Saturday, August 31, 2019

ইউএস ওপেনের শেষ ষোলোয় ফেদেরার-জোকোভিচ

ইউএস ওপেনের তৃতীয় রাউন্ডে সহজ জয় পেয়েছেন রজার ফেদেরার ও নোভাক জোকোভিচ। নারী এককের শেষ ষোলোয় উঠেছেন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের সেরেনা উইলিয়ামস।

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Bodies of teenage boy, girl found hanging from tree in Naogaon

Police have recovered the bodies of a teenage boy and a girl hanging from a tree in Naogaon’s Patnitala Upazila on Saturday.

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‘নেইমারের জন্য বার্সার প্রস্তাব পিএসজির কাছে যথেষ্ট নয়’

নেইমারের জন্য বার্সেলোনার দেওয়া প্রস্তাব পিএসজির চাওয়া পূরণ করেনি বলে জানিয়েছেন ফরাসি ক্লাবটির স্পোর্টিং ডিরেক্টর লিওনার্দো। আর উপযুক্ত প্রস্তাব না এলে বিশ্বের সবচেয়ে দামি ফুটবলারকে প্যারিসেই থাকতে হবে বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন এই কর্মকর্তা।

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Five years ago Saturday, a turning point for Hong Kong and China

In many places around the world, a single date marks seismic events considered turning points in recent history, like the Sep 11 attacks in the United States or the Nov 9 fall of the Berlin Wall for Europe. For post-colonial Hong Kong, the turning point fell on Aug 31, 2014.

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Man dies in clash between AL factions in Joypurhat

A man has been killed and at least nine others injured in a turf battle between two factions of the local Awami League in Joypurhat’s Kalai Upazila.

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President Hamid flies to London for eye treatment, medical check-up

President Abdul Hamid has jetted off to the United Kingdom to undergo eye treatment and health check-up.

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Dengue patient dies in Chattogram

A man diagnosed with the mosquito-borne dengue fever has died in Chattogram.

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Tensions over Kashmir rise but India says no plans for war

With tensions rising in the disputed Kashmir region, the Indian government said Friday that it had no intention of going to war with Pakistan and that any talk of a looming conflict was simply “fear-mongering.”

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Life stalled, a family strives to recover from a mass shooting

They stand beside him, smoothing his black hair, holding his hands, massaging his feet and making him laugh. Mario de Alba’s loved ones have kept this bedside vigil inside an El Paso hospital room, 28 days and counting, for the washer-and-dryer repairman now called the Hero of Chihuahua.

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Nine Colombian rebel dissidents killed in bombing raid, president says

Nine dissidents formerly of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), including a commander, were killed in a bombing raid in southern Colombia, President Ivan Duque said on Friday, the first since former leaders of the group announced a new offensive this week.

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YouTube said to be fined up to $200 million for children’s privacy violations

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to fine Google $150 to $200 million to settle accusations that its YouTube subsidiary illegally collected personal information about children, according to three people briefed on the matter.

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Robert F Kennedy assassin is said to have been stabbed

Sirhan Sirhan, who is serving a life sentence for the 1968 assassination of Sen Robert F Kennedy, was in stable condition at a Southern California hospital Friday night after reports that he had been stabbed in prison by another inmate, the state prison system said.

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Tokyo named world's safest city, Amsterdam tops Europe ranking

Tokyo was named the world's safest city on Thursday by the Economist Intelligence Unit, in an index ranking cities' ability to handle everything from climate disasters to cyber attacks.

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Trial for men charged with plotting 9/11 attacks is set for 2021

Moving toward a final reckoning as the nation approaches the 20th anniversary of the day that led to the longest war in US history, a military judge Friday set a date for the death penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay of the five men accused of plotting the Sep 11, 2001, attacks.

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Man dies in 'shootout' after arrest in Narsingdi

A man wanted for multiple crimes has been killed in a so-called shootout with police following his arrest in Narsingdi.

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Robert F Kennedy assassin is said to have been stabbed

Sirhan Sirhan, who is serving a life sentence for the 1968 assassination of Sen Robert F Kennedy, was in stable condition at a Southern California hospital Friday night after reports that he had been stabbed in prison by another inmate, the state prison system said.

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India excludes 1.9 million from Assam's final citizenship register

As many as 1.9 million people have been left out of the final National Register of Citizens or NRC for India's border state of Assam and face the prospect of being rendered stateless.

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Amid recession worries, Trump points finger at American businesses

President Donald Trump wants Americans to understand that the economy is doing great, thanks to him. But if in fact the economy sours, then it is someone else’s fault.

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Hong Kong protesters expected to regroup despite police ban

Protesters were expected to gather in downtown Hong Kong on Saturday in the latest of a series of anti-government demonstrations that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades.

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Trump Iran photo tweet raises worries about disclosure of US surveillance secrets

US President Donald Trump on Friday posted on Twitter a photo of what appeared to be the site of a failed Iranian satellite launch, raising questions about whether he had disclosed US surveillance secrets.

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US and China will meet in September, Trump says, but tariff hikes remain

Trade teams from China and the United States continue to talk and will meet in September, but tariff increases on Chinese goods set to go in place on Sunday will not be delayed, President Donald Trump said on Friday.

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Trump says US has good negotiations with Taliban but no deal yet

US President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States had good negotiations going on with the Taliban but had not yet reached a deal with the Islamist group on US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Hurricane Dorian swirls toward anxious Florida, packing 140-mph winds

Hurricane Dorian spun across the Atlantic ocean toward Florida on Friday, becoming an even stronger Category 4 storm as residents and tourists alike hunkered down in one of America's biggest vacation destinations.

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Friday, August 30, 2019

India announces series of mergers of state-run banks

India announced a series of mergers involving 10 state-owned banks on Friday, as it moves to strengthen a sector struggling under a mountain of debt and ensure stronger balance sheets to boost lending and revive economic growth.

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Amazon fires pose health risks to children: WHO

Fires raging in the Amazon pose a risk to health including from respiratory diseases, especially in children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

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Shakib, Taskin return for one-off Test against Afghanistan, Mustafizur rested

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced a 15-strong squad for the one-off Test match against Afghanistan on Sept 5.

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ইউএস ওপেনের তৃতীয় রাউন্ডে নাদাল

ইউএস ওপেনের তৃতীয় রাউন্ডে উঠেছেন রাফায়েল নাদাল। নারী এককের দ্বিতীয় রাউন্ডে প্রত্যাশিত জয় পেয়েছেন বর্তমান চ্যাম্পিয়ন নাওমি ওসাকা।

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Tens of thousands of Pakistanis hold anti-India demonstration over Kashmir

Cities around Pakistan came to a standstill on Friday as tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets in a government-led demonstration of solidarity with the disputed region of Kashmir, after India revoked its autonomy this month.

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WHO warns of ‘dramatic’ rise in measles in Europe

Measles has returned to four European countries this year amid a “dramatic resurgence” in the disease on the Continent, the World Health Organization said Thursday, a reversal fueled in part by a rising wave of people who are refusing to be vaccinated.

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Dengue menace: More patients hospitalised in August than in 19 years

Bangladesh has recorded more patients hospitalised for dengue in August this year than the combined number in the last 19 years.

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মেসিকে ডিনারের নিমন্ত্রণ রোনালদোর!

ফুটবল মাঠে একে অপরের চির প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বী। তবে মাঠের বাইরে দুজনের মধ্যে সম্পর্কটা বেশ ভালো। আছে পারস্পরিক শ্রদ্ধাবোধ। কিন্তু লিওনেল মেসির সঙ্গে কখনও ডিনার করা হয়নি, জানালেন ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো। আর তাই দিন-তারিখ না জানালেও আর্জেন্টাইন তারকাকে যেন ডিনারের নিমন্ত্রণ জানালেন পর্তুগিজ ফরোয়ার্ড।

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Those responsible for forced disappearances will face trial someday: Rizvi

At least 1,209 persons have ‘disappeared’ during the decade-long Awami League rule, claims BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

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Amid crisis, China rejected Hong Kong plan to appease protesters

Earlier this summer, Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, submitted a report to Beijing that assessed protesters' five key demands and found that withdrawing a contentious extradition bill could help defuse the mounting political crisis in the territory.

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নিজেদের গ্রুপকে আকর্ষণীয় মনে হচ্ছে লিভারপুল কোচের

চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগের মুকুট ধরে রাখার মিশনে গ্রুপ পর্বে সহজ প্রতিপক্ষই পেয়েছে লিভারপুল। তবে দলটির কোচ ইয়ুর্গেন ক্লপের মনে হচ্ছে, তাদের গ্রুপের লড়াইটা বেশ আকর্ষণীয় হবে।

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Tens of thousands of Pakistanis hold anti-India demonstration over Kashmir

Cities around Pakistan came to a standstill on Friday as tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets in a government-led demonstration of solidarity with the disputed region of Kashmir, after India revoked its autonomy this month.

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Indian state on alert ahead of publication of citizenship register

Tens of thousands of paramilitary personnel and police were deployed in India's border state of Assam on Friday, the eve of the publication of a citizenship register that could leave millions of people stateless, many of them Muslims.

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Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000

The death toll from Democratic Republic of Congo's year-long Ebola outbreak has climbed above 2,000, government data showed on Friday, as responders battle to overcome community mistrust and widespread security problems.

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HSC exams set to start on Apr 1

The Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent exams will start on Apr 1.

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Constable beaten up by angry mob for 'sexual harassment' in Rajshahi

A police constable has been severely beaten by an angry mob over allegations of sexual harrassment against him in Rajshahi.

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Sick migrants undergoing lifesaving care can now be deported

Maria Isabel Bueso was 7 years old when she came to the United States from Guatemala at the invitation of doctors who were conducting a clinical trial for the treatment of her rare, disfiguring genetic disease. The trial was short on participants, and thanks to her enrollment, it eventually led the Food and Drug Administration to approve a medication for the condition that has increased survival by more than a decade.

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Suspected pirate killed in alleged shootout with RAB in Chattogram

A suspected pirate has been killed in a so-called shootout with Rapid Action Batallion or RAB in Chattogram's Bashkhali Upazila.

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‘It’s really close’: How the Amazon rainforest could self-destruct

As fires rage across the Amazon, a growing number of scientists are raising the alarm about a nightmare scenario that could see much of the world’s largest rainforest erased from the Earth.

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Student leader of 2014 Hong Kong protests arrested

Joshua Wong, the student leader of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong five years ago that presaged the current protests that have shaken the city, was arrested Friday morning, his political party said.

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Diplomats in Europe are left aghast by UK

The European Union has had its share of problems with flagging democracies in member countries, but not so far in a democratic stronghold like Britain.

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After backlash, Boris Johnson promises to speed up Brexit talks with brussels

Faced with a growing backlash over his decision to suspend Parliament next month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday sought to calm the furious reaction by promising to accelerate efforts to reach a new Brexit agreement with Brussels.

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China says troops will defend Hong Kong's prosperity ahead of planned pro-democracy march

China brought fresh troops into Hong Kong on Thursday in what it described as a routine rotation of the garrison, days before protesters planned to hold a march calling for full democracy for the Chinese-ruled city after three months of demonstrations.

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Fiery songs, released at just the right time

Lana Del Rey was never supposed to make it this far.

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Man to die for murdering pregnant wife over dowry 14 years ago

A court has handed out the death penalty to a man for murdering his pregnant wife over dowry in the capital’s Badda.

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HC orders govt to display Bangabandhu’s portrait in courtrooms

The High Court has ordered the government to preserve and display the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in all courtrooms across Bangladesh.

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S Korea court ruling raises chance of Samsung heir's return to jail

South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a bribery case against the heir of the Samsung Group should be reviewed by a lower court, raising the possibility of a tougher sentence and potential return to jail.

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The Baroness fighting to protect children online

Beeban Kidron, Silicon Valley’s latest antagonist, sat on the patio of a boutique hotel near Facebook’s headquarters recently, camouflaged in the local uniform of jeans and sneakers.

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ইউএস ওপেনের তৃতীয় রাউন্ডে ফেদেরার-জোকোভিচ

ইউএস ওপেনে প্রথম দিনের মতো দ্বিতীয় রাউন্ডেও প্রথম সেটে হারের পর ঘুরে দাঁড়ালেন রজার ফেদেরার। পরের তিনটি সেট জিতে উঠে গেলেন তৃতীয় রাউন্ডে। অন্যদিকে, কাঁধের চোট সমস্যা কাটিয়ে সরাসরি সেটে জিতেছেন নোভাক জোকোভিচ।

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Woman dies of dengue at Dhaka hospital

A woman hospitalised for the mosquito-borne dengue fever has died in Dhaka.

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Chinese military sends new troops into Hong Kong

The Chinese military began sending a new group of troops into Hong Kong on Thursday, a move it described as a normal annual rotation of its garrison in the city but one that was being closely watched because of months of political turmoil.

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Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of democratic presidential race

Sen Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who presented herself in the presidential race as a champion of women and families, said Wednesday that she was withdrawing from the Democratic primary after failing to qualify for a third debate next month — a development she described as fatal to her candidacy.

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From Yemen to South Sudan, climate and water stress seen worsening conflict

Social and political tensions fuelled by climate change have yet to translate into international military confrontations, but local conflicts are heating up due to pressures such as drought and water scarcity, officials and researchers said on Wednesday.

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Govt makes it compulsory for field-level officers to report to work at 9am

The government has made it mandatory for field level officers to attend office for 40 minutes starting from 9am in a bid to expedite administrative work and services.

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HC grants conditional bail to Minny in Refat murder case

The High Court has granted conditional bail to Ayesha Siddika Minny in the case over the daylight murder of her husband Refat Shorif in Barguna.

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Hasina receives eye treatment like a general patient for Tk 10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has undergone medical treatment at a public hospital like any other ordinary patient does.

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British PM to suspend parliament before Brexit, opposition denounces 'coup'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will suspend Britain's parliament for more than a month before Brexit, enraging opponents and raising the stakes in the country's most serious political crisis in decades.

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Two killed in collision between buses in Ashulia

Two people have died after a bus ploughed into two parked buses from behind in Dhaka’s Ashulia. 

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New Zealand vowed to listen to Muslims after Christchurch. It’s failing, they say

Ten days after a gunman killed dozens of people at two Christchurch mosques, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised answers.

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Man killed in Chattogram ‘shootout’

A man has died in an alleged shootout with Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari.

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Boris Johnson seeks to stifle Brexit opposition with surprise parliamentary delay

Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain scrambled the nation’s already chaotic politics on Wednesday by shortening the time Parliament has left to debate Brexit, potentially increasing the likelihood of a no-deal withdrawal on Oct 31 and eliciting furious cries of outrage from opposition politicians, who denounced it as undemocratic and possibly unconstitutional.

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India's top court to hear legal challenges on Kashmir in October

India’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will hear challenges in October to a government order revoking the autonomy of contested Kashmir, and it allowed an opposition politician to visit the region that has been under lockdown for weeks.

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Trump tells aides ‘take the land’ as impatience grows on border wall

President Donald Trump’s signature campaign promise to build a wall along the southwestern border is far behind schedule. So he has told his aides to get the job done by whatever means necessary, including by seizing land on the Mexican frontier.

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Apple's data shows a deepening dependence on China as Trump's tariffs loom

Tapping factories in Brazil and India has not lessened Apple Inc’s dependence on China, the company’s supply chain data shows, raising the stakes for the iPhone maker as US President Donald Trump wages a trade war and promises more tariffs.

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Brazil looks to neighbours for Amazon support, defends record

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he would meet with other South American countries to set common policy for defending the Amazon rain forest, while his foreign minister told Reuters the nation should be seen as an environmental hero.

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At least 26 killed in 'horrendous' arson attack on bar in Mexico

At least 26 people were killed in an arson attack by suspected gang members on a bar in the southern Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos late on Tuesday, authorities said, in a fresh blow to the government's efforts to curb violence.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

From the shadows, China’s Communist Party mobilises against Hong Kong protests

Across the border from Hong Kong, the Chinese Communist Party screams its presence with banners and slogans on nearly every street. Yet in the former British colony, where China’s ruling party confronts what it calls a “life and death” struggle against a turbulent protest movement, it is invisible: It is not registered and has no publicly declared local members.

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Hospitals get fresh scope to recruit manpower

The government has once again given a chance to the hospitals to send the details of the posts required by them.

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Four die in road crashes in Dinajpur

Four people have been killed and three others injured in two separate road crashes in Dinajpur’s Phulbari and Birganj Upazila.

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Six killed as Indonesian authorities open fire in Papua

Indonesian authorities opened fire on Papuan protesters, killing six people, as they tried to storm a local government office in the Deiyai region on Wednesday, reported news website Suarapapua.com citing a separatist group spokesman.

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Taliban kill 14 pro-government militia members in Afghanistan

Taliban militants killed at least 14 members of a pro-government militia in Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said, just as the Taliban and US officials are finalising a deal aimed at ending the 18-year war.

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Brazil angrily rejects millions in Amazon aid pledged at G-7, then accepts British aid

 Hours after leaders of some of the world’s wealthiest countries pledged more than $22 million to help combat fires in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil’s government angrily rejected the offer — only to later lay out potential terms for the aid’s acceptance and then, Tuesday evening, accepting some aid from Britain.

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Four suspected militants detained in Dhaka, says RAB

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit ‘Allahr Dal’ in Dhaka.

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EC prepares to provide Bangladeshi expats with NID cards abroad

The Election Commission plans to begin registration of Bangladeshi expatriates in the second week of September to provide them with national identity cards.

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Two die from dengue in Khulna, Mymensingh

Two more people have died from dengue in Khulna and Mymensingh.

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Pakistan may close airspace to India

Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering closing Pakistan's airspace to India and blocking its eastern neighbour's land trade route to Afghanistan, the science and technology minister in Islamabad said on Tuesday.

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Explosions hit Gaza police checkpoints, three dead

Explosions hit two police checkpoints in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing three officers and wounding several other Palestinians, the Hamas-run interior ministry said, declaring a state of emergency after the blasts.

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Iran could restore oil output to pre-sanctions level within 3 days

Iran would need three days to lift its oil production back to the level it was at before US sanctions were imposed, the semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh as saying on Tuesday.

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'Eats away at my soul': Epstein accusers testify weeks after his suicide

A succession of women who said Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused them at a young age voiced anger and defiance in a packed New York courtroom on Tuesday, some lamenting that the financier's suicide deprived them of the opportunity to obtain justice.

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Ex-Google engineer faces severe penalties in self-driving trade secrets case

US prosecutors on Tuesday brought a criminal case against a former high-ranking Google engineer, alleging he stole confidential technology from the company's self-driving car unit before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc .

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After blacklisting, US receives 130-plus licence requests to sell to Huawei

The US Commerce Department has received more than 130 applications from companies for licences to sell US goods to China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, three sources said, nearly two months after President Donald Trump said some sales would be allowed.

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'Now or never': Hong Kong protesters say they have nothing to lose

Exasperated with the government's unflinching attitude to escalating civil unrest, Jason Tse quit his job in Australia and jumped on a plane to join what he believes is a do-or-die fight for Hong Kong's future.

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How Emmanuel Macron positioned himself as star of the G-7 show

President Emmanuel Macron of France seemed to be everywhere at once during the Group of 7 summit. For the space of a weekend, at least, the West appeared to have one person running the show, and it was not the US president.

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The Thai palace posted photos of the king’s consort. Then the website went down

After publishing dozens of unusual photographs of the Thai king with his official consort, the website of the Royal Household Bureau went down Monday and remained inaccessible for much of the next day.

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Johnson & Johnson’s brand falters over its role in the opioid crisis

In the 1980s, Johnson & Johnson needed a reliable supply of opium for a popular product, Tylenol with codeine.

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How China uses LinkedIn to recruit spies abroad

One former senior foreign policy official in the Obama administration received messages from someone on LinkedIn offering to fly him to China and connect him with “well paid” opportunities.

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Brazil says open to aid for Amazon fires, but will decide how it's used

Brazil said on Tuesday it was ready to accept foreign aid to help fight fires in the Amazon but only if it could determine how it was spent, in an apparent attempt to smooth over a public spat between the Brazilian and French presidents.

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Chinese diplomat says Hong Kong facing worst crisis since 1997 handover

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told a Hong Kong business delegation that more support should be given to the city’s government to end violence that has evolved into the biggest crisis it has faced since the return to Chinese rule in 1997.

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British opposition parties unite to try to force PM to seek Brexit delay

Opposition parties said they would try to pass a law which would force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek a delay to Britain's departure from the European Union and prevent a potentially chaotic no-deal exit at the end of October.

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Indonesia’s capital is sinking, polluted and crowded. Its leader wants to build a new one

Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, is the city that people love to hate.

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Isabel Toledo dies at 59; designed Michelle Obama’s inaugural outfit

Isabel Toledo, the Cuban American designer who was revered by other designers for her ability to combine precisely geometric construction with extreme grace — but who was known to most of the public as the designer of the dress Michelle Obama wore in the 2009 inaugural parade — died Monday at a hospital in Manhattan. She was 59.

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Why was Johnson & Johnson the only opioid maker on trial in Oklahoma?

Some two dozen opioid manufacturers, drug distributors and retailers are now being sued by states, counties, cities and tribes across the nation for their roles in the opioid crisis, yet Johnson & Johnson, the corporate giant, wound up as the only company on trial in Oklahoma despite the fact that its drugs accounted for only about 1% of opioid sales in the state.

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India’s widows, abused at home, have sought refuge in this holy city for centuries

Like thousands of other widows exiled from their homes to a city in northern India, Nirmala Maheshwari said she was abused by her family after her husband died.

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Thai PM breached constitution by failing to vow to uphold it: Ombudsman

Thailand's prime minister and his cabinet breached the constitution by failing to recite the full oath of allegiance when they were sworn in before the king last month, the Office of the Ombudsman said on Tuesday.

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Man dies from dengue in Rangpur

A man has died from dengue while undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.

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Iran's Rouhani says no talks with US unless sanctions lifted

Iran has no intention to talk to the United States unless all sanctions imposed on Tehran are lifted, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump said he would meet his Iranian counterpart to end a nuclear standoff.

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Trump can battle China or expand the economy. He can’t do both

As President Donald Trump intermittently escalates and moderates his trade war with China, his conflicting signals reflect a reality that limits his actions: He can try to sever the deeply intertwined US commercial relationship with China, or he can prod economic growth to assuage the fears of investors around the planet.

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Tribunal sentences Rajshahi man to death for war crimes

A war crimes tribunal has sentenced Md Abdus Samad alias Feroz Khan to death for his crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and arson, during the 1971 Liberation War in Rajshahi’s Puthia.

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Mobile court penalises 26 teenagers, young men over crimes

A mobile court has arrested 26 teenagers and young men from the Dhaka’s Mugda and Manda areas over crimes, including mugging and drug peddling.

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Two die after covered van hits rickshaw in Gazipur

Two people have been killed after a covered van crashed into a rickshaw van in Gazipur.

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Australian writer arrested in China facing spying charge

A Chinese-born Australian writer held in China since January has been formally arrested on suspicion of espionage, the Australian government said on Tuesday, amid growing tension between Canberra and its largest trading partner.

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Don't treat Amazon like a ‘colony’, says Brazil's Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday the idea of creating an international alliance to save the Amazon rainforest would be treating Brazil like "a colony or no man's land," calling it an attack on the country's sovereignty.

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Indian economy set for weakest quarter of growth in 5 years

The Indian economy likely expanded at its slowest pace in more than five years in the April-June quarter, driven by weak investment growth and sluggish demand, according to economists polled by Reuters.

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Iraqi leaders condemn air raids targeting paramilitary groups

Iraqi President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Monday condemned air strikes on Sunday that hit bases and weapons depots belonging to Iraqi paramilitary groups, which the factions blamed on Israel.

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British PM Johnson says prepared to take Brexit talks down to last minute

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was prepared to take Brexit talks with the European Union down to the very last minute before the Oct 31 exit deadline, and if necessary to take a decision to leave without a deal on that day.

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Hong Kong violence becoming more serious, but govt in control, says Lam

Violence in Hong Kong's anti-government protests is becoming more serious but the government is confident it can handle the crisis itself, the city's embattled leader said on Tuesday.

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Macron delivers breakthrough on Iran at tense G7 summit, but little else

French President Emmanuel Macron paved the way at a G7 summit for a diplomatic solution to the standoff between Washington and Tehran over a 2015 nuclear deal, but there was little else to show from a meeting at which allies were sharply divided.

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Russia identifies 4 radioactive isotopes from nuclear accident

A Russian state weather agency named for the first time Monday four specific radioactive particles released by an explosion at a military testing site earlier this month that left at least seven people dead and has remained shrouded in secrecy weeks after the incident.

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Johnson & Johnson liable for $572m in Oklahoma opioid epidemic trial

An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572.1 million to the state for its part in fuelling an opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing addictive painkillers, a sum that was substantially less than investors had expected, driving up J&J's shares.

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IMF meets with Argentina opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez

A team from the International Monetary Fund met on Monday with opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez, the front-runner for October's presidential election, according to a spokesman for Fernandez.

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Amid outrage over rainforest fires, many in the Amazon remain defiant

 Seeing the global panic over thousands of forest fires in the Amazon last week, and hearing the calls to boycott Brazilian products, Agamenon da Silva Menezes wondered if the world had gone mad.

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G7 offers emergency aid to fight Amazon forest fires

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Monday offered $20 million of emergency aid to help battle wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, a gesture Brazil slammed as colonialist.

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Monday, August 26, 2019

Trump’s signature New York hotel and the art of the compromise

For more than two decades, the Trump International Hotel and Tower has soared over Central Park, a crown jewel of President Donald Trump’s family business that features luxury hotel rooms and exclusive private residences just off Columbus Circle.

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Popular actor Khalilur Rahman Babar dies at 68

Actor Khalilur Rahman Babar, popular for reprising negative roles in films during the 70s and 80s, has died at the age of 68.

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War crimes verdict against Puthia's Samad on Tuesday

The war crimes tribunal has fixed Tuesday to deliver its verdict in the case against Md Abdus Samad, alias Feroz Khan, over his alleged crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

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Fire destroys bamboo house at Korean EPZ

A fire has destroyed a bamboo bungalow at the Korean Export Processing Zone or EPZ, in Chattogram. 

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Drug to treat a rare disease costs millions

Dawn Patterson keeps a multimillion-dollar drug in the fridge, next to a bottle of root beer and a jar of salsa.

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One handgun, 9 murders: How American firearms cause carnage abroad

She came to Jamaica from the United States about four years ago, sneaking in illegally. Within a few short years, she became one of the nation’s most-wanted assassins.

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Saudi travel to World Cup football - 10 breakthroughs for women in 2019

Almost a century after women in the United States won the right to vote - an anniversary former President Barack Obama proclaimed as 'Women's Equality Day' in 2011 - the global struggle to end gender disparity continues.

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G7 nations close to agreement on tackling Amazon fires

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday the leaders of the world's major industrialised nations were close to an agreement on how to help fight the Amazon forest fires and try to repair the devastation.

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Asian shares slugged, bonds bought amid trade gloom

Asian shares sank on Monday as the latest salvo in the Sino-US trade war shook confidence in the world economy and sent investors steaming to the safe harbors of sovereign bonds and gold, while slugging emerging market currencies.

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Why are the Amazon fires sparking a crisis for Brazil - and the world?

A record number of fires ravaging the Amazon has drawn international outrage because of the rainforest's importance to the global environment and prompted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to dispatch the military to assist in firefighting.

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Warplanes dump water on Amazon as Brazil military begins fighting fires

Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world's largest tropical rain forest.

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Trump offers contradictory signals on China trade war

President Donald Trump offered deeply contradictory signals about his trade war with China on Sunday, ending the day by escalating his threats of higher tariffs even as he remained isolated from fellow world leaders on a strategy that has rattled the global economy.

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England hail 'Special One' Stokes after Headingley miracle

England hailed a new Ashes hero for the ages on Monday after Ben Stokes dragged his country from the point of defeat to a narrow victory over Australia with an innings that almost defied belief.

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Rule no. 1 at the G7 meeting? Don’t get you-know-who mad

For a day, at least, everyone was on their best behaviour when the cameras were on, eager to present a show of bonhomie after so many previous meetings ended in discord.

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Plane, helicopter collide in Spain, killing 7

A small plane and a helicopter crashed midair on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Sunday, killing seven people.

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Iran's Zarif leaves G7 talks, unclear if progress made to ease tensions

Iran's foreign minister made a flying visit for talks with host France at the G7 summit on Sunday, as Paris ramped up efforts to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington, a dramatic diplomatic move that the White House said had surprised them.

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As Amazon burns, fires in next-door Bolivia also wreak havoc

Amid growing international alarm over fires in Brazil’s Amazon region, neighbouring Bolivia is facing devastating fires of its own, with flames devouring farmland and environmentally sensitive forests alike.

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Battered Hong Kong faces economic recession, existential crisis

As one of the world’s most important trade and business hubs, Hong Kong was always going to struggle this year because of the escalating US-China tariff war.

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China says wants 'calm' resolution to US trade war

China is willing to resolve its trade dispute with the United States through "calm" negotiations and resolutely opposes the escalation of the conflict, Vice Premier Liu He, who has been leading the talks with Washington, said on Monday.

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In calls and emails, Argentine executives seek jobs abroad to escape crisis

Argentine executives and graduates shocked by President Mauricio Macri’s drubbing in elections this month have begun calling and emailing in droves in search of work in Brazil, Chile and Colombia, head hunters and visa advisers told Reuters.

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Hong Kong police arrest 36 after running battle with protesters

Hong Kong police said on Monday they arrested 36 people, the youngest aged 12, after violence during anti-government demonstrations escalated as protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at security forces who responded with water cannon and tear gas.

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Trump allies target journalists over coverage deemed hostile to White House

A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation to discredit news organisations deemed hostile to President Donald Trump by publicising damaging information about journalists.

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Ride-hailing firm Grab plans major investment in Vietnam

Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab is set to invest “several hundred million dollars” in Vietnam where the company sees its next major growth market, just weeks after it unveiled a $2 billion plan in Indonesia.

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Sunday, August 25, 2019

For Indonesia’s child jockeys, time to retire at 10, after 5 years of racing

The boy mounted the horse barefoot, with only an ill-fitting Hello Kitty helmet to protect his head and a talisman under his clothing to give him the courage of his ancestors.

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ভাইয়াদলিদের সঙ্গে ড্র মানতে পারছেন না জিদান

রিয়াল ভাইয়াদলিদের বিপক্ষে তুলনামূলক ভালো খেলেও পয়েন্ট হারানোয় ভীষন হতাশ রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ কোচ জিনেদিন জিদান। ঘরের মাঠে তিন পয়েন্ট প্রাপ্য ছিল বলে মনে করেন ফরাসি এই কোচ।

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Replace word 'Kumari' with 'unmarried' in marriage certificate: HC

The High Court has directed the government to remove the term 'Kumari', or maiden, from the Nikahnama (Muslim marriage certificate) and replace it with the word 'unmarried' in the case of the bride.

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Top court turns down review plea of BNP's Moudud, graft trial to continue

The top court has turned down BNP leader Moudud Ahmed's plea to review a High Court order that paved the way for continuing the trial proceedings of a corruption case against him.

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শ্রীলঙ্কাকে গুঁড়িয়ে টানা দ্বিতীয় জয় বাংলাদেশের

শুরু থেকে আক্রমণাত্মক ফুটবলের পসরা মেলে শ্রীলঙ্কাকে গুঁড়িয়ে দিয়েছে বাংলাদেশ। ছেলেদের সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৫ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপে তুলে নিয়েছে টানা দ্বিতীয় জয়।

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Jamalpur DC Ahmed Kabir made OSD over lurid video

The government has taken steps against Jamalpur Deputy Commissioner Ahmed Kabir by removing him from active duty amid allegations of his physical intimacy with a woman in his office.

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ACC questions Mahi B Chowdhury over money laundering charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has quizzed Bikalpadhara Bangladesh Joint Secretary General Mahi B Chowdhury over allegations of money laundering.

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US to stand beside Bangladesh in Rohingya repatriation efforts, says Ambassador Miller

The United States will stand beside Bangladesh in its efforts to repatriate the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to Myanmar, US Ambassador Earl Robert Miller has said.

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Tehran orders crackdown as wealthy use ambulances to beat traffic

When the phone rang at a private ambulance centre in Tehran, Iran, a famous Iranian soccer player was on the line. The operator recognised him instantly and expressed sympathy for the presumed medical emergency in his family.

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Australia to block internet domains hosting extremist content during terror attacks

Australia will block access to internet domains hosting terrorist material during crisis events and will consider legislation to force digital platforms to improve the safety of their services, officials said on Sunday.

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Prince Andrew denies knowing of sex trafficking by Epstein

Prince Andrew, facing intensifying scrutiny of his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, broke a long silence Saturday to say that he never saw or suspected any behavior involving the sexual trafficking and exploitation of underage girls during their long friendship.

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Israel says it struck Iranian ‘killer drones’ in Syria

Israeli warplanes struck targets in southern Syria where Iran was preparing to attack Israel using explosive-laden “killer drones,” Israel’s military said, and top commanders were on alert early Sunday to see how Iran might respond.

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PM Johnson seeks legal advice on five-week parliament closure

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked his attorney general whether parliament can be shut down for five weeks from Sep 9 in what appears to be an attempt to stop lawmakers forcing a further extension to Brexit, The Observer reported.

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South Korean military drills around disputed island draw Japanese protest

South Korea's military on Sunday began two days of drills around a tiny island also claimed by Japan, prompting a protest from Tokyo just days after Seoul decided to scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with its neighbour amid worsening relations.

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Britain sends another warship to boost presence in the Gulf

Britain is sending another warship to the Gulf to defend freedom of navigation, the defence minister said on Saturday, after Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in the region.

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Trump aides slam French for focusing on ‘niche issues’ at G-7

Lunching on a patio overlooking the Bay of Biscay at the Hôtel du Palais on Saturday, President Donald Trump gushed over Emmanuel Macron, the French president and the host of the weekend’s annual Group of 7 meeting, held this year in the quaint beach town of Biarritz in the south of France.

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Hong Kong police arrest 29 after overnight clashes, more protests planned

Hong Kong police said on Sunday they arrested 29 people after clashes overnight in which volleys of tear gas were fired to disperse anti-government protesters, as the Asian financial hub braced for more demonstrations later in the day.

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As the Amazon burns, Europe seizes title of climate champion

As the Amazon burned and the world faced an ecological disaster, President Emmanuel Macron of France bluntly criticised Brazil’s leader this week and threatened to kill a major trade deal between Europe and Brazil.

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Squabbles erupt as G7 leaders open summit in French resort

Squabbles erupted among G7 nations on Saturday as their leaders gathered for an annual summit, exposing sharp differences on global trade tensions, Britain's exit from the EU and how to respond to the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest.

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Injured Messi out of Barca game with Betis

Barcelona are still without all-time top scorer Lionel Messi as the Argentine was left out of the squad for their first home game of the La Liga season on Sunday against Real Betis due to a calf injury.

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Real Madrid held to frustrating draw with Valladolid after late equaliser

Real Madrid's early optimism was punctured by an 88th-minute equaliser from Real Valladolid's Sergi Guardiola as Zinedine Zidane's side stumbled to a 1-1 draw in their first home game of the La Liga season on Saturday.

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Salah at the double as Liverpool dispatch Arsenal

Liverpool made it three wins out of three as Mohamed Salah scored twice in a convincing 3-1 victory over Arsenal on Saturday to take control at the top of the Premier League.

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India rolls back tax hike on investors; outlines steps to boost sentiment

India is rolling back recent tax hikes on foreign and domestic equity investors and is accelerating a capital infusion of $10 billion into state-run banks, the finance minister said late on Friday, in an attempt to boost market sentiment and revive the slowing economy.

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Saturday, August 24, 2019

As Hong Kong firms fall in line over protests, some workers push back

As big companies in Hong Kong squirm under pressure to denounce the continuing antigovernment protests in the territory or risk angering China, some of their employees are speaking out, raising the prospect of escalating labour tensions in the Asian financial capital.

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Six killed, 25 injured as bus falls off bridge in Faridpur

Six people have been killed and 25 others injured after a bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a ditch in Faridpur.

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First death in a spate of vaping sicknesses reported by health officials

A patient in Illinois is the first to die of a mysterious lung illness linked to vaping, public health officials announced Friday.

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India’s move in Kashmir: More than 2,000 rounded up with no recourse

On Aug 5, at 1:15 am, Asifa Mubeen was woken up by the sound of barking dogs as police officers began pouring into her yard.

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Infant dies of dengue fever in Mymensingh

A five-month old baby has died of dengue fever in Mymensingh amid a massive outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh.

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Amazon rainforest fires: Here’s what’s really happening

The hashtag #PrayForAmazonas was the top trending topic in the world on Twitter on Wednesday, as images of a rainforest on fire spread across the internet. Here is what we know so far about the fires raging in the Amazon.

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Rahul Gandhi, other opposition leaders to visit embattled Kashmir

Congress' Rahul Gandhi and leaders from various opposition parties will visit the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday where restrictions have been imposed since the central government revoked its autonomy and split the state into two Union Territories, according to local media reports.

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First funeral prayer for Prof Mozzaffar held at parliament building

The first Namaz-e-Janaza of National Awami Party President Professor Mozzaffar Ahmad (Pro-Moscow NAP) has been held at the South Plaza of the parliamentary building.

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Former Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley passes away at 66

Arun Jaitley, the former finance minister of India and a stalwart of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has died at the age of 66, reports India Today.

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Two Rohingya suspects in murder of Teknaf Jubo League leader die in police ‘shootout’

Two men from the Rohingya community with alleged links to the murder of Omar Faruk, a local leader of the ruling Awami League’s youth front Jubo League, have been killed in a so-called shootout with police in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf.

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Helper killed, nine injured as bus crashes into tree in Thakurgaon

A man has been killed and nine others injured when a bus slammed into a roadside tree in Thakurgaon.

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Robbery suspect killed in alleged shootout with police in Sylhet

A man with ties to crimes has been killed in a so-called shootout with police in Sylhet's Zakiganj Upazila.

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India's court sends ex-finance minister Chidambaram into police custody

An Indian court on Thursday ordered a former finance minister into police custody for questioning for four days, in a case stemming from government approval of foreign investment in a local media company, a judge said.

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Auto companies in India cut more jobs, halt production to tackle slowdown

With India's auto sales declining for the ninth straight month in July, more automotive manufacturers are laying off workers and temporarily halting production to keep costs in check, according to sources and documents seen by Reuters.

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Trump challenges court ruling barring him from blocking Twitter users

President Donald Trump is challenging a federal appeals court decision that ruled he violated the US Constitution by blocking people whose views he disliked from his Twitter account.

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Kashmir protesters defy restrictions, clash with security forces

Security forces used tear gas against stone-throwing local residents in Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Friday, after a third straight week of protests in the restive Soura district despite the imposition of tight restrictions.

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Bomb kills Israeli girl, 17, at a West Bank oasis

An Israeli teenager was killed and her father and brother were wounded Friday when a homemade bomb exploded near a natural spring in the occupied West Bank, one of many small oases where Palestinians and Israelis seek to cool off but that have become hot spots in the conflict.

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Rohingya women defy threats in refugee camps to rebuild lives one stitch at a time

Rohingya refugee Shofika Begum can't stop the flashbacks from two years ago when her husband and sister were shot dead and she was raped in her village in Myanmar that was then torched.

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Hong Kong protesters, calling for direct elections, join hands across city

Hong Kong residents on Friday night formed human chains across large parts of the city in a call for direct elections, a test of the continuing strength of the monthslong protest movement and a display that recalled a major anti-Soviet demonstration from 30 years ago.

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Psychologist approved Jeffrey Epstein's removal from suicide watch

A psychologist at the federal detention center in New York City where financier Jeffrey Epstein was jailed on sex-trafficking charges had approved his removal from suicide watch before he killed himself, the US Justice Department said on Friday.

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Chuadanga man lynched by angry mob for stabbing a person to death

A man has been lynched by an angry mob for allegedly stabbing another person to death in Chuadanga’s Amirpur village.

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As EU threatens trade retaliation, Brazil sends army to fight Amazon fires

European leaders on Friday threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America, reflecting growing international anger at Brazil as a record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest intensified an unfolding environmental crisis.

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Trump heaps another 5% tariff on Chinese goods in latest tit-for-tat escalation

US President Donald Trump on Friday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some $550 billion in targeted Chinese goods in the latest tit-for-tat trade war escalation by the world's two largest economies.

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Friday, August 23, 2019

5 people killed in stampede at Algiers rap concert

At least five people were killed in a stampede at a packed rap concert in the Algerian capital on Thursday night, a hospital source said.

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Four die, more than 100 hurt in thunderstorm in Poland's Tatra mountains

Four people, two of them children, died and more than 100 were injured during a thunderstorm in Poland’s Tatra mountains on Thursday, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.

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Ocean Viking ship with 356 migrants on board to dock in Malta: France

The Ocean Viking ship which has been drifting in the Mediterranean for two weeks with rescued migrants on board will dock in Malta after six EU countries reached an agreement, France’s interior minister said on Friday.

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ইউভেন্তুসের পরের দুই ম্যাচে থাকছেন না কোচ সাররি

নিউমোনিয়ায় আক্রান্ত কোচ মাওরিসিও সাররি সেরি আয় দলের পরের দুই ম্যাচে ডাগ আউটে থাকবেন না বলে জানিয়েছে ইউভেন্তুস।

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‘স্কোরলাইন ৫-০ হলে আরও ভালো হতো’

ছেলেদের সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৫ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপে শুভসূচনা করা শিষ্যদের প্রশংসা করলেও দলের কোচ মোস্তফা আনোয়ার পারভেজ রক্ষণ ও গোলরক্ষকের ভুলে হজম করা দুই গোল নিয়ে হতাশা আড়াল করেননি।

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TIMELINE: Two years on, a look at the Rohingya crisis

This month marks the second anniversary of the fleeing of more than 730,000 Rohingya from Myanmar's northwest Rakhine State to Bangladesh after a military-led crackdown in response to an attack by Muslim militants on Myanmar police posts.

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Religious festivals should focus on people's welfare, says President Hamid

President Abdul Hamid has urged the people not to limit religious festivals to rituals but instead use it as a platform to achieve social welfare.

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আবাহনীর সোহেলের গোল এএফসির কাপের সপ্তাহের সেরা

উত্তর কোরিয়ার দল এপ্রিল টোয়েন্টিফাইভ স্পোর্টস ক্লাবের বিপক্ষে করা আবাহনী লিমিটেডের সোহেল রানার গোলটি দর্শকের ভোটে এএফসি কাপের সপ্তাহের সেরা গোল নির্বাচিত হয়েছে। 

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২০২৩ পর্যন্ত লিভারপুলে অক্সলেইড-চেম্বারলেইন

লিভারপুলের সঙ্গে চুক্তির মেয়াদ এক বছর বাড়িয়েছেন অ্যালেক্স অক্সলেইড-চেম্বারলেইন। ইংলিশ প্রিমিয়ার লিগের ক্লাবটিতে ২০২৩ সাল পর্যন্ত থাকবেন ইংল্যান্ডের এই মিডফিল্ডার।

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Myanmar must be ‘accommodative’ to convince Rohingyas go back, says Bangladesh FM

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has called on Myanmar to be “accommodative” towards the demands of Rohingyas so that they get the confidence to return home.

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As Amazon burns, Brazil's Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfere

Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday admitted farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but told foreign powers not to interfere.

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সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৫ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপে বাংলাদেশের দারুণ সূচনা

ছেলেদের সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৫ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপে দারুণ শুরু পেয়েছে বাংলাদেশ। ভুটানকে বড় ব্যবধানে হারিয়ে শুভসূচনা করেছে প্রতিযোগিতাটির শিরোপাধারীরা।

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UN rebuffs Pakistan’s demand to drop Priyanka Chopra as goodwill ambassador

UNICEF goodwill ambassador Priyanka Chopra, who has been under intense criticism for her ‘Jai Hind’ tweet after India’s retaliatory attack on terror camps in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, retains the right to speak in her personal capacity on issues concerning her, reports Hindustan Times citing a UN spokesperson.

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With Amazon ablaze, Brazil faces global backlash: ‘Lungs of the earth are in flames’

As dozens of fires scorched large swaths of the Amazon, the Brazilian government Thursday struggled to contain growing global outrage over its environmental policies, which have paved the way for runaway deforestation of the world’s largest rainforest.

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India increases restrictions in Kashmir ahead of separatist call for protests

Authorities in the main city of Indian Kashmir tightened security ahead of Friday prayers after separatists called for a protest march to a UN office, with streets bristling with paramilitary personnel and some blocked by checkpoints.

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Jubo League leader shot dead in Teknaf

A local Jubo League leader has been shot to death in Cox’s Bazar's Teknaf Upazila.

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Police find bullet-ridden body of drug suspect in Satkhira

Police have recovered the bullet-riddled body of a suspected drug dealer in Satkhira Sadar Upazila.

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Housewife dies of dengue fever in Satkhira

A housewife has died of dengue fever in Satkhira amid a massive outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh that shows few signs of abating.

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Ukraine, EU oppose Trump's suggestion of readmitting Russia to G7

Ukraine's president backed leading European powers on Thursday in opposing the readmission of Russia to the Group of Seven advanced economies, saying Moscow still occupied Crimea and was frustrating peace in eastern Ukraine.

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Bolsonaro says Brazil lacks resources to fight Amazon fires

The Brazilian government lacks the resources to fight a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday, weeks after telling donors he did not need their money.

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US will aggressively enforce sanctions over Iran tanker: State Department official

The United States will aggressively enforce its sanctions to prevent the private sector from assisting an Iranian oil tanker that is traveling through the Mediterranean and that Washington wants seized, a State Department official said on Thursday.

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730,000 fled Myanmar. Only a few dozen returned

Rusting behind barbed wire, rows of trailers at a repatriation centre sit empty and uninviting, evocative of a prison awaiting its inmates.

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Man crushed to death in Manhattan building with history of elevator problems

For years, taking the elevators at the Manhattan Promenade apartment building was like taking a ride on an unpredictable, shaky roller coaster.

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Thursday, August 22, 2019

Three High Court judges facing probe, ordered to refrain from judicial activities

Three High Court judges have been temporarily relieved of their judicial duties after a probe into allegations of professional misconduct against them was initiated. 

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ACC to probe 'graft charges' against BSEC Chairman Khairul Hossain

The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has assigned an investigation officer to look into the substance of graft allegations levelled at Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman M Khairul Hossain.

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Where the Titanic rests, decay races on

In the 34 years since the RMS Titanic was discovered on the seafloor south of Newfoundland, it has become the world’s most famous shipwreck — a rusting hulk assailed by hundreds of explorers and moviemakers, salvors and tourists, scientists and federal watchdogs.

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Repatriation plan stalls as Rohingyas refuse to go back to Myanmar

A second attempt to repatriate the Rohingyas living in Bangladesh to Myanmar has hit a snag as the refugees remain reluctant to return to their homeland.

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Their mothers chose donor sperm. The doctors used their own

Growing up in Nacogdoches, Texas, Eve Wiley learned at age 16 that she had been conceived through artificial insemination with donor sperm.

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ফিওরেন্তিনায় রিবেরি

বায়ার্ন মিউনিখের সাবেক উইঙ্গার ফ্রাঙ্ক রিবেরি ফ্রি ট্রান্সফারে ফিওরেন্তিনায় যোগ দিয়েছেন।

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PM inaugurates Biman’s new 787-8 Dreamliner ‘Gangchil’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the latest addition to Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ fleet, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, ahead of its maiden passenger flight.

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Trump says other countries need to fight Islamic State

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that other countries will need to take up the fight against Islamic State militants, citing Russia, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran as examples.

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Three die in collision between buses in Thakurgaon

Three people have been killed and at least 31 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila.

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Pakistan leader vents frustration at India: ‘no point in talking to them’

Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan intensified his criticism of India on Wednesday over its Kashmir crackdown, saying he would no longer seek dialogue with Indian officials and raising the threat of a military escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

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Iran displays domestically built mobile missile defence system

Iran displayed what it described as a domestically built long-range, mobile surface-to-air missile system on Thursday, Iranian state media reported.

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Facebook shuts dozens of Myanmar social media accounts over 'inauthentic behavior'

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had shut 216 social media pages, groups and accounts in Myanmar, some tied to the army, to stymie efforts to “manipulate or corrupt public debate”.

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More deals, less conflict? Cross-border water planning key, report warns

Efforts to share rivers, lakes and aquifers that cross national boundaries are falling short, raising a growing risk of conflict as global water supplies run low, researchers warned on Thursday.

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Banks in Hong Kong condemn violence, urge restoration of 'harmony'

Some of Hong Kong's biggest banks published full-page newspaper advertisements on Thursday calling for the preservation of law and order in the Chinese territory and condemning violence, as weeks of pro-democracy protests show no sign of abating.

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Trump imposes rule allowing US to detain migrant families indefinitely

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled a rule that allows officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whether to grant them asylum in the United States, abolishing a previous 20-day limit.

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Frontline view: Making the case for violence in Hong Kong protests

Pun sees himself as a peaceful, middle-class Hong Kong student. Yet since the beginning of June, he has been building barricades and throwing bricks at police, risking his own liberty to fight, as he sees it, for the city's freedoms.

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After Germany hints at compromise, France tells UK: No new Brexit deal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday challenged Britain to come up with alternatives to the Irish border backstop within 30 days, but French President Emmanuel Macron cautioned there would be no renegotiation of the Brexit deal.

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Two Rohingyas die in BGB anti-drug drive in Cox’s Bazar

Two Rohingyas have died in a so-called shootout with Border Guard Bangladesh, or BGB, in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf.

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Indonesia blocks internet in Papua to help curb violent protests

Indonesia has cut off internet access in eastern Papua to prevent provocative posts online from fuelling violence, after protesters torched buildings, a market and a prison over mistreatment of students and perceived ethnic discrimination.

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In Denmark, bewilderment and anger over Trump’s cancelled visit

The astonishment in Denmark over President Donald Trump’s apparent desire to buy Greenland turned to bewilderment and anger on Wednesday after the American leader abruptly scrapped a state visit because the Danes have no desire to sell.

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What ‘victory’ looks like: a journey through shattered Syria

Picking our way around the ruins of the Damascus suburb of Douma, it took a little while to realise what was missing.

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S Korea says US, N Korea will restart dialogue 'soon'

The United States and North Korea are expected to reopen denuclearisation talks soon and it would "go well," a senior South Korean official said on Thursday, boosting hopes for progress in negotiations after a prolonged stalemate.

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Murder suspect killed in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’

The main suspect in the murder of an auto-rickshaw driver has been killed in a so-called shootout with detective police in Mymensingh’s Gafargaon.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Police recover bodies of Bangladeshi brothers in Italy

Italian police have recovered the bodies of two expatriate brothers from their home in Milan.

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Taylor Swift urges fans to back equal pay for US women's soccer team

Singer Taylor Swift has urged her millions of fans to get behind the US women's soccer team's fight for equal pay, saying the world champions had taken a "historic stand" for equality.

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Eight new comic book series for the end of summer

It may be late August, but there is still plenty of time for summer — and September — reading. Here is a look at new and soon-to-be-released comics, some of which are ripe for film or television adaptations, as happens so often these days. Enjoy.

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Aug 21 attack: AL will go to Supreme Court for death to Tarique Rahman

Awami League will go to the top court to seek BNP acting chief Tarique Rahman’s maximum punishment in connection with Aug 21 grenade attack case.

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Worker at Britain’s Hong Kong Consulate is feared detained in China

China has detained an employee of the British Consulate in Hong Kong after he crossed the border into the mainland, his family and his girlfriend said, raising fears that Chinese authorities might be targeting travellers they suspect of supporting the Hong Kong protests.

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Water pollution an 'invisible threat' to global goals, economists warn

Water pollution threatens nearly all the globally agreed development goals to end environmental destruction, poverty and suffering by 2030, economists warned in a report on Tuesday, citing the largest-ever database on the world's water quality.

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The mystery of the Himalaya’s Skeleton Lake just got weirder

Nestled in the Indian Himalayas, some 16,500 feet above sea level, sits Roopkund Lake. One hundred and thirty feet wide, it is frozen for much of the year, a frosty pond in a lonely, snowbound valley. But on warmer days, it delivers a macabre performance, as hundreds of human skeletons, some with flesh still attached, emerge from what has become known as Skeleton Lake.

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Bangladesh says India's decisions on Jammu and Kashmir India’s internal matter

Bangladesh has said the recent decision taken by the Indian government on Jammu and Kashmir is an internal matter of India.

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Three more women sue Epstein's estate over alleged abuse

Three women on Tuesday sued the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, saying they were sexually abused by the financier, both before and after the widely criticised 2007 plea deal that allowed him to avoid federal prosecution for sex crimes.

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Two dead in Kashmir gun battle, the first since revocation of status

Indian security forces killed a suspected militant in a gun battle in Kashmir on Wednesday, police said, the first clash since the federal government removed the special status of the territory this month, fuelling anger.

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Indian PM raises Kashmir protests with British counterpart

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to his British counterpart, Boris Johnson, about violent demonstrations over Kashmir outside the Indian embassy in London, the foreign ministry said.

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As Taliban talk peace, ISIS is ready to play the spoiler in Afghanistan

Even as the United States and the Taliban seem close to a deal on a US troop withdrawal, the Islamic State in Afghanistan is making clear that it stands to inherit the role of violent spoiler if any peace agreement is reached.

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Jaishankar leaves Dhaka after inviting PM Hasina to visit India

S Jaishankar has left Dhaka ending his first visit after he took over as the India’s external affairs minister.

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US envoy Biegun says will focus on denuclearising N Korea, dismisses Russian post

US envoy on North Korea Stephen Biegun said on Wednesday he will not take up the post of ambassador to Russia but will remain focused on making progress on the denuclearisation of North Korea amid stalled negotiations.

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China parliament rules out allowing same-sex marriage

Limiting marriage to between a man and a woman will remain China's legal position, a parliament spokesman said on Wednesday, ruling out following neighbouring Taiwan in allowing same-sex marriage, despite pressure from activists.

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Wife of ex-president of Honduras convicted in corruption case

A Honduran court convicted the wife of former President Porfirio Lobo on graft charges, including siphoning funds from programs designed to help poor children, a judicial official said on Tuesday.

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Kashmir remains tense despite partial easing of restrictions

India further eased movement restrictions in Kashmir's main city Srinagar on Tuesday, even as large swathes of the historically-restive old quarter remained locked down to curb protests over New Delhi's move to strip the region of its autonomy.

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Pakistan to take Kashmir dispute with India to World Court

Pakistan said on Tuesday it would take its dispute with India over Kashmir to the International Court of Justice, after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the region earlier this month.

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Facebook’s new tool lets you see which apps and websites tracked you

Facebook has built an extensive network of tracking technology outside of its core social network to bolster its targeted advertising business. That has allowed the company to collect information about its users’ browsing habits, even when they were not using the social network.

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IAEA, FAO, WHO experts to help Bangladesh combat Aedes mosquitoes

Bangladesh is bringing experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Health Organisation to help control Aedes mosquitoes.

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US will act if Iranian tanker tries to deliver oil to Syria -Pompeo

The United States will take every action it can to prevent an Iranian tanker sailing in the Mediterranean from delivering oil to Syria in contravention of US sanctions, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Tuesday.

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Migrants disembark Open Arms rescue ship on Italian island of Lampedusa

Nearly one hundred migrants who had been stranded on the Open Arms rescue ship off the coast of Lampedusa disembarked on the Italian island on Tuesday night, ending a prolonged stand-off between the Spanish charity operating the boat and the government in Rome.

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Trump cancels Denmark visit over after rebuff over Greenland

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called off a visit to Denmark scheduled for early September after the country's prime minister rebuffed his idea of purchasing Greenland.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Authorities make more arrests in Indian Kashmir to deter protests

Security forces detained 30 people overnight in Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar, local officials said on Tuesday, seeking to keep a tight lid on protests over the federal government's decision to strip the region of its autonomy.

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NZ's Williamson, Lankan Dananjaya reported for suspect bowling action

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and Sri Lankan spinner Akila Dananjaya have been reported for suspect bowling action after the first test between the two nations in Galle that finished on Sunday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said.

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Over 100 civilians wounded in bombings in eastern Afghanistan

The number of people wounded in multiple bomb blasts in the Afghan city of Jalalabad has risen to 123, officials said on Tuesday, a day after 14 bombs exploded in public squares, markets and outside restaurants in the eastern city.

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Notre Dame construction resumes in Paris, but worries about lead remain

Construction resumed at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday, weeks after authorities had shut the site down over worries about lead contamination linked to the fire in April.

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At least 10 Burkina Faso soldiers killed in militant attack

Unidentified militants killed at least 10 soldiers and wounded many others in an attack on a military unit in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, the army said.

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Indonesia police search for inmates after Papua jail set ablaze

Indonesian police were hunting on Tuesday for more than 250 inmates who fled a jail in Papua that had been set ablaze a day earlier, during a wave of civil unrest in cities across the country's easternmost area.

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Thailand’s roads are deadly. Especially if you’re poor

The Thai woman was riding on a motorcycle on her way to work when a pickup truck sideswiped her on a rural stretch of asphalt in north-eastern Thailand. The truck’s driver was an off-duty police officer. He was drunk.

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Two die after car crashes into covered van in Cumilla

Two people have been killed and four others injured after a car crashed into a parked covered van in Cumilla.

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Indian Islamic preacher apologises to Malaysians for racial remarks

Controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik apologised on Tuesday for making racially sensitive remarks in Malaysia, a day after he was questioned by police for hours over the comments.

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Thailand’s roads are deadly. Especially if you’re poor

The Thai woman was riding on a motorcycle on her way to work when a pickup truck sideswiped her on a rural stretch of asphalt in north-eastern Thailand. The truck’s driver was an off-duty police officer. He was drunk.

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Two days before he killed himself, Epstein signed his will

Less than 48 hours before Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself, he was preparing for death: He had just signed his will, according to court documents filed Monday in the Virgin Islands.

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9th wage board for journos: Supreme Court clears way for gazette publication

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has suspended the High Court’s freeze on the ninth wage board to increase the salary of employees in the print media and news agencies for eight weeks.

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Islamic State is regaining strength in Iraq and Syria

Five months after US-backed forces ousted the Islamic State from its last shard of territory in Syria, the terrorist group is gathering new strength, conducting guerrilla attacks across Iraq and Syria, retooling its financial networks and targeting new recruits at an allied-run tent camp, US and Iraqi military and intelligence officers said.

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Islamic State is regaining strength in Iraq and Syria

Five months after US-backed forces ousted the Islamic State from its last shard of territory in Syria, the terrorist group is gathering new strength, conducting guerrilla attacks across Iraq and Syria, retooling its financial networks and targeting new recruits at an allied-run tent camp, US and Iraqi military and intelligence officers said.

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Elton John blasts relentless character assassination of Harry and Meghan

Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres spoke out on Monday in support of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, calling them a down-to-earth and hardworking couple who were being unfairly attacked by the media.

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Elton John blasts relentless character assassination of Harry and Meghan

Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres spoke out on Monday in support of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, calling them a down-to-earth and hardworking couple who were being unfairly attacked by the media.

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Pakistan accuses India of using water as a weapon in Kashmir dispute

Accusing India of waging "fifth-generation warfare", Pakistan said on Monday New Delhi had failed to inform it about the release of water from a dam that could cause flooding across the border.

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US attorney general shakes up prisons bureau after Epstein death

US Attorney General William Barr on Monday announced a new leadership team at the federal Bureau of Prisons in a shakeup of the agency in the wake of financier Jeffrey Epstein's suicide inside a federal jail in Manhattan.

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Hong Kong leader says she hopes peaceful protest was a turning point

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a peaceful weekend anti-government protest was the start of an effort to restore peace and that the government would talk to peaceful protesters and tackle complaints against police.

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Twitter, Facebook accuse China of using fake accounts to undermine Hong Kong protests

Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc said on Monday they had dismantled a state-backed social media campaign originating in mainland China that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong.

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Trump urges India and Pakistan to reduce tensions in call with leaders

US President Donald Trump spoke with the leaders of India and Pakistan on Monday, discussing prospects for improved trade ties with Washington and stressing the need to reduce tensions over Kashmir between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

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Besieged Kashmiri neighbourhood in test of wills with India's Modi

For more than a week, the young men of Soura, a densely populated enclave in Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar, have been taking turns to maintain an around-the-clock vigil at the entry points to their neighbourhood.

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ম্যানচেস্টার ইউনাইটেডকে রুখে দিল উলভারহ্যাম্পটন

পেনাল্টি থেকে গোল করতে পারেননি পল পগবা। ইংলিশ প্রিমিয়ার লিগে নিজেদের দ্বিতীয় ম্যাচে উলভারহ্যাম্পটন ওয়ান্ডারার্সের মাঠে হোঁচট খেয়েছে ম্যানচেস্টার ইউনাইটেড।

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Monday, August 19, 2019

কৌতিনিয়োকে নিতে বার্সার সঙ্গে বায়ার্নের চুক্তি

বার্সেলোনা থেকে ধারে ফিলিপে কৌতিনিয়োর বায়ার্ন মিউনিখে যাওয়া নিয়ে এর আগে দুই ক্লাব ঐক্যমত্যে পৌঁছেছিল। এবার আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে হয়েছে দল বদলের চুক্তি।

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In economic warning signals, Trump sees signs of a conspiracy

President Donald Trump, confronting perhaps the most ominous economic signs of his time in office, has unleashed what is by now a familiar response: lashing out at what he believes is a conspiracy of forces arrayed against him.

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Accusations against Plácido Domingo divide the opera world

For half a century, Plácido Domingo has been one of opera’s most beloved figures: a celebrated tenor, a leader of opera companies and an ambassador for the art form who, at 78, continues to be a box-office draw in an era of diminished star power.

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As Phoenix heats up, the night comes alive

Dozens of hikers set out for the summit of Piestewa Peak in Phoenix on a July evening, their flashlights dancing in the dark. “You feeling OK?” Trevor Plautz, a park ranger, asked two women, one of whom had stumbled and was breathing hard. “You have enough water?” Both soon turned back, moving slowly down unlit rocky switchbacks. An owl chittered.

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One minute it was an Afghan wedding. The next, a funeral for 63

One minute, it was a wedding — nearly 1,000 guests packed under one roof, a thin partition segregating them by gender. Men shimmied to a live band, women spun to a DJ Their invitation cards read: We celebrate “with a world of hope and desire.”

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Schools deserted in Indian Kashmir as parents fear more unrest

Schools reopened in Indian Kashmir's main city on Monday but most classrooms were empty as parents kept their children home, fearing unrest over the government's decision two weeks ago to revoke the region's autonomy.

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ACC arrests SMHI Faruk over FR Tower design forgery charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested engineer SMHI Faruk, one of the owners of fire-ravaged FR Tower of Banani in Dhaka, in a case over design forgery charges.

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Three more die from dengue in Khulna, Mymensingh and Faridpur

Three more people died while undergoing treatment for dengue fever in the districts of Khulna, Mymensingh and Faridpur on Monday.

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DNCC launches ‘combing operation’ to tackle dengue menace

The Dhaka North City Corporation, or DNCC, has announced a so-called ‘combing operation’ to terminate the dengue-inducing Aedes mosquitoes.

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Malaysia court postpones biggest 1MDB trial involving ex-PM Najib

A Malaysian court on Monday postponed for a week the biggest of five trials linked to a multi-billion-dollar scam at state fund 1MDB and allegedly involving former prime minister Najib Razak.

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Turkish police detain 418 people in Kurdish militant probe

Turkish police have detained 418 people in 29 provinces in an investigation targeting suspects with links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.

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Four suspected militants arrested in Dhaka

The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has arrested four suspected militants in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area.

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Thai official dismisses Muslim insurgent demand on detainees

A Thai deputy prime minister dismissed on Monday a demand made by a Malay Muslim group to free those detained over alleged links to the long-running insurgency in Thailand's mainly Muslim south as a pre-condition for formal talks.

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India plans big detention camps for migrants. Muslims are afraid

More than 4 million people in India, mostly Muslims, are at risk of being declared foreign migrants as the government pushes a hard-line Hindu nationalist agenda that has challenged the country’s pluralist traditions and aims to redefine what it means to be Indian.

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At least 10 dead after fuel truck collision in western Uganda

At least 10 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded in flames after losing control and ramming into three cars in western Uganda on Sunday, police said in a statement.

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UK faces food, fuel and drug shortages, says contested leaked document

Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, according to leaked official documents reported by the Sunday Times whose interpretation was immediately contested by ministers.

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Heavy rains in parts of north India kill 30 

Rain fury is unfolding in the northern states of India after hundreds were killed and lakhs were forced out of their homes in the southern and western parts of the country earlier this month, reports NDTV. 

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Iranian tanker at centre of standoff with West leaves Gibraltar, shipping data shows

The Iranian tanker caught in a standoff between Tehran and the West left Gibraltar on Sunday night, shipping data showed, hours after the British territory rejected a US request to detain the vessel further.

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US President Trump does not want to do business with China's Huawei

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he did not want the United States to do business with China's Huawei even as the administration weighs whether to extend a grace period for the company.

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Egyptian man in Brazil labelled by the FBI as a Qaida operative says: “I didn’t do anything wrong”

An Egyptian who has been living and working in Brazil as a furniture mover says he long ago got an inkling that he was on the US security establishment’s radar.

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Islamic State claims Afghan wedding blast as families bury the dead

The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility on Sunday for a suicide blast at a wedding reception in Afghanistan that killed 63 people, underlining the dangers the country faces even if the Taliban agrees to a pact with the United States.

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Trump 'not ready' for China trade deal, dismisses recession fears

US President Donald Trump and top White House officials dismissed concerns that economic growth may be faltering, saying on Sunday they saw little risk of recession despite a volatile week on global bond markets, and insisting their trade war with China was doing no damage to the United States.

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More mass protests planned in Hong Kong after peaceful weekend of rallies

Hong Kong is gearing up for more protests this week after hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators braved heavy rain to rally peacefully on Sunday, marking a change to what have often been violent clashes.

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Sunday, August 18, 2019

লিগ ওয়ানে পিএসজির দ্বিতীয় ম্যাচেও নেই নেইমার

লিগ ওয়ানে মৌসুমে পিএসজির দ্বিতীয় ম্যাচেও দলে জায়গা পাননি নেইমার। এর ফলে ক্লাবে বিশ্বের সবচেয়ে দামি এই ফুটবলারের ভবিষ্যৎ নিয়ে গুঞ্জন বেড়েছে।

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Parliament cannot stop Brexit, Johnson to tell Macron and Merkel

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the Westminster parliament cannot stop Brexit and a new deal must be agreed if Britain is to avoid leaving the EU without one.

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Probe into Shahidul Alam case to remain on hold

A  High Court rule that stayed an investigation into a case against photographer Shahidul Alam for three months will have to be settled by Dec 18, according to an Appellate Division order.

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Israeli military fires on militants at Gaza border, Palestinians say three killed

Israeli forces opened fire at a group of Palestinian gunmen as they tried to cross the Gaza border, the military said on Sunday and Palestinian health officials said three of the men were killed.

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India reimposes movement curbs on parts of Kashmir's main city after clashes

Indian authorities reimposed restrictions on movement in major parts of Kashmir’s biggest city, Srinagar, on Sunday after violent overnight clashes between residents and police in which dozens were injured, two senior officials and eyewitnesses said.

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Russia says no plans to install new missiles unless US deploys them

Russia will not deploy new missiles as long as the United States shows similar restraint in Europe and Asia, Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu said on Sunday, after Washington’s withdrawal from a Soviet-era arms pact.

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US and UK presence in Gulf brings insecurity: Iran Revolutionary Guards navy chief

The presence of America and Britain in the Gulf region brings insecurity, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards navy, Alireza Tangsiri, was reported as saying by the ILNA news agency.

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Minny seeks bail from another High Court bench

Aysha Siddika Minny, wife of Refat Shorif who was brutally killed in Barguna, has shifted her bail appeal to another High Court bench.

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Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers join anti-government rally

Tens of thousands of protesters poured into one of Hong Kong’s busiest shopping districts on Sunday, braving a downpour to join an anti-government rally in the eleventh week of what have been often violent demonstrations in the Asian financial hub.

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DoE orders shutdown of Asian Paper Mill over Halda pollution

The Department of Environment has ordered the shutdown of Asian Paper Mill for polluting the Halda river by dumping waste in it.

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Seven killed in road crash in Cumilla

At least seven people have been killed in a road crash that involved a bus, a microbus and an autorickshaw in Lalmai Upazila of Cumilla.

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Families receive bodies of Kolkata crash victims

India’s Border Security Force has handed over the bodies of two Bangladeshis killed in a car crash in Kolkata to their families at the Benapole checkpoint.

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Student dies in Lakshmipur motorcycle accident

A college student has died in a motorcycle accident in Lakshmipur, as it fell into a drain.

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Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque refuses to confirm any Rohingya repatriation date

Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque has refused to confirm any specific date for the beginning of Rohingya repatriation from Cox’s Bazar as reported by the international media.

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Israeli military fires on militants at Gaza border, Palestinians say three killed

Israeli forces opened fire at a group of Palestinian gunmen as they tried to cross the Gaza border, the military said on Sunday and Palestinian health officials said three of the men were killed.

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Rescue worker killed in attack on ambulance in northern Myanmar

One rescue worker was killed and several others were wounded when an ambulance came under fire in northern Myanmar amid clashes between troops and ethnic rebels in the region, an army spokesman and a witness said on Saturday.

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Wildfire prompts evacuations in Canary Islands

A wildfire in the Canary Islands led to the evacuation of a small town in Gran Canaria island on Saturday, and officials said the blaze had a "great potential" to spread.

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Crack cocaine makes a Paris neighbourhood ‘hell’ for users and residents

The bare, dusty ground is littered with rusty blades and crack pipes. The area reeks of urine and garbage.

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Several injured in Kashmir in clashes with Indian police

Indian security forces injured at least six people on Saturday in Srinagar, the main city in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, as several protests broke out against New Delhi's revocation of the region's autonomy last week.

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Toll from suicide blast at Afghan wedding 63 dead and 182 hurt

A suicide bomber killed 63 people and wounded 182 in an attack on a wedding reception in the Afghan capital on Saturday night, the interior ministry said.

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Blast at wedding in Afghan capital wounds at least 20: hospital

A bomb exploded at a wedding reception in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday night, wounding at least 20 people, officials and emergency services said.

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Hong Kongers rally against government under stormy skies

Thousands of school teachers joined an 11th weekend of anti-government protests in Hong Kong on Saturday, as shops pulled down their shutters and braced for another restive summer night.

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Making India more Hindu, one citizenship test at a time

More than 4 million people in India, mostly Muslims, are at risk of being declared foreign migrants as the government pushes a hard-line Hindu nationalist agenda that has challenged the country’s pluralist traditions and aims to redefine what it means to be Indian.

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Two out of two for Arsenal as Aubameyang sinks stubborn Burnley

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang grabbed the winner as Arsenal overcame a stubborn Burnley to maintain their winning start in the Premier League with a 2-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

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Mane and Firmino give Liverpool 2-1 win at Saints

Liverpool provisionally moved into the Premier League's top spot after superb individual goals by forwards Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino gave them a nervy 2-1 win at Southampton on Saturday.

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সেল্তাকে হারিয়ে লা লিগায় রিয়ালের শুভ সূচনা

গত মৌসুমটা ভীষণ বাজে কেটেছিল রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের। প্রাক মৌসুমেও ছিল না উন্নতির কোনো বার্তা। তবে সেল্তা ভিগোকে সহজেই হারিয়ে এবার লা লিগার শুরুটা ভালো করেছে স্পেনের সফলতম দলটি।

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BNP to raise Khaleda issue internationally

The BNP has decided to raise the issue of its chief Khaleda Zia’s treatment and release from jail in the international communities.

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Number of dengue patients declines, but remains higher than in July

The number of dengue patients hospitalised in a day in Bangladesh has gradually declined in the past three days but the counts have remained double than those of the past month.

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মানে-ফিরমিনোর গোলে লিভারপুলের জয়

দুই গোলে এগিয়ে থেকে যখন সহজ জয় দেখছিল লিভারপুল তখনই গোলরক্ষক আদ্রিয়ানের হাস্যকর ভুলে খেলায় ফেরে সাউথ্যাম্পটন। শেষ দিকে স্বাগতিক দলটি খুবই সহজ একটি সুযোগ নষ্ট করায় কষ্টের জয় পেয়েছে ইয়ুর্গেন ক্লপের দল।

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Saturday, August 17, 2019

Two Bangladeshis die in Kolkata car crash; police arrest driver

Two Bangladeshis have been killed and another injured after being crushed by a car in Kolkata.

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আউবামেয়াংয়ের গোলে আর্সেনালের জয়

আলেকসঁদ লাকাজেত ও পিয়েরে-এমেরিক আউবামেয়াংয়ের গোলে ইংলিশ প্রিমিয়ার লিগে বার্নলিকে হারিয়েছে আর্সেনাল।

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Merchants stop selling rawhide to tanners citing ‘billions of taka in dues’

Tannery owners have prepared to buy rawhide at the request of the government to keep the market calm, but a decision of the hide and skin merchants to refrain from selling to the tanners has added a new twist to the crisis.

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Govt looking for rawhide price syndicate, says minister

The government is determined to track down the alleged syndicate that is 'playing games' with the price of rawhides and skins of animals sacrificed on Eid-ul-Azha, said Information Minister Hasan Mahmud.

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Bangladesh Cricket Board appoints Russell Domingo as head coach

Bangladesh Cricket Board or BCB has named Russell Domingo as the head coach of the national team.

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India says it will ease restrictions in Kashmir

India announced Friday that restrictions in Kashmir, which has been locked down for nearly two weeks, would be eased over the next few days, with schools and government offices to reopen Monday and phone service to be gradually restored.

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Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrim killed, several injured in Saudi Arabia bus crash

A Bangladeshi hajj pilgrim has been killed and several others injured when a bus crashed due to a tyre burst in Saudi Arabia.

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Afghan women fear losing rights in peace deal

Roya Rahmani is neither royalty nor from a powerful family, so she was initially surprised when she was appointed as the first woman to be Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States. Now she understands why: to signal Kabul’s commitment to women’s rights as the Trump administration pushes for a peace deal with the Taliban.

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US congresswoman Tlaib renounces trip to West Bank under Israel’s conditions

Israel relented slightly Friday after barring Rep Rashida Tlaib under pressure from President Donald Trump and said she could visit her 90-year-old grandmother, who lives in the occupied West Bank.

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Tlaib renounces trip to West Bank under Israel’s conditions

Israel relented slightly Friday after barring Rep Rashida Tlaib under pressure from President Donald Trump and said she could visit her 90-year-old grandmother, who lives in the occupied West Bank.

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Official autopsy concludes Epstein death's was suicide by hanging

New York City's chief medical examiner determined on Friday that suicide by hanging was the cause of death for financier Jeffrey Epstein, whose body was found six days ago in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

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US warrant issued for seizure of Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar

A US court has issued a warrant for the seizure of an Iranian tanker that British Royal Marines had seized last month in Gibraltar, a court document showed on Friday.

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Four killed in head-on collision between bus and car in Narsingdi

Four people have been killed in a head-on collision between a car and a bus on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Narsingdi’s Shibpur Upazila.

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Angry mob lynches two suspected robbers in Pabna

Two men with suspected ties to robbery have been beaten to death by an angry mob in Pabna’s Santhia Upazila.

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বুন্ডেসলিগার প্রথম ম্যাচেই হোঁচট বায়ার্নের

টানা আটটি লিগ শিরোপার লক্ষ্যে মৌসুম শুরু করা বায়ার্ন মিউনিখ প্রথম ম্যাচেই পয়েন্ট হারিয়েছে।

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আফগানিস্তানের বিপক্ষে বিশ্বকাপ বাছাইয়ের ম্যাচের প্রাথমিক দল ঘোষণা

বিশ্বকাপের বাছাইপর্বে আফগানিস্তানের বিপক্ষে ম্যাচের জন্য ২৫ জনের প্রাথমিক দল দিয়েছে বাংলাদেশ ফুটবল ফেডারেশন (বাফুফে)।

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বার্সা থেকে বায়ার্নে কৌতিনিয়ো

বার্সেলোনা থেকে ধারে বায়ার্ন মিউনিখে যাচ্ছেন ব্রাজিলিয়ান মিডফিল্ডার ফিলিপে কৌতিনিয়ো। দুই ক্লাব এ নিয়ে ঐক্যমত্যে পৌঁছেছে বলে শুক্রবার রাতে জানানো হয়েছে।

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Friday, August 16, 2019

Slum in Dhaka’s Mirpur Section-7 catches fire

A fire has broken out in a slum at Section-7 in Dhaka’s Mirpur.

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India says committed to 'no first use' of nuclear weapons for now

India has stuck to its commitment of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons but future policy will depend on the situation, the defence minister said on Friday, which analysts said introduced a level of ambiguity in a core national security doctrine.

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Greenland tells Trump it is open for business but not for sale

Greenland on Friday dismissed the notion that it might be up for sale after reports that US President Donald Trump had privately discussed with his advisers the idea of buying the world’s biggest island.

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Bangladesh records nearly 50,000 dengue patients hospitalised so far in 2019     

The hospitals in Bangladesh have admitted nearly 50,000 patients with dengue fever so far this year, including 31,538 in the first half of August.

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Siblings killed by lightning in Jamalpur

Two brothers have died after being struck by lightning while fishing in a marsh in Jamalpur's Dewanganj Upazila.

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Govt conspiring to undermine Bangladesh, says BNP's Fakhrul

BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused the government of conspiring to undermine the country referring to the current situation in the leather industry as evidence.

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Domestic worker falls to death from Dhanmondi high-rise

A teenage girl has died after falling from the 10th floor of a high-rise building in the capital's Dhanmondi.

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Iran denies commitments in exchange for tanker release

Iran has made no commitments to gain the release of its tanker from detention in Gibraltar, an Iranian government spokesman was quoted as saying on Friday, reiterating that Grace 1 was never bound for Syria as alleged by its captors.

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Indonesia president proposes to move capital to Borneo

Indonesia’s president on Friday proposed to move the capital from Jakarta, a crowded, polluted city of 10 million people, to the island of Borneo, though he left Indonesians guessing as to the exact location.

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French 'spiderman' climbs HK tower, hoists reconciliation flag amid mass protests

French “spiderman” climber Alain Robert scaled a 68-storey skyscraper in Hong Kong on Friday to hoist a flag symbolizing reconciliation between China and the territory as weeks of escalating pro-democracy protests show no signs of abating.

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Iran tanker may leave Gibraltar on Friday, US legal bid still looms

An Iranian tanker whose detention exacerbated frictions between Tehran and the West could sail free from British territory Gibraltar on Friday, though a US request to halt its passage could drag the saga back into court.

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নেইমারের ভবিষ্যৎ নিয়ে আলোচনায় অগ্রগতি নেই

বার্সেলোনার সঙ্গে তারকা ফরোয়ার্ড নেইমারের দল-বদল নিয়ে আলোচনার কোনো অগ্রগতি নেই বলে জানিয়েছেন পিএসজির স্পোর্টিং ডিরেক্টর লিওনার্দো।

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Noted author Rizia Rahman dies at 80

Eminent author Rizia Rahman has died in a Dhaka hospital at the age of 80.

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'Jimmy Kimmel Live' hit with $395,000 fine over emergency tones in skit

Simulated wireless alert tones used in a “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” skit making fun of a presidential alert test have cost Walt Disney Co’s ABC $395,000 in civil fines with the US Federal Communications Commission.

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Four killed, three injured in Mymensingh car-bus collision

At least four people have been killed and three others injured after a car collided with a bus in Mymensingh’s Gouripur Upazila.

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Teenger killed, four injured as picnic bus overturns in Rajbari

A teenage boy has been killed after a picnic bus overturned and tumbled into a roadside ditch in Rajbari Sadar Upazila.

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Thousands protest in Britain for Kashmir outside Indian High Commission

Thousands of people, many waving Pakistani and Kashmiri flags, protested outside the Indian High Commission in London on Thursday in support of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.

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Trump has privately talked about US purchase of Greenland: sources

US President Donald Trump has privately discussed with aides and advisers the idea of the United States purchasing the island of Greenland as a way to expand US territory, two sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday.

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Citing economy, Trump says that ‘you have no choice but to vote for me’

President Donald Trump doubled down on his economic argument for reelection Thursday night amid increasing concerns about a recession, declaring that even Americans who hate him “have no choice” but to vote for him because otherwise the stock market will collapse.

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Indonesia president formally proposes relocating capital to Borneo

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday formally proposed to parliament a plan to move the country's capital from Jakarta, on the crowded island of Java, to Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.

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Trudeau, once the bright new hope, enters campaign tarnished by scandal

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada was buoyed into office by a wave of new and young voters. He will need those votes again if he is to win a second term in the upcoming national elections.

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N Korea fires projectiles, rejects S Korea's 'senseless' dialogue pledge

North Korea launched at least two projectiles into the sea on Friday, South Korea's military said, shortly after Pyongyang described South Korea's president as "impudent" and vowed that inter-Korean talks are over.

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China warns it could quell Hong Kong protesters; Trump urges Xi to meet them

Hong Kong braced for more mass protests over the weekend, even as China warned it could use its power to quell demonstrations and US President Donald Trump urged his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to meet with the protesters to defuse weeks of tensions.

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Thursday, August 15, 2019

Two die from dengue in Dhaka, Magura

Two more people have died from dengue in Dhaka and Magura as the mosquito-borne disease rages on in Bangladesh.

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শূন্য থেকে নায়ক আদ্রিয়ান

দুই সপ্তাহ আগেও কোনো ক্লাবের সঙ্গে চুক্তি ছিল না আদ্রিয়ানের। ফ্রি এজেন্ট হিসেবে খুঁজছিলেন ক্লাব। স্প্যানিশ এই গোলরক্ষকই এখন লিভারপুলের ‘নায়ক’। 

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Myanmar insurgents attack army college, police post; one killed

Ethnic insurgents launched fresh attacks across northern Myanmar on Thursday, burning a police post and killing at least one civilian staff member at an elite military college, an army spokesman said.

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Chief Justice Mahmud urges Bangladeshis to work towards Bangabandhu's dream

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has urged Bangladeshis to devote themselves to build a prosperous Bangladesh as envisioned by the country's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 44th death anniversary. 

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No country and no work: refugees despair at slow pace of Malaysia's reforms

Standing by his daughter's hospital bed, Afghan Lutfullah Ahmad Hussain's eyes welled with tears as he appealed for her life to be saved - just one of thousands of refugees in Malaysia living in increasing desperation.

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Russia hails miracle after plane makes emergency landing near Moscow

Russians hailed a miracle on Thursday after a passenger plane carrying 233 people made an emergency landing in a corn field on the outskirts of Moscow after striking a flock of birds shortly after take-off.

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India shut down Kashmir’s internet access. Now, ‘we cannot do anything’

Masroor Nazir, a pharmacist in Kashmir’s biggest city, Srinagar, has some advice for people in the region: Do not get sick, because he may not have any medicine left to help.

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Three die in head-on collision between buses in Faridpur

Three people have been killed and 31 others injured after two buses collided head-on in Faridpur’s Bhanga Upazila.

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Myanmar insurgents attack army college, police post; one killed

Ethnic insurgents launched fresh attacks across northern Myanmar on Thursday, burning a police post and killing at least one civilian staff member at an elite military college, an army spokesman said.

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Tributes pour in as Bangladesh observes National Mourning Day

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid their respects to Bangladesh’s founding father on his 44th death anniversary on Thursday.

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In looming Brexit clash, UK constitution could be the loser

What if Britain’s Parliament voted to remove Prime Minister Boris Johnson from office and he refused to leave, igniting a constitutional crisis?

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Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy report finds broken bones in his neck: Washington Post

Disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy report found that he had several broken bones in his neck, the Washington Post reported late on Wednesday.

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Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy report finds broken bones in his neck: Washington Post

Disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy report found that he had several broken bones in his neck, the Washington Post reported late on Wednesday.

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Hasina pays homage to Bangabandhu in Tungipara on National Mourning Day

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his final resting place in Tungiparha on his death anniversary.

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Indian PM Modi announces chief of defence staff post to improve military integration

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday the establishment of the post of chief of defence staff for better coordination between the army, air force and navy along the lines of Western military forces.

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Over 400,000 advised to evacuate as storm bears down on Japan

Heavy rains lashed parts of western Japan on Thursday as tropical storm Krosa bore down on the country, forcing the cancellations of hundreds of flights and trains as authorities advised more than 400,000 people to evacuate.

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‘Che Guevara’ of Hong Kong inflames a crisis over identity

He has been locked up for more than a year in a secluded island jail, but the bespectacled 28-year-old inmate, Edward Leung, is the closest thing Hong Kong’s tumultuous and leaderless protest movement has to a guiding light.

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Trump ties China trade deal to 'humane' Hong Kong resolution after troop buildup worry

President Donald Trump on Wednesday tied a US trade deal with China to humane resolution of the weeks of protests wracking Hong Kong, hours after the State Department said it was “deeply concerned” about reports of movement of Chinese paramilitary forces along the Hong Kong border.

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The rise of the virtual restaurant

At 9:30 on most weeknights, Ricky Lopez, head chef and owner of Top Round Roast Beef in San Francisco, stacks up dozens of hot beef sandwiches and sides of curly fries to serve hungry diners.

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UK's Labour vows to bring down Johnson and lead temporary government

Britain's opposition Labour Party has vowed to call a vote of no-confidence in Boris Johnson's government as soon as it believes it can win it and seeks to form a temporary government under leader Jeremy Corbyn to delay Brexit.

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Police rescued after six officers wounded in Philadelphia shootout

A SWAT team rescued two police officers and three civilians trapped inside a Philadelphia house with an active gunman after a shootout in which six officers were wounded, police said on Wednesday.

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