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2,000 more on Myanmar coast to join exodus

More than 2,000 Rohingyas have massed along Myanmar's coast this week after trekking from inland villages in Rakhine state to join the refugee exodus to Bangladesh, AFP reports from Yangon quoting Myanmar state media. They follow more than half a million fellow Rohingya who have emptied out of northern Rakhine in a single month, fleeing an army crackdown and communal violence the UN says amounts to "ethnic cleansing". The journey to Bangladesh is fraught with danger for the stateless Muslim minority, who have faced decades of systematic oppression in mainly Buddhist Myanmar. After fleeing burning villages they say were set alight by soldiers and Buddhist mobs, more than 100 Rohingya have drowned in the scramble to cross the Naf…

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China playing role in its own way

China has expressed optimism that the Rohingya crisis will be settled amicably and peacefully as soon…

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Work on to ensure safe water sources for Rohingyas

The work to ensure the sources of safe water and sanitation system for Rohingyas as well as the process of biometric registration of the Myanmar nationals continued on Saturday at 12 makeshift shelter centres in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox's Bazar, reports UNB. The relief distribution works…

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Metro

Accommodation crisis still acute in JU despite new dormitory

Despite the opening of new dormitories, acute accommodation crisis still persists in Jahangirnagar University (JU). "We doubt that the hall authorities will be able to offer us single-seat accommodation", said Abdullah Al Galib, a first-year student of statistics department, who went to seek…

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Editorial

Holy Ashura

The 10th of Muharram that the nation observes today carries a tellingly evident lesson for the adherents of Islam: put your life at stake but do not bow before the forces of evil. The commemoration of Ashura on the 10th of Muharram every year serves to remind us of the sacrifices of the righteous throughout…

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Op-ed

India’s ‘we told you so’ moment

It was in the second sentence of the second paragraph of her hard hitting speech that India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj spoke about terrorism terming it as a “deluge of trouble”. But that was a mere preface of the entire text. What followed was a tongue lashing…

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Business

Cost highest in world, quality poor

Though the road construction cost in Bangladesh is the highest in the world, quality roads are hardly made for lack of proper monitoring by the authorities concerned and the accountability of construction firms, said experts, reports UNB. Talking to the news agency construction expert and noted civil…

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Worldwide

US probes North Korea’s willingness to talk

BEIJING: Washington has opened channels to North Korea to find out if the regime is ready to talk about giving up its nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Saturday, reports AFP. Speaking after a day of talks with China's President Xi Jinping and top diplomats, Tillerson told reporters…

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Dhakalive

Sixth edition of Youth Theatre Festival begins at Shilpakala

The six-day sixth National Youth Drama Festival has begun on the premises of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segun Bagicha in the capital yesterday. Presided over by Director General of BSA and founder of People’s Theatre Organization (PTA) Liaquat Ali Lucky, Principal Secretary to the Prime…

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Sports

Mominul spares Bangladesh’s blushes

Mominul Haque was the saviour of Bangladesh on day three as he scored an invaluable 77 runs to help Bangladesh avoid the follow-on that looked inevitable at one phase. And in doing so, he became the highest Test scorer by a Bangladeshi batsman in South African soil, eclipsing the record of Al Shahriar…

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Nationwide

Fishermen returning from sea following ban on hilsa fishing

Bagerhat: Fishermen along with their trawlers have started to return their homes from Bay of Bengal following a government ban imposed on fishing hilsa, reports UNB. The government has imposed ban on the catching, selling and transportation of hilsa for 22 days from October 1-22. There are also rules…

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Fear of epidemic disaster as disease stalks Rohingya camps

Rashida Begum steers clear of the water pump near the reeking latrine shared by more than 100 families in a grim corner of Bangladesh that has grown into one of the world's largest refugee settlements in just weeks, reports AFP from Cox’s Bazar. "The pump works, but the water stinks,…

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