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In Turkey, night fills with screams and tears as earthquake rescues go on

The screams of people still trapped in the rubble filled the night early on Tuesday and relatives wept for their loved ones as the death toll in Turkey and in neighbouring northwest Syria rose to more than 3,700.

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Cennet Sucu is rescued from the rubble of collapsed hospital, following an earthquake in Iskenderun, Turkey February 6, 2023 Reuters

Bangladeshi student in Turkey missing after earthquake

A Bangladeshi student named Md Golam Syed Rinku has been reported missing in the wake of the powerful earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria early Monday.

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A general view shows damaged and collapsed buildings after an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 6, 2023 Reuters

How China's balloon over US steered its way into spying history

When China's suspected surveillance balloon first passed into US airspace north of Alaska's Aleutian Islands on January 28, American officials believed there was a good chance it would keep traveling on a northern trajectory over sparsely populated areas.

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A suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, US, February 4, 2023 Reuters

The deep roots of the Adani saga

Raj Krishna, an eminent Indian economist who taught for many years at the Delhi School of Economics, is famous for having come up with the phrase “The Hindu Rate of Growth.” It was in the 1970s, during some of his lectures, that Krishna uttered this. It subsequently became one of the most cited phrases in development discourse in India.

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PM Hasina: No development project on arable land

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the authorities concerned not to take any development project on arable land where crops grow three times in a year. 

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UN: Global food prices dropped further in January

Global food prices dropped for the tenth consecutive month in January, the UN food agency said recently.

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File photo of a kitchen market in Dhaka Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune