Demand for fair UC polls: Bheramara Upazila BNP

    Nazrul Islam Mukul, Kushtia Bheramara Upazila BNP has raised demands for elections conducted in a fair and proper manner in a press conference on Tuesday. 6 of the Union Councils that fall under the Upazila will be holding polls on March 31. Former MP Prof. Shahidul Islam said, “Awami League and JSD are prepared to…

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      Alaska volcano ash cloud cancels flights

      AP, Anchorage Strong winds Monday pushed an ash cloud from an Alaska volcano into the heart of the state, grounding flights and limiting travel to western and northern communities off the road system. Pavlof Volcano, one of Alaska’s most active volcanoes, is 625 miles southwest of Anchorage on the Alaska Peninsula, the finger of land…

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        Myanmar lifts Rakhine emergency

        Desk Report Myanmar’s outgoing President Thein Sein has lifted the emergency of state according to the state media, said reports from BBC. This comes as Thein Sein ends his 5 year term as president. The emergency of state was issued back in June 2012 when violence erupted between Buddhist and Muslim communities. There were many…

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          Rousseff can stop impeachment: Lula da Silva

          AP, Sao Paulo Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday that he believes his embattled successor and protege can survive mounting pressure in Congress for her impeachment. Silva told international journalists that President Dilma Rousseff will be able to resist even if leaders of a major ally, the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party,…

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            Greece to set up loudspeakers at border camp

            AP, Athens The Greek government said Monday it will set up loudspeakers at the country’s border with Macedonia to try and persuade thousands of refugees and migrants to ignore false rumors that the Balkan route to central Europe will reopen. More than 15,000 people — nearly a third of the total stranded in Greece —…

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              UN ‘to spare no effort’ to restore Western Sahara mission

              AP, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his envoys are ready “to spare no effort” to restore the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed Western Sahara to its full operation and end the controversy with Morocco — as called for by the U.N. Security Council, the United Nations said Monday. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said…

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                R&H launches eviction drive in Rangamati

                BSS Roads and Highways (R&H) department in Rangamati has launched eviction drive to recover encroached lands worth over Tk. 100 crore at different places in the district. The Roads and Highways department launched eviction drive in Rangamati on Monday. Executive Magistrate of Chittagong Zone Abdul Mannan dismantled unauthorized structures of 61 families on Monday, said…

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                  Moulvibazar mud wall collapse kills 1

                  UNB A man was killed as part of a mud wall of his house collapsed on him at South Ramchandrapur in Kamalganj upazila early Tuesday. Quoting locals, police said Ayas Ali, 42, son of Cherag Mia, died on the spot as the mud wall collapsed on him in his sleep. Later, police recovered the body…

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                    The government is concerned about marginalized people: MP Enamul

                    Jashim Uddin Badal “Sheikh Hasina is working to fulfill Bangabandhu’s dream of making Rajshahi- 4( Baghmara)’s people self-reliant.”, said MP Enamul Haque at a program arranged at LGED ministry on Monday. Speaking as a chief guest at Bangabandhu Complex in a card and aid giving program of LGED ministry among the fishermen and poor woman,…

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                      Meeting on anti-corruption held in C’nawabganj

                      BSS Speakers in a meeting of exchange of opinion yesterday stressed on removing drugs, militancy and corruption from the country to achieve the goal of making the country a developed one by 2041. Chapainawabganj district unit of Durnity Protirodh Committee arranged the meeting with the association of Chapainawabganj district administration in observance of Anti-Corruption Week-2016….

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