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Resolve Rohingya crisis ‘before it’s too late’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the OIC member states to show a unity for solving the Rohingya crisis before it is too late and placed some proposals before the OIC, including full implementation of the recommendations made by the Kofi Annan Commission, reports UNB from New York. “I call upon OIC countries to show a unity to solve the Rohingya crisis before it is too late. Bangladeshis ready to join any initiative that OIC plans to take,” she said. The Prime Minister made the plea while speaking at the Meeting of OIC Contact Group on Rohingya Muslim Minority at the UN Headquarters here with OIC Secretary General Dr Yousef Al Othaimeen in the chair on Tuesday. Mentioning that the crisis has its root in Myanmar and its…

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Mexico quake kills 226

Rescuers yesterday frantically searched for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed 226 people…

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News

PM for recognising women’s unaccounted works

Mentioning that women are the most important drivers of transformation in development, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for recognising their unaccounted works, building more support facilities for female workers and eliminating social stereotypes against them, reports UNB from New…

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Metro

14-party rejects Suu Kyi’s speech over Rohingya issue

The ruling Awami League (AL) led 14-party alliance leaders yesterday outright rejected Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s first address to the nation after military crackdown in Rakhine state since August 25 that forced the Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh in thousands, reports BSS. “We reject…

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Editorial

Suu Kyi’s denial of truth

After a long silence Myanmar’s State Counselor and its de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi broke her silence through an address to her nation on the Rohingya issue and blatantly tried to play down the unjust persecution of Rohingya people once again that in fact gave tacit approval to military’s…

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Op-ed

Testing time for UN as Rohingyas continue to suffer

Although UN Security Council has called for ‘prompt steps’ to end violence after expressing concern about excessive force by Myanmar military, substantial, pragmatic and visible actions are not yet in sight to put an end to the long-drawn crisis spanning over five decades with the former…

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Miscellaneous

50 hospitalised due to ‘food poisoning’

Thakurgaon: At least 50 people of Singarol village in Pirganj upazila have been hospitalised since Tuesday evening after they fell sick due to suspected food poisoning, reports UNB. Pirganj upazila administration has formed a five-member probe body to investigate into the matter. On information, Upazila…

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Business

4G mobile telecom service in Dec, says Tarana

Keeping room for new mobile phone operators, the auction for the spectrum of 4G (fourth generation) mobile telecom service would be held in November with a view to making the service available to people in December. “We are working to complete the auction by the end of November…

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Worldwide

51 countries to sign UN treaty outlawing nuclear weapons

UNITED NATIONS: With the North Korean nuclear crisis looming large, 51 countries on Wednesday were to sign a new treaty outlawing nuclear weapons that has been fiercely opposed by the United States and other nuclear powers, reports AFP. The treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons was adopted by…

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Dhakalive

11 child acrobats sent to China for training

Ministry of Cultural Affairs of China, Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh and Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) have jointly taken an initiative to give training to 20 students and two trainers on acrobatic at the Beijing International Arts School in Beijing,…

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Sports

Mushfiq rates SA always dangerous outfit

Even though South Africa’s recent form wasn’t so encouraging and they will be without some of their key players in the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh, Mushfiqur Rahim rated the Proteas a ‘always dangerous’ outfit given their ability to comeback sharply from any dire…

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Nationwide

Rajarhat upazila sets example by planting 7 lakh saplings

Rajarhat upazila administration set a rare example by planting seven lakh saplings in two hours in seven unions of the district recently, reports BSS. “Sixty three types of saplings were planted at different spots, including 501 km roads, across the upazila simultaneously from 10 this morning,”…

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Wholesalers lower rice price as govt allows plastic bags

Wholesalers lowered prices of rice, including the coarse variety, by Tk. 5–7 per kg yesterday (Wednesday), following the government’s decision taken on Tuesday. The government issued a circular yesterday, allowing the use of plastic bags instead of jute sacks to import rice for three months.…

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Panorama

A Georgian welcome on the frontline of war

On the final day of my two-week visit to the Republic of Georgia, the air was clean and the heat was prickly. Davit Georgashvili, who I had met during my time spent in capital city Tbilisi, was driving a group of us travelling as part of an NGO partnership along the country’s main highway back…

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