Karatoa for their family members who went missing after Sunday's trawler capsize in the river, on Monday, September 26, 2022 Bangla TribuneNot an abduction, says Moriom
Hours after the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) cast doubts over Rahima Begum’s abduction allegations, her daughter Moriom endorsed the observations of law enforcement officials on Wednesday.
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Dhaka TribuneBorder smugglers behind Alikadam UNO transfer?
Local civil society members have blamed the anger of border smugglers for the recent transfer of Bandarban’s Alikadam Upazila Nirbahi Officer.
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Alikadam Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mehruba Islam Bangla TribuneWorld Heart Day: Why are heart attacks among youths on the rise?
The prevalence of hypertension and heart attacks among young adults is rising alarmingly in Bangladesh, public health experts have said.
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Sheikh Hasina’s 75th birthday celebrated across country
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 75th birthday is celebrated by the ruling Awami League and its associate bodies amid festivity across the country on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina CourtesyFactbox: Calculating birthdays
A lot of people make this mistake -- very often, and we get confused when the calculation of birthdays and birth anniversaries is noted differently in the government’s official documents and media -- the two major reliable sources.
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The pompous, the self-important, the braggarts
It is a question of attitude. Or call it a flaw in academic upbringing. Or could it be sheer arrogance? When Alikadam UNO Mehruba Islam took upon herself the audacious responsibility of hurling to the ground the trophies she was supposed to hand over at a sports event and have them break apart, she raised a good number of questions about herself and about the de-construction of society.
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Rohingya man confesses to four murders on Facebook video
A Rohingya man has confessed to killing four people, including three leaders (majhi) and a volunteer, in the Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar.
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File Photo: People walk through a marketplace at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka TribuneThe stunning beauty of Ghughudanga Tal Road
Ghughudanga has become a popular tourist spot in Niamatpur Upazila of Naogaon district mainly because of the three-kilometre Tal Road.
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Dhaka TribuneImmigration activities resume at Zakiganj customs station
Immigration activities at Zakiganj Land Customs Station in Sylhet resumed after two and a half years on Saturday.
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Dhaka TribuneTyphoon Noru tears across Vietnam, Laos
Typhoon Noru tore roofs from homes and caused power outages across central Vietnam on Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of people taking refuge, after the storm claimed at least 10 lives in the Philippines.
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A man rides a motorbike in a flooded street following the passage of typhoon Noru in Hoi An city on September 28, 2022 AFPAmnesty: Facebook must compensate Rohingyas over hate speech
Facebook should pay reparations to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas forced from their homes in Myanmar in a campaign exacerbated by rampant online hate speech, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday.
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Putin expected to proclaim annexation of Ukraine territory within days
Moscow was poised on Wednesday to annex a swath of Ukraine, releasing what it called vote tallies showing support in four partially occupied provinces to join Russia, after what Kyiv and the West denounced as illegal sham referendums held at gunpoint.
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File Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on transport complex development via a video link at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi on May 24, 2022 AFP