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Trinamool BNP to start nomination papers selling Saturday

Trinamool Bangladesh National Party (Trinamool BNP) will start selling its nomination papers on Saturday among aspirant candidates for the upcoming general elections. Trinamool BNP’s nomination form sale will begin at 11am at its Topkhana road office in Dhaka, a press release said. An aspirant can collect nomination form by submitting a pay order of Tk 5,000. The interviews of aspirant ...

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All parties must try to stop election centric violence: FM Momen

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said all parties will have to demonstrate willingness and sincerity to stop violence, noting that the election-centric violence is in a declining trend. “We will not allow anyone to obstruct the polls. We hope all parties will demonstrate sincerity and willingness to stop violence,” he told reporters after attending a function in the ...

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Cyclonic storm ‘Midhili’ likely to cross Mongla-Pyra coast by Friday evening

The Cyclonic storm “Midhili” is likely to move North-Southeastwards and may cross Mongla-Payra coast near Khepupara by Friday evening. The periphery of the cyclone may start crossing the coast by noon, said a latest bulletin of the cyclone warning center in the capital on Friday. The Cyclonic storm over North-West Bay and adjoining area moved north-northeastwards on the same area ...

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4 killed as mud wall collapse in Teknaf

Four members of a family were killed when a mud wall of a house collapsed due to heavy rain in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila early Friday. The incident happened around 3:00am in Panirchhara area area of Morichyaghona under Hnila union of the upazila. The deceased were Anwara Begum, 50, wife of Fakir Mohammad, a resident of that area, her son ...

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World traveller Najmun Nahar visited Bangla Mirror

  ■ Bangla Mirror Desk ■ Najmun Nahar recently attended a conference for ‘Climate Vulnerability and Mental Health: Voice of Women’ in common wealth Office London which was organised by Bangladesh High Commission uk. This is the seventh visit of Najmun Nahar in London, she likes to visit London as the Bangladeshi community is so integrated and welcoming.   After ...

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We’re aware of Peter Haas’ whereabouts: MoFA

Amid various media reports that US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas was heading for the USA today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said they are aware of his whereabouts. During a press briefing today (16 November), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Seheli Sabrin said the ministry, however, does not publicly disclose the whereabouts of any ambassador. “When ambassadors leave ...

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UN adopts Rohingya resolution by consensus

The 3rd Committee of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly has adopted the annual resolution on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar by consensus. Jointly tabled by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the European Union (EU) on Wednesday, the resolution was cosponsored by 114 countries, marking the highest level of international ...

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Sagar-Runi murder case: Probe report submission deferred for 103rd time

A Dhaka court on Thursday again fixed December 19 for submission of the probe report in the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. With this, the deadline for submission of the probe report in the case was deferred for the 103rd time. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) was supposed to submit the report today but as it ...

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