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10,000 Rohingyas enter Bangladesh, says UN

10,000 Rohingyas enter Bangladesh, says UN
The number of Rohingya refugees crossing into Bangladesh spiked up during the last two days with the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) yesterday saying at least 10,000 Rohingyas have arrived in Bangladesh.  However, unofficial sources said around 30,000 more Rohingyas are waiting in the hills and jungles of Myanmar to cross the border in the face of violence in their home country. The UN refugee agency spokeswoman in Bangkok, Vivian Tan, told the media that at least 10,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in recent weeks, fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar. “Based on reports by various humanitarian agencies, we estimate that there could be 10,000 new arrivals in recent weeks,” she said, adding, “The situation…

‘We have beaten monga’

‘We have beaten monga’

Finance minister AMA Muhith has said that Bangladesh has finally got over ‘monga’ (recession). According to him, the country will be free of poverty by 2024, and it is moving ahead fast on the economic front. “We can happily say goodbye to recession,” he said. Muhith was addressing…
Greens seek effective steps immediately

Greens seek effective steps immediately

Green activists in the capital yesterday urged the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to properly control air pollution caused by dust in the capital, posing a severe threat to public health and environment, reports UNB. They came up with the call at a human chain programme, organised by…
Colombian plane crash

Colombian plane crash

We are left with little words to express our sympathy for those who have lost their relatives and friends in the Colombian plane crash. In one of the most heart-wrenching tragedies in South American sporting history, nearly all of Brazilian club Chapecoense Real’s players, its management team…
Causes of unrest and sufferings of 
Muslims around the world

Causes of unrest and sufferings of Muslims around the world

Muslims are the second largest population of the world. There are about 2.08 billion Muslims around the world. This is about 28.26% of the global population. Muslims are the followers of Islam. Literally it is the most peaceful religion of the world. It used to teach honesty, integrity, purity, helping…
Enhancing capacity 
of female public 
representatives stressed

Enhancing capacity of female public representatives stressed

RANGPUR:  Enhancing capacity of the elected female public representatives in the local government institutions (LGIs) is very important to eradicate gender disparity, accelerate development of women and their empowerment, reports BSS. The observations came at a divisional level “Learning…
    Last minute rush to file tax return

    Last minute rush to file tax return

    A large number of individuals thronged at the temporary booths of the field level offices of the NBR to file their tax returns and time petitioner on the day as the income tax law fixed the November 30 as the last date of returns submission which the NBR observed as the Tax Day for the first time in the…
    50,000 pour out of east Aleppo 
as Syria army advances

    50,000 pour out of east Aleppo as Syria army advances

    AFP, ALEPPO, Syria: More than 50,000 Syrians have joined a growing exodus of terrified civilians from east Aleppo, a monitor said Wednesday, as the UN Security Council was set for emergency talks on fighting in the city. As government forces pressed an assault in the divided city, regime artillery fire…
    Month-long mega event kicks off today

    Month-long mega event kicks off today

    The month-long ‘17th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2016’ will kick off today at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shillpakala Academy (BSA) in the capital’s Segun Bagicha.  Presided over by BSA Director General Liaquat Ali Lucky, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will…
    Dynamites first to race into last four

    Dynamites first to race into last four

    A rampant Dhaka Dynamites consolidated its top spot and became the first team in BPL-4 to confirm the top four, crushing Rangpur Riders by 42 runs yesterday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Dhaka’s West Indian recruit Evin Lewis, who played his first game this season, paved the platform…
    Nine killed in road crashes

    Nine killed in road crashes

    Nine people were kille in separate road accidents yesterday, report agencies. In Brahmanbaria, four people were killed when a bus rammed an autorickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Soshoi in Bijaynagar upazila. The identities of the deceased are yet to be known. The accident took place around 12:30 pm…
    Pay for $66m missing from BB

    Pay for $66m missing from BB

    Bangladesh wants the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) to shoulder the missing chunk of the $81 million stolen from its central bank in a cyber heist in February, reports cnnphilippines.com A high-level delegation of Bangaldeshi officials is in the Philippines this week to seek help from the Philippine…
    Obama’s rough ride on health care offers lessons for Trump

    Obama’s rough ride on health care offers lessons for Trump

    President Barack Obama took on the problems of a lack of access to health care and high cost, but he and Democrats paid a political price. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to undo much of what Obama put in place, and pledged to make the system better. Although Trump is lacking in specifics,…
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