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16 killed as bus falls into ditch in Madaripur

At least 16 people were killed and 30 were injured after a Dhaka-bound bus veered off the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway and crashed into a ditch in the Kutubpur area in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur on Sunday morning.

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Trump expects arrest on Tuesday in hush money case, calls for protests

Former US President Donald Trump said he expects to be "arrested" Tuesday over an alleged hush-money payment to a porn star in 2016 and he urged his supporters to protest, as prosecutors gave signs of moving closer to an indictment.

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Supporters of former US president Donald Trump are seen on a boat in Lake Worth Lagoon behind his Mar-a-Lago resort after he posted a message on his Truth Social account saying that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, and called on his supporters to protest, in Palm Beach, Florida, US, March 18, 2023 Reuters

At least 14 killed as magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes Ecuador

At least 14 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, causing structural damage to multiple homes, schools and medical centres.

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A damaged car and rubble from a house affected by the earthquake are pictured in Cuenca, Ecuador, March 18, 2023 Reuters

Mahi: I talked about one police officer, not the whole department

Dhallywood actor Mahiya Mahi said that she only talked about one police officer, and not the whole police department.

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File photo of Dhallywood actor Mahiya Mahi Mahiya Mahi Sarker/Facebook

Dominant Tigers register biggest ODI win, defeat Ireland by 183 runs

Bangladesh secured their biggest margin of victory, by 183 runs, against visiting Ireland during the first of three One Day Internationals at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Saturday.

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Bangladesh's Towhid Hridoy plays a shot against Ireland during Saturday's first one-day international in Sylhet

Putin visits Crimea on anniversary of annexation

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday visited Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the peninsula's annexation, a day after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against him over the Ukraine conflict.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev and Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), chairman of the Patriarchal Council for Culture, visit the state museum-preserve 'Tauric Chersonese' in Sevastopol, Crimea, March 18, 2023 Kremlin via Reuters