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Conflicts feared at places over AL founding anniversary

Police feared conflicts between the leaders and activists of Awami League and different political parties, especially National Citizen Party and Students Against Discrimination across the country over the founding anniversary ReadMore

Only 2 per cent allocation to renewable energy: CPD

Centre for Policy Dialogue on Wednesday said 98 per cent allocation of the energy sector had been given to fossil fuels and only 2 per cent to renewable energy. The

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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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