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October 19, 2024, 2:25 am

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2 BCL leaders held at RU while attending exams Next election by 2025: Asif Nazrul Mahmudur Rahman says Amar Desh to be back in market again by Dec Jute fiber’s quality to be improved to boost jute usage: Agri Secy Lalon was against all sorts of discrimination: Farida Akter Granting asylum to Hasina means sheltering ‘a killer’: Rizvi Adviser Rizwana promotes healthy habits for stronger future Tarique seeks pragmatic steps from govt for market control Egg prices drop to Tk150 per dozen Bid to kill Khaleda Zia: Ex-OC of Gulshan police station remanded

International

At least 550 pilgrims die during Hajj, diplomats say

323 of those who died were Egyptians AFP, Riyadh: Muslim pilgrims perform the farewell circumambulation or “tawaf”, circling seven times around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque

Heavy rain, landslides kill 6 in Sikkim

Reuter, Tora Agarwala: At least six people have been killed this week and around 2,000 tourists stranded in India’s Himalayan state of Sikkim in landslides and floods after incessant rainfall,

India to get new Army chief

International Desk: Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi has been appointed India’s new Army chief with effect from June 30, the Defence Ministry has announced. Dwivedi is serving as the Vice Chief

Malawi vice president, nine others killed in plane crash

AFP: Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima was killed in a plane crash, the nation’s president said on Tuesday, after searchers located the wreckage of the aircraft in a foggy forest.

How is climate change impacting global flooding?

TDS DESK: Dams burst and thousands were forced to evacuate as floods battered the south of Germany this month following days of relentless rain. It is the latest of several

Modi’s kingmakers: The new coalition government in India

BJP won 240 seats in this year’s poll With the 15-member coalition, NDA, the government will wield 293 seats Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take the oath of