Will dengue cases mark a fall in November?
The number of dengue cases may witness a fall from early November as authorities have taken measures to destroy mosquito breeding grounds, the country’s health authorities hope.
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File photo of a dengue ward in hospital Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneLiz Truss resigns as British PM
British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday dramatically announced her resignation just six weeks after taking office.
Truss bowed to the inevitable after her right-wing platform of tax cuts disintegrated and as many MPs among the ruling Conservatives revolted.
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File photo: British Prime Minister Liz Truss looks on as she speaks to the media at the Empire State building in New York, US, on September 20, 2022 ReutersBangladeshi-born economist Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak named to Vox’s Future Perfect 50
Bangladeshi-born Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, a professor of economics at the US’ Yale University, has been named to Vox’s inaugural Future Perfect 50 list.
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Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak CollectedEC to issue voter cards when NID job goes to home ministry
The Election Commission will issue voter cards when National Identity Card (NID) services will be transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir has said.
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File photo shows a general view of the Election Commission offices in Dhaka's Agargaon Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribunePadma devours homes, croplands in Kushtia
The massive Padma River has become aggressive.
At the beginning of the monsoon, severe erosion occurred in several areas of the district. But now that the water is receding, new erosion threatens croplands, houses, educational and religious institutions in six upazilas as well as the Kushtia-Ishwardi Highway.
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Dhaka TribuneIndia to visit Bangladesh in December for three ODIs, two Tests
India will tour Bangladesh in December for the first time since 2015 for three one-day internationals and two Tests, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said Thursday.
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File photo of the Indian Test teamWheat prices rising faster than rice
Consumers are in trouble as wheat prices have rapidly gone up in the country, with insiders saying that is more than rice prices.
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Representational Photo BigstockZelensky to EU: Russia is turning Ukraine power grid into battlefield
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy facilities had rendered the country's power grid a "battlefield", spurring a new wave of Ukrainians fleeing to Europe.
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File photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he delivers a speech during a press conference with Portugal's Prime minister Antonio Costa (unseen) in Kyiv, on May 21, 2022 AFP