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4 bus terminals to be relocated from Dhaka within two and a half yrs: Minister

Four inter-district bus terminals will be relocated from the capital within the next two and a half years, said Road Transport Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam on Thursday. Speaking at a ReadMore

At least 58 states, territories contaminated by mines, says United Nations

At least 58 states and territories are contaminated by anti-personnel mines, the UN rights chief said Tuesday, with heavy civilian casualties in Myanmar, Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine. ‘It is deeply

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657 deaths, yet guidelines for measles management absent

Three months into an unprecedented measles outbreak sweeping across Bangladesh — infecting nearly 1 lakh people and claiming 657 lives, the country is yet to develop a national medical protocol

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India forcibly expels ethnic Bengalis unlawfully, says HRW

Indian authorities are forcibly expelling ethnic Bengali residents, mostly Muslims from West Bengal state, to Bangladesh without basic due process, Human Rights Watch said in a press release on Wednesday.

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Prof Abul Barkat granted bail in July uprising murder case

A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to former Janata Bank chairman Professor Abul Barkat in a murder case filed over the killing of businessman Abdul Wadud during the July

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