North Korea launches two possible 'ballistic missiles' into sea, Japan says

North Korea fired two projectiles, which Japanese authorities said appeared to be ballistic missiles, into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Thursday, according to the Japanese coast guard and South Korea's military.

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Bangladeshi dies in alleged Myanmar border guard fire in Teknaf

The Border Guard Police or BGP of Myanmar has allegedly shot dead a Bangladeshi fisherman in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf Upazila.

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Police start case against balloon vendor over fatal cylinder blast in Rupnagar

A case has been started against a vendor after a gas cylinder he used to inflate balloons exploded, leaving seven children dead and over a dozen others injured in the capital's Rupnagar Residential Area.

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Car blast kills eight in Syria's Afrin, near Turkish border

At least eight people were killed on Thursday when a car bomb exploded in a busy market in the northwest Syrian city of Afrin, under control of Turkey-backed rebel groups, witnesses and a rescuer said.

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ISIS leader paid rival for protection but was betrayed by his own

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was able to hide out in an unlikely part of Syria, the base of a rival group, because he was paying protection money to its members, according to receipts for the payments recovered by researchers.

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RAB detains DSCC Councillor Monju on extortion charges, raids office and home

The Rapid Action Battalion has detained Dhaka South City Corporation Ward Councillor Moinul Haque Monju on charges of extortion.

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Trump tweets faked photo of hero dog getting a medal

President Donald Trump on Wednesday shared an altered photograph of himself placing a medal around the neck of the dog injured in the raid last weekend that led to the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State’s leader.

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Anxious and cooped up, 1.5 million Kashmiri children are still out of school

Every day, Aliya Khan, a fifth grader in Kashmir, steps out of her house and walks down a dirt lane lined by tall maple trees to check on what’s happening at her school.

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Pakistani protesters descend on capital to demand PM quits

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators were due in the Pakistani capital on Thursday to demand that the government step down, piling more pressure on Prime Minister Imran Khan as he strives to get the faltering economy on track.

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Facebook a 'megaphone for hate' against Indian minorities

Facebook is failing to rein in a "tsunami" of hate posts inflaming ethnic tensions in India's Assam state, campaign group Avaaz said on Wednesday, with content about "criminals", "rapists", "terrorists" and "dogs" shared almost 100,000 times.

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Shops shuttered, streets deserted as Kashmir loses special status and is divided

Shops and offices were shut in Indian Kashmir on Thursday and the streets largely deserted as federal authorities formally revoked the restive state's constitutional autonomy and split it into two federal territories.

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An HIV outbreak puts spotlight on Pakistan’s health care system

A paediatrician accused of reusing syringes and infecting scores of Pakistani children with HIV is now practicing in a government-run hospital after his private clinic was shuttered, in a case that is raising widespread questions about the integrity of Pakistan’s health care system.

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Train fire in Pakistan kills at least 46 after cooking accident

A fire swept through a Pakistani train on Thursday killing at least 46 people, police said, after a gas canister passengers were using to cook breakfast exploded.

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Another child dies in Rupnagar gas cylinder explosion

Another child has died in hospital after a gas cylinder used to inflate balloons exploded near a slum in Dhaka’s Rupnagar Residential Area.

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Fire engulfs Japan's Shuri Castle, a World Heritage site in Okinawa

A fire has destroyed much of Shuri Castle, a World Heritage site on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, with its main hall reduced to a skeleton.

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CIA-backed Afghan units carry out illegal killings, other abuse: group

Afghan security units backed by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have carried out extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, indiscriminate air strikes and other rights abuses and should be disbanded, a rights group said on Thursday.

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Myanmar court jails satirical performers

A court in Myanmar sentenced five satirical performers to a year in jail with hard labour on Wednesday for shows that criticised the army's role in politics.

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Abused Bangladeshi housemaids struggle for justice at home

Traumatised Bangladeshi women who return home after being tortured and abused working in the Middle East rarely get justice because brokers intimidate them and they cannot afford legal aid, a rights group said on Wednesday.

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Kashmiri militants kill 5 labourers, expanding threat to civilians

Militants in Kashmir pulled five migrant Indian workers from their apartment, lined them up outside and shot them dead, witnesses and officials said Tuesday, in the deadliest single attack on civilians since the Indian government revoked the disputed region’s autonomy nearly three months ago.

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Top Bangladesh court confirms Islamist leader Azharul's death penalty for genocide, rape

The Supreme Court has thrown out the challenge by ATM Azharul Islam and ruled that the Jamaat-e-Islami leader will have to hang for his crimes against humanity during the 1971 Independence War.

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US releases Baghdadi raid video, warns of likely retribution attack

The Pentagon on Wednesday released its first images from last weekend's commando raid in Syria that led to the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and warned the militant group may attempt to stage a "retribution attack."

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Twitter to ban political ads in apparent swipe at Facebook

Twitter Inc will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday, a move that won praise from Democrats and scorn from Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

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BNP leader Giasuddin Quader jailed for 3 years over ‘assassination threats’ against Hasina

A Chattogram court has sentenced BNP Vice Chairman Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury to three years in jail for making ‘assassination threats’ against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

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India moves to divide Jammu and Kashmir state despite protests, attacks

India will formally split up disputed Jammu and Kashmir state into two federal territories on Thursday, aiming to tighten its grip on the restive region that has been in the grip of a harsh security clampdown for nearly three months.

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Three people shot dead at Long Beach, California residence

Three people were killed and nine others injured in a shooting at a residence in Long Beach, California, the local fire department said late on Tuesday.

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Garment workers protest for back pay in Gazipur

The workers of Adib Dyeing Mills Ltd, a wing of garment maker Welltex Group, have taken to the streets to demand unpaid wages in Gazipur’s Sreepur Upazila.

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SC upholds BNP leader Harunur’s bail in tax fraud case

The top court has upheld a six-month bail granted by the High Court to BNP leader Harunur Rashid, clearing the way for his release in a case involving tax fraud.

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Death toll in southern Philippines earthquake rises to seven

The death toll from a strong earthquake in the southern Philippines has risen to seven, disaster and police officials said on Tuesday, as aftershocks continued to jolt many parts of Mindanao.

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Stop concocted campaign, concentrate on obligations: Bangladesh to Myanmar

Bangladesh has asked Myanmar to stop its “concocted” campaign on the Rohingya issue and concentrate on the fulfilment of its obligations.

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Savouring the taste of memories in northern India

When I was a child in India, we were the first family on our street to get a television: a huge black and white affair. Occasionally, we’d have neighbours and friends round to watch Bollywood movies filmed in Shimla, the Himalayan city that was once the summer capital of India. With its stunning colonial architecture, snow-capped mountains and rolling green meadows, it looked like paradise.

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Onion crisis to linger as imports from Turkey, Egypt still a week away

The volatility in the onion market is likely to persist until a huge quantity of the kitchen staple imported from Turkey and Egypt reaches Bangladesh in about a week.

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Woman who ran robbery ring targeting Asians and Indians Gets 37 years in prison

There was a method to the robberies: One crew member, usually a woman, would knock on the door. Then others, donning bandannas and brandishing firearms, would storm the home when someone answered and corral its occupants.

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Climbing world’s highest peaks in 6 months, breaking a record by 7 years

A Nepali climber has reached the summit of the world’s 14 highest mountains in just over six months, setting a record for a feat that took other climbers years to complete.

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India's increasing defences eat away at farmland along border with Pakistan

When half a dozen trucks loaded with construction material screeched to a halt on their farms, Baryam Singh and fellow residents in the Indian village of Bobiya sensed they were soon going to lose more land to the military.

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PM Hariri resigns as Lebanon crisis turns violent

Saad al-Hariri resigned as Lebanon's prime minister on Tuesday, declaring he had hit a "dead end" in trying to resolve a crisis unleashed by huge protests against the ruling elite and plunging the country deeper into turmoil.

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Iraqi protesters pack Baghdad square, anti-government movement gains momentum

Tens of thousands of Iraqis protested in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on Tuesday for a fifth day, angered by reports of security forces killing demonstrators in the city of Kerbala and the prime minister's refusal to call early elections.

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Iranians in Malaysia say banks close their accounts as US sanctions bite

Banks in Malaysia are closing the accounts of Iranian individuals and companies, nearly a dozen affected people told Reuters, in a sign that US sanctions are having a far-reaching impact on citizens of the Islamic republic.

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After Boeing crashes, jet design rules to get tougher for all

Planemakers worldwide face tougher scrutiny and changes in the way aircraft are certified in the aftermath of two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 MAX jets, leading regulators have told Reuters.

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Australia says it will hold China accountable on human rights

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Canberra will hold China to account on issues such as human rights, insisting that staying quiet on sensitive issues is not in Australia's national interests.

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White House adviser tells lawmakers Trump Ukraine call raised national security concerns

A senior White House official testified on Tuesday he was so alarmed by hearing US President Donald Trump ask Ukraine's president to investigate a political rival, Democrat Joe Biden, that he reported the matter to a White House lawyer.

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WhatsApp sues Israel's NSO for allegedly helping spies hack phones around the world

WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group on Tuesday, accusing it of helping government spies break into the phones of roughly 1,400 users across four continents in a hacking spree whose targets included diplomats, political dissidents, journalists and senior government officials.

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Islamic State silent on Baghdadi death as it searches for successor

Islamic State supporters have responded with silence and disbelief days after the death of their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, suggesting a breakdown in the command structure of the Sunni militant group trying to agree on a successor.

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US detains record number of child migrants, surpassing crisis under Obama

The United States has detained more children trying to cross the nation’s southwest border on their own over the last year than during any other period on record, surpassing the surge of unaccompanied minors that set off a crisis during the Obama administration, according to new figures released Tuesday.

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Rising seas will erase more cities by 2050, new research shows

Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but erase some of the world’s great coastal cities.

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‘Global ring’ involved in smuggling 39 found dead in UK truck, court told

A court heard on Monday that a global ring had been involved in smuggling the 39 people whose bodies were found in a truck near London, as the driver faced charges of manslaughter and people-trafficking.

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Vietnam says trying to speed up identification of UK truck dead

Vietnam is trying to speed up the identification of its citizens who are suspected to have been among the people found dead in the back of a truck near London last week, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Cuong told Reuters on Tuesday.

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DU students protest accommodation crisis in dormitories

Some Dhaka University students have taken position in front of the vice-chancellor's residence to protest the authorities’ failure to resolve the accommodation crisis in dormitories by the deadline.

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Baghdadi given burial at sea, afforded religious rites

The United States has given the remains of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi a burial at sea and afforded him religious rites according to Islamic custom after he was killed in a US commando raid in Syria on Saturday, three officials told Reuters.

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At least 13 killed in Iraq's Kerbala in firing by security forces

At least 13 people were killed and 865 wounded overnight after Iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters in the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala, medical and security sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Powerful earthquake strikes southern Philippine island and kills at least 2

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Tuesday, sending people fleeing from their homes in panic, causing structural damage to buildings and killing at least two people.

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2-year-old dies after being trapped in well for days

More than three days after a 2-year-old boy slid some 100 feet into a tiny borehole in southern India, setting off a panicked round-the-clock mission to rescue him, his body was pulled from the opening early Tuesday morning.

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A daring helicopter rescue after rebels capture a ferry in Myanmar

When the ferry pushed off from a dilapidated pier in western Myanmar, few of the passengers could have predicted how dangerous the journey would turn out.

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Humankind's ancestral 'homeland' pinpointed in Botswana

A large ancient wetlands region spanning northern Botswana - once teeming with life but now dominated by desert and salt flats - may represent the ancestral homeland of all of the 7.7 billion people on Earth today, researchers said on Monday.

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British PM Johnson says government will move bill for Dec 12 election

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday his government would present a bill to parliament to hold an election on Dec 12, saying it was time to "get Brexit done".

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Betrayed Kurds were essential to find ISIS chief

When the international manhunt for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, zoomed in on a village in northwestern Syria, the United States turned to its local allies to help track the world’s most-wanted terrorist.

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Afghanistan says death of IS leader delivers big blow to Afghan faction

Afghanistan welcomed the killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as a major blow to terrorism that is expected to weaken the South Asian branch of the Middle Eastern militant group.

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Grenade attack hits Kashmir ahead of visit by EU lawmakers

A group of EU lawmakers will visit Indian Kashmir on Tuesday, the first foreign delegation since the special status of the region was revoked, Indian officials said, hours before a grenade attack underlined the volatility of the situation.

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Three killed in Sitakunda ‘shootout’

Three people have died in an alleged gunfight with RAB in Chattogram’s Sitakunda Upazila.

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Democrats to vote on Thursday on how to make Trump impeachment probe public

Democrats in Congress, answering Republican complaints that their impeachment investigation of US President Donald Trump is being conducted in secret, plan a vote on Thursday on how to make their inquiry public, a significant new stage in the probe.

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Intelligence from raid, including 2 prisoners, could reveal trove of Islamic State clues

Delta Force commandos took two Islamic State fighters as prisoners and a trove of intelligence from the now-destroyed compound where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the world’s most wanted terrorist, had been hiding, officials said Monday.

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Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off southern Philippines

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit central Mindanao in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, shaking buildings and causing residents to rush from schools and offices.

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US military envisions broad defence of Syrian oilfields

The United States will repel any attempt to take Syria's oil fields away from US-backed Syrian militia with "overwhelming force," whether the opponent is Islamic State or even forces backed by Russia or Syria, the Pentagon said on Monday.

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Chinese investment pits Wall Street against Washington

The rivalry between the United States and China has spread to a fight over financial ties between the countries, pitting Washington security hawks against Wall Street investors.

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US wants to bolster fight against Islamic State after its leader's death

The United States wants to bolster a coalition fighting Islamic State in northeastern Syria, a senior State Department official said on Monday, after the leader of the jihadi movement, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in a weekend operation.

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Dissent erupts at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads

The letter was aimed at Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, and his top lieutenants. It decried the social network’s recent decision to let politicians post any claims they wanted — even false ones — in ads on the site. It asked Facebook’s leaders to rethink the stance.

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US hero dog wounded in Baghdadi operation shall go unnamed for now

Answering the call to duty, a wounded hero dog was one of the few casualties from the US special forces raid on the Syria compound of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But do not ask the dog's name, because the military won't say - at least for now.

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Rohingya man detained in Cox’s Bazar with 800,000 yaba pills

A Rohingya man has been caught while attempting to traffic 800,000 yaba tablets through a fishing trawler in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya Upazila, said RAB. 

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EU likely to agree Brexit delay as PM Johnson seeks an election

The European Union is likely to agree a 3-month flexible Brexit delay on Monday as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushes for an election after he was forced by his opponents to request an extension he had pledged he would never ask for.

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Diwali fireworks haze pushes Indian capital's air quality to severe

Air pollution in some parts of the Indian capital deteriorated early on Monday to the worst recorded level, officials said, a day after revellers set off fireworks to mark Diwali in celebrations that were more subdued than in previous years.

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Longer wait for a new international airport

The government is yet to determine the site to set up the proposed Bangabandhu International Airport even after a decade.

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These apps say you may have a health disorder. What if they’re wrong?

Flo and Clue, two popular period-tracking apps, recently introduced health tools that evaluate a woman’s risk for the hormonal imbalance known as polycystic ovary syndrome.

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Geena Davis receives honorary Oscar for work against gender bias

Actress Geena Davis urged Hollywood filmmakers to take new steps to address an ongoing gender imbalance in media as she accepted an honorary Oscar on Sunday for her work to promote more women on screen.

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‘Many’ dead as Myanmar military sinks boats carrying kidnapped troops

Myanmar’s army sunk several boats carrying dozens of soldiers and police officers taken hostage by rebels in the restive western Rakhine state, the Arakan Army said on Sunday, adding that many had died.

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Man killed in Mymensingh warehouse blaze

A man has been burnt to death after a cock sheet warehouse caught fire in Mymensingh.

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গোড়ালির গাঁটের চোটে ভুগতে থাকা মিডফিল্ডার পল পগবাকে ডিসেম্বরের আগে মাঠে ফিরে পাওয়ার সম্ভাবনা দেখছেন না ম্যানচেস্টার ইউনাইটেডের কোচ উলে গুনার সুলশার।

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UK's Prince Charles to visit India for second time in two years

Prince Charles, heir-to-the-British throne, will make an official visit to India next month with a focus on sustainable markets, climate change and social finance, his office said on Monday.

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Long-serving former Democratic US congressman John Conyers dies at age 90

John Conyers, a liberal Democrat who was the longest-serving African-American member of the US House of Representatives, serving for more than half a century, died on Sunday at the age of 90.

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Syrian Kurdish forces say leaving Turkish border area, Damascus welcomes move

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Sunday it had agreed to withdraw more than 30 km (19 miles) from the Turkish border, an announcement welcomed by Damascus which said Turkey should now end its "aggression" in northeast Syria.

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Hong Kong enters recession as protests show no sign of relenting

Hong Kong has fallen into recession, hit by more than five months of anti-government protests that show no signs of relenting, and is unlikely to achieve annual economic growth this year, the city’s Financial Secretary said.

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Indonesian students use puppets to banish 'big ghost' of plastic waste

The scene is much like any other Indonesian puppet show: the beat of the gongs is frenetic, the musicians wear intricately-patterned traditional costumes and the puppets sway back and forth in a fast-paced exchange laced with maniacal laughter.

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N Korea tells US not to ignore year-end deadline on Trump-Kim friendship

North Korea said on Sunday there has been no progress in the North Korea-United States relations, and hostilities that could lead to an exchange of fire have continued, according to North Korea's state news agency KCNA.

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Argentina's Peronists sweep back into power as Macri ousted

Argentina's Peronists swept back into power on Sunday, ousting conservative president Mauricio Macri in an election result that shifts Latin America's No. 3 economy firmly back toward the left after it was battered by economic crisis.

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Baghdadi's aide was key to his capture- Iraqi intelligence

In their long hunt for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraqi intelligence teams secured a break in February 2018 after one of the Islamic State leader's top aides gave them information on how he escaped capture for so many years, said two Iraqi security officials.

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With al-Baghdadi raid, Trump makes the made-for-TV announcement he has long wanted

From the moment President Donald Trump learned that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, had been killed in a commando raid in Syria, he handled the news in an unusual way.

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Iraqi protesters flood Baghdad Square despite violent crackdown

Masked and black-clad security forces fired barrages of pepper spray, tear gas and sound bombs into crowds of anti-government protesters in a central Baghdad square for hours Saturday evening, timing their assault at one point to a shutdown of electricity that left the area enveloped in darkness.

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Emergency declared as California residents flee and power goes out

Gov Gavin Newsom of California declared a state of emergency Sunday, saying the high winds that have been fueling the blazes in the state were “unprecedented” and pleading with people in evacuation zones to flee.

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Bangladeshi scientists plan to turn waste into eco-friendly hydrogen fuel

Bangladesh is exploring ways to transform over 227 million tonnes of annual waste into environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel in a bid to ease the government's waste management woes.

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Leader’s death will damage ISIS, but not destroy it

He had been hunted for more than a decade, and the organisation he had built was designed partly on the assumption this day would come.

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Govt fines tanker Tk 30m for Karnaphuli oil spill

The government has fined the tanker MT Desh-1 Tk 30 million for polluting the Karnaphuli by spilling oil into the river after a collision with another ship.

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From bubble tea to disaster: How one Vietnamese dreamer apparently met her fate

In Berlin she posed outside a beer garden, a beaming smile upon her face. In Brussels she sipped sugary bubble tea and posed on the steps of the old stock exchange.

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Top court orders land registration of Moon Cinema Hall by Nov 10

The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has ordered all parties to complete the land registration of Moon Cinema Hall in Old Dhaka by Nov 10.

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Hong Kong protesters, police in dusk standoff after tear gas breaks up rally

Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters, many wearing banned face masks, who had converged on the Kowloon harbour-front hotel district on Sunday to denounce perceived police brutality over months of unrest.

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Booker Prize winner Evaristo hopes to build ties with African and British readers

Author Bernardine Evaristo hopes her Booker Prize-winning novel will help to alter perceptions of black British people among African readers and Britons she sees as grappling with heightened racial tension.

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Jubo League leader Khaled, GK Shamim on 7-day remand on graft charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has been granted permission to grill controversial Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan and government contractor SM Golam Kibria Shamim, better known as GK Shamim, for seven days in cases involving the acquisition of illegal wealth.

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One Turkish soldier killed, five wounded in northeast Syria

One Turkish military personnel was killed and five were wounded in Syria's Ras Al-Ayn region after a rocket and mortar attack by Kurdish YPG militia, Turkey's Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

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HC issues rule on breastfeeding corners at public places, private institutions

The High Court has issued a rule asking the government to explain why it should not be ordered to set up breastfeeding corners at public and autonomous institutions, workplaces, hospitals, airports and other gathering places.

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HC issues rule on establishing breastfeeding corners at public places, private institutions

The High Court has issued a rule asking the government to explain why it should not be ordered to set up breastfeeding corners at public and autonomous institutions, workplaces, hospitals, airports and other gathering places.

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‘Hitler or Höcke?’ Germany’s far-right party radicalises

It was a stunt but it was revealing. Lawmakers of the far-right Alternative for Germany were read quotations and then asked: Were these penned by Björn Höcke, the party’s most notorious far-right firebrand — or by Hitler?

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Even eagles have data roaming limits, researchers find

Frequent flyers often find themselves with hefty phone bills, and global travellers can drain their roaming data allowance. But eagles?

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Man killed in alleged shootout with police in Narayanganj

A man detained for alleged ties to crimes has died in a so-called shootout with police in Narayanganj’s Araihazar Upazila.

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Australian serial killer Milat dies in prison nearly 30 years after backpacker murders

Ivan Milat, one of Australia's worst convicted serial killers, has died in prison after spending 23 years behind bars for the murders of seven backpackers in the late 1980s and early 1990s, authorities said on Sunday.

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BCL leader injured in Khulna attack

A local Bangladesh Chhatra League leader has been injured after being hit by a rubber bullet in Khulna.

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Maddow confronts NBC News over Weinstein reporting

MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow publicly confronted the leadership of her own network Friday night, declaring live on air that she and other NBC News employees had deep concerns about whether the organisation had stymied Ronan Farrow’s reporting on movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

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Law will take its own course regardless of offender’s identity, says Hasina

The law will take its own course irrespective of the identity of the offenders, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said as she vowed to continue the drive against casinos, drugs and corruption.

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Catholic bishops back ordination of married men as priests in Amazon region, a milestone

A summit of Roman Catholic bishops meeting at the Vatican recommended Saturday that Pope Francis allow the ordination of married men as priests in the Amazon region, which would lift a roughly 1,000-year-old restriction and potentially revolutionise the priesthood.

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UK truck driver charged with manslaughter in deaths of 39

A 25-year-old man was charged Saturday with manslaughter and a trafficking conspiracy in connection with the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in a refrigerated truck in southeastern England, Essex Police said.

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Islamic State leader targeted by US forces as Trump plans Sunday statement

The US military conducted an operation against elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday, a US official said, as US President Donald Trump prepared to make a "major statement" at the White House on Sunday morning.

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Turkey will wipe Syria border of YPG militia if Russia fails to act: Erdogan

Turkey will clear northeast Syria of Kurdish YPG militia if Russia does not fulfil its obligations under an accord that helped end a Turkish offensive in the region, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.

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Fifteen killed, dozens wounded as Iraq protests flare for second day

At least 67 Iraqis were killed and hundreds wounded in two days of protests over the weekend, as demonstrators clashed with security forces and militia groups in a second wave of protests against Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's government this month.

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In Afghanistan’s war and peace, WhatsApp delivers the message

When hundreds of Taliban fighters surrounded the district centre of Bala Murghab in western Afghanistan in early April, the Afghan troops stationed there knew they were in peril. They couldn’t reach their own commandos. American air support was their last hope.

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টিভি সূচি (রোববার, ২৭ অক্টোবর ২০১৯)

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Credibility key to branding products, says Atiur Rahman

Former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman has suggested presenting a product in an easy language, and humane and credible way for branding.

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BGMEA building demolition hits a snag as contractor threatens to pull out

The demolition of the BGMEA Bhaban constructed illegally on a water body at Hatirjheel in Dhaka has hit a snag days before the work is scheduled to begin.

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Tamim pulls out of India tour to stay with pregnant wife

Opener Tamim Iqbal has pulled out of the squad to be with his pregnant wife in another blow to Bangladesh before the India tour.

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অ্যাস্টনকে উড়িয়ে দিল ম্যানচেস্টার সিটি

প্রথমার্ধ জুড়ে অ্যাস্টন ভিলাকে চাপে রেখেও মিলল না গোলের দেখা। বিরতির পরপরই পাল্টে গেল চিত্র। ২৪ মিনিটের মধ্যে তিন বার জালে বল পাঠিয়ে ম্যনচেস্টার সিটি তুলে নিল অনায়াস জয়।

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Myanmar says rebels kill two border policemen in Rakhine attack

Two members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police have been killed and five other people were injured in an attack by the rebel group Arakan Army in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, local media said citing the government.

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বঙ্গবন্ধু গোল্ড কাপ আগামী ২১ নভেম্বর

বঙ্গবন্ধু গোল্ড কাপ-২০১৯ আগামী ২১ নভেম্বর মাঠে গড়াবে। এশিয়ান গেমসে পুরুষ ফুটবল দল পাঠানোর সিদ্ধান্তও নিয়েছে বাংলাদেশ ফুটবল ফেডারেশন।

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Most of 39 UK truck victims were likely from Vietnam: priest

Most of the 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London were likely from Vietnam, a community leader from the rural, rice-growing community where many of the victims are believed to have come from said on Saturday.

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সেমিতে গোকুলাম, কঠিন সমীকরণ বসুন্ধরার সামনে

আই লিগের চ্যাম্পিয়ন চেন্নাই সিটি এফসিকে হারিয়ে শেখ কামাল আন্তর্জাতিক ক্লাব কাপের সেমি-ফাইনালে উঠেছে গোকুলাম কেরালা এফসি।

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‘All of them are thieves’: Iraqis defy security forces to protest corruption

Unconvinced by their prime minister’s promises of justice and economic opportunity, Iraqi protesters defied security forces to throng central Baghdad and other cities Friday, confronting the government with perhaps its biggest challenge since the toppling of Saddam Hussein 16 years ago.

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DNCC not liable for councillors' misdeeds, says Mayor Atiqul

The Dhaka North City Corporation will not take responsibility for the wrongdoings of any councillor, Mayor Atiqul Islam has said.

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ভারতীয় ফুটবলে কমছে বাঙালি: মোহনবাগান কোচ

সময়ের ধুলো পড়ে আর বাস্তবতার কষাঘাতে একসময় ঐতিহ্যও মলিন হয়! ভারতের ফুটবলে কলকাতার বাঙালি ফুটবলারদের যে দাপট ছিল, বর্তমানে তার ছিটেফোঁটাও না থাকাটা যেন সেটাই মনে করিয়ে দিচ্ছে। শেখ কামাল আন্তর্জাতিক ক্লাব কাপে আসা মোহনবাগানের টিম ম্যানেজার সঞ্জয় ঘোষ বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের সঙ্গে আলাপচারিতায় ভারতীয় ফুটবলে বাঙালিদের দাপট কমে যাওয়া থেকে শুরু করে সল্ট লেক স্টেডিয়ামে বাংলাদেশের দাপুটে ফুটবল নিয়ে অনেক কথাই বললেন।

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Hong Kong medics join anti-government protests to 'resist tyranny'

Hong Kong medical workers plan to rally in the heart of the city’s financial center on Saturday, angry at perceived police brutality during more than four months of sometimes violent anti-government protests.

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Death toll climbs to 10 as heavy rains hit typhoon-ravaged eastern Japan

The death toll from torrential rains that caused flooding and mudslides in eastern Japan reached 10 on Saturday, with three others missing, public broadcaster NHK reported, just two weeks after the region was hit hard by a powerful typhoon.

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Probe panel submits report on Bhola violence

Local authorities have completed a probe into the violent clashes which left four people dead and over 100 others injured in Bhola's Borhanuddin.

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টিভি সূচি (শনিবার, ২৬ অক্টোবর)

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Woman killed, two injured as fire breaks out at Dhanmondi residential building

A woman has died from suffocation after a fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in the capital's Dhanmondi.

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Woman killed, two injured as fire breaks out in Dhanmondi residential building

A woman has died from suffocation in a fire that ignited in a multi-storey residential building in the capital's Dhanmondi.

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Scientists name new beetle species after Greta Thunberg

Scientists have named a species after teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg in recognition of her 'outstanding contribution' to raising awareness of climate change, The Daily Mail reports.

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Microsoft beats Amazon for Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract

Microsoft Corp has won the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract, the Defense Department said on Friday, beating out favorite Amazon.com Inc.

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Vietnamese may be among UK truck dead as police make three more arrests

Police investigating the deaths of 39 people in a truck near London said they had arrested three more suspects on Friday on suspicion of human trafficking amid signs that some of the dead may be Vietnamese.

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A Brexit logjam, in three dimensions

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will not do business with Parliament until the opposition Labour Party agrees to a general election. Labour said it will not agree to an election until the European Union decides how long an extension to grant Britain to leave. And European leaders said they will not make that decision until the deadlock in London is broken.

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At Kabul’s public library, using verse to make sense of a world of conflict

For more than 50 years now, a mystic poet has kept a quiet window desk at the Kabul Public Library. His seat overlooks the hustle and bustle of the Afghan capital city, all but unrecognizable from the day he arrived as a young library clerk — one with a dreamy mind and stammering speech but fine calligraphic handwriting that helped land him his day job.

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Impeachment inquiry is legal, judge rules, giving Democrats a victory

The House is legally engaged in an impeachment inquiry, a federal judge ruled Friday, delivering a major victory to House Democrats and undercutting arguments by President Donald Trump and Republicans that the investigation is a sham.

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China demands ‘severe punishment’ over 39 UK truck deaths as post-mortems begin

China called on Britain on Friday to seek "severe punishment" for those involved in the deaths of 39 people, believed to be Chinese nationals, found in a truck container near London, while British police quizzed the driver on suspicion of murder.

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মেসি-রোনালদোর পর্যায়ে যেতে স্পেন বা ইংল্যান্ডে যেতে হবে এমবাপেকে: রিভালদো

লিওনেল মেসি ও ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদোর পর্যায়ে পৌঁছাতে কিলিয়ান এমবাপেকে অবশ্যই পিএসজি ছেড়ে লা লিগা বা প্রিমিয়ার লিগে যেতে হবে বলে মনে করেন ব্রাজিলের বিশ্বকাপজয়ী তারকা রিভালদো।

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EU likely to shelve Brexit delay as Britain squabbles over election

The European Union looked set on Friday to delay a decision on Britain’s request for a Brexit extension to give time for Britain’s parliament to decide on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for an election.

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Hasina joins NAM Summit in Azerbaijan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined the 18th summit of the Non-Alligned Movement  or NAM.

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China demands 'severe punishment' over 39 UK truck deaths as post-mortems begin

China called on Britain on Friday to seek “severe punishment” for those involved in the deaths of 39 people, believed to be Chinese nationals, found in a truck container near London, while British police quizzed the driver on suspicion of murder.

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N Korea asks South to discuss removal of 'capitalist' Mt Kumgang facilities

North Korea has proposed that Seoul discuss the removal of its facilities from the North’s resort of Mount Kumgang, a key symbol of cooperation that Pyongyang recently criticized as “shabby” and “capitalist,” the South’s officials said on Friday.

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Nene Pimentel, 85, dies; Filipino politician stood up to Marcos

Aquilino Pimentel Jr, a Filipino lawmaker who helped orchestrate the 1986 People Power Revolution that overturned more than a decade of martial law and ended the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, died Sunday in Manila. He was 85.

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He got a bike for his 8th birthday. He was killed riding it

The bicycle was a present two years ago for Dalerjon Shahobiddinov’s eighth birthday. He chose the model himself: It was bright orange, sprinkled with black and white dots.

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China holds #MeToo activist who reported Hong Kong protests

Chinese authorities have detained a journalist who was a leading figure in the country’s #MeToo movement and had recently written about the anti-government protests in Hong Kong, her friends said Thursday.

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EU to discuss Brexit delay as Britain squabbles over an election

The European Union will discuss on Friday the length of another delay to Brexit after Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanded an election to break the paralysis that has gripped British politics for over three years.

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A forecast for a warming world: Learn to live with fire

Facing down 600 wildfires in the past three days alone, emergency workers rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people in Southern California on Thursday as a state utility said one of its major transmission lines broke near the source of the out-of-control Kincade blaze in Northern California.

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China hopes can confirm identities of 39 dead in Britain

China's government hopes Britain can confirm the identities of the 39 bodies found dead in a refrigerated truck near London as soon as possible, the foreign ministry said on Friday.

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Suspected militants kill two in Indian Kashmir, set apple trucks ablaze

Suspected militants shot and killed two drivers and set fire to their apple trucks in Indian Kashmir on Thursday, a senior police official said.

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Pollution levels in India's capital hit the worst this year

Pollution levels in India's capital New Delhi have hit their worst for the second time in October -- earning a "very poor" rating and indicating air quality could deteriorate further after the Hindu festival of Diwali.

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Hanging bodies of couple found in Ashulia

Police have recovered the bodies of a couple from a house in Savar’s Ashulia.

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Three killed as bus overturns in Bogura

A woman and two children have died after a bus swerved out of control and overturned in Bogura's Shibganj Upazila.

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US Justice Dept review of origins of Russia probe now a criminal investigation

A US Justice Department review of the origins of the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election is now a criminal investigation, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

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Four million slum dwellers in Delhi to win property rights

Almost 2,000 informal settlements in Delhi are set to be legalised under a new law agreed by the government this week, which ministers said would give more than 4 million residents the right to own their homes in India's capital.

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Protesting Republicans say impeachment probe violates Trump's rights. Is that true?

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday stormed a hearing room at the US House of Representatives where a Pentagon official was to testify in the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, yelling that it was unfair and violated Trump’s rights.

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Man dies of dengue in Khulna

A man has died after contracting the mosquito-borne dengue disease in Khulna.

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India's ruling BJP wins in big western state, scouts for ally in other

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party retained its control over a big western state on Tuesday and was left scouting for an ally to keep hold of a northern state, after the two election races turned out to be closer than forecast.

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Police were unprepared to contain agitation in Bhola's Borhanuddin

Police had verbally approved a small rally to be staged under the banner of Muslim Tawhidi Janata in Bhola’s Borhanuddin last Sunday in protest against a Facebook post with ‘blasphemous content’, athough they later denied doing so.

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টিভি সূচি (শুক্রবার, ২৫ অক্টোবর)

শেখ কামাল আন্তর্জাতিক ক্লাব কাপে মুখোমুখি লড়াইয়ে নামবে চট্টগ্রাম আবাহনী ও মোহনবাগান

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'Alarming' risk of heart diseases among Bangladeshi adolescents: study

A new study has found that one in five Bangladeshi adolescents is at risk of three or more cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).

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SC asks Grameenphone: How much can you pay?

The top court has asked Grameenphone to provide an estimate of the minimum amount it can pay up now to clear Tk 125.8 billion in 'unpaid dues' to the telecom regulator.

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Roles played by convicts in the murder of madrasa student Nusrat

Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a madrasa student in Sonagazi in Feni, was murdered in a planned manner masterminded by the principal of the same madrasa, according to case details.

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Modi's BJP leading in key state polls in India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling alliance was leading in elections in two key states on Thursday, television networks reported, tightening the party’s grip on power across the country.

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India, Pakistan sign pact on cross-border temple visits

India and Pakistan signed an agreement on Thursday allowing Indian pilgrims to cross the border to a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, rare cooperation between the nuclear-armed rivals at a time of tension and clashes elsewhere on their frontier.

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Malaysia works to resolve spat with India, hopes won't affect 16-nation trade deal

Malaysia is working to resolve a spat with India over Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's stance on Kashmir, and hoping that a 16-nation trade pact, which includes India, will be signed this year despite the strained ties, its trade minister said.

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India's top court orders mobile operators to pay $13 billion in dues

India’s top court on Thursday upheld a demand by the telecom department that wireless carriers pay 920 billion Indian rupees ($12.97 billion) in overdue levies and interest, TV channels reported, sending their shares tumbling.

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Two strains of polio are gone, but the end of the disease is still far off

In another milestone on the long, expensive and sometimes discouraging road to wiping out polio, global health officials announced Wednesday that two of the three strains of wild polio virus have officially been eliminated.

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Govt satisfied with Nusrat murder verdict, says AL’s Quader

The government is satisfied with the expeditious trial and verdict in a case over the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, the girl who was burnt to death after protesting against sexual abuse by the principal of a madrasa, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said.

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হেঙ্ককে উড়িয়ে দিলেও লিভারপুলের খেলায় অখুশি কোচ

প্রতিপক্ষের মাঠে ৪-১ গোলের বড় জয় পেলেও হেঙ্কের বিপক্ষে লিভারপুলের খেলা সন্তুষ্ট করতে পারেনি ইয়ূর্গেন ক্লপকে। চারটি গোল ছাড়া দলের পুরো খেলাতেই আরও উন্নতির জায়গা দেখছেন দলকে গত মৌসুমে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ শিরোপা এনে দেয়া কোচ।

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IUB holds Pharma Fest-2019

The Department of Pharmacy of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has held its annual Pharma Fest themed “Academia-Industry Alliance for Research Excellence”.

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প্রতিদিনই আরও ভালো হচ্ছে মেসি: ভালভেরদে

চোটের কারণে মৌসুমের শুরুটা ভালো না হলেও আবারও ছন্দে ফেরার আভাস দিচ্ছেন বার্সেলোনা ফরোয়ার্ড লিওনেল মেসি। চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগে স্লাভিয়া প্রাহার বিপক্ষে ম্যাচে গোল করে গড়েছেন দারুণ দুটি রেকর্ড। দলের কোচ এরনেস্তো ভালভেরদের মতে, এত এত অর্জনের পথ ধরে প্রতিনিয়ত নিজেকে ছাপিয়ে যাচ্ছেন আর্জেন্টাইন তারকা।

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Two Bangladeshi immigrants killed in US road crash

Two Bangladeshi immigrants have died after being run over by a car in the US state of Arizona.

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Reforms pay off as Bangladesh moves up 8 places in World Bank’s Doing Business rankings

Bangladesh has moved eight spots up on the ease of doing business index to rank 168th out of 190 countries, according to the World Bank.

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Feni court sentences 16 to death for Nusrat murder

A Feni court has sentenced 16 people to death in a case over the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, the girl who was torched to death after protesting against sexual abuse by the principal of a madrasa.

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Afghan rivals to meet in China after US talks stall

China is organising talks among Afghanistan's rival factions as part of efforts to end years of war after negotiations between the Taliban and the United States on the withdrawal of US forces broke down, Afghan officials said on Wednesday.

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Republican lawmakers storm hearing room, disrupt Trump impeachment inquiry

A US House of Representatives impeachment inquiry devolved into chaos on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get tougher in fighting Democratic efforts to impeach him over dealings with Ukraine, stormed into a high-security hearing room and delayed testimony by a witness.

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Divided over dictator, Spain to exhume Franco's remains

Spanish authorities will remove Francisco Franco's remains from a state mausoleum on Thursday, seeking to exorcise the ghost of a dictator whose legacy still divides the country more than four decades after his death.

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Thirst turns to anger as Australia's mighty river runs dry

Reduced to a string of stagnant mustard-coloured pools, fouled in places with pesticide runoff and stinking with the rotting carcasses of cattle and fish, the Darling River is running dry.

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Chile sees first major organised labour strikes since president pledged social reforms

Students and trade unionists led marches through Santiago on Wednesday in the first formally organised demonstration against social inequality since Chilean President Sebastian Pinera pledged social reforms to try to quell days of rioting.

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Russian police deploy in Syria's Kobani, Trump calls ceasefire 'permanent'

Russian military police started to deploy on Syria's northeast border on Wednesday under a deal with Turkey to drive out Kurdish fighters, marking Moscow's deepening influence in the region two weeks after the United States pulled out forces.

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Indian trafficking cases fall sharply fuelling concern over 'undetected victims'

Cases of human trafficking in India have fallen sharply according to new government data, but campaigners warned on Tuesday that the figures may not reflect the full magnitude of the crime.

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টিভি সূচি (বৃহস্পতিবার, ২৪ অক্টোবর)

ইউরোপা লিগে মাঠে নামবে ম্যানচেস্টার ইউনাইটেড ও আর্সেনাল

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High Court bans fuel sales for unfit vehicles

The High Court has banned fuel sales to unfit vehicles until fitness certificates are renewed.

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Hong Kong extradition bill officially killed, but move unlikely to end unrest

Hong Kong's legislature on Wednesday formally withdrew planned legislation that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but the move was unlikely to end months of unrest as it met just one of five demands of pro-democracy protesters.

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New list of 2,730 educational institutions qualified for MPO published

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled a new list of 2,730 educational institutions qualified for the monthly pay order, which is effective retrospectively from Jul 1.

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Zuckerberg to tell Congress Facebook is 'not the ideal messenger' for Libra currency

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg plans to acknowledge before Congress that Facebook is not the "ideal messenger" for its Libra cryptocurrency project, given ongoing criticism of the company.

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Israel seems paralysed, but is the system broken?

To many outsiders, Israeli democracy must appear as dysfunctional and chaotic as some of the political systems in points West.

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16,000 undistributed books confiscated from school storeroom

A RAB mobile court has confiscated 16,000 books meant for free distribution from a storeroom in Postogola Bhasha Prodeep High School.

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Boeing ousts senior executive as 737 MAX crisis grows

Boeing Co on Tuesday ousted the top executive of its commercial airplanes division, Kevin McAllister, marking the first high-level departure since two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX jets.

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Lion Air crash investigators tell victims' families 737 MAX design flaws linked to accident

Mechanical and design issues contributed to the crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX jet last October, Indonesian investigators told victims' families in a briefing on Wednesday ahead of the release of a final report.

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‘অসাধারণ’ স্টার্লিংয়ের প্রশংসায় গুয়ার্দিওলা

আতালান্তার বিপক্ষে ম্যাচে ১১ মিনিটের মধ্যে হ্যাটট্রিক করা রহিম স্টার্লিংকে প্রশংসায় ভাসিয়েছেন পেপ গুয়ার্দিওলা। ম্যানচেস্টার সিটি কোচের মতে, পারফরম্যান্স এবং ফিটনেসের সমন্বয়ে ইংলিশ এই উইঙ্গার অসাধারণ এক ফুটবলার।

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Bangladesh plans talks on cricketers’ strike over pay

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has moved to hold talks on a strike by cricket players over a pay hike and other demands in an effort to break the deadlock.

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Casino links: Swechchhasebak League president removed

Swechchhasebak League President Mollah Md Abu Kausar has been removed from his post in the party for his alleged links to illicit casinos.

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Abducted BNP leader found dead in Rangamati

Police have recovered the bullet-hit body of local BNP leader Dipumoy Talukder in Rangamati’s Rajasthali Upazila.

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Hong Kong frees murder suspect whose case led to protests

The suspect in a murder case that led indirectly to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong was released from prison Wednesday and said he would surrender himself to Taiwan, where he is wanted for killing his girlfriend during a Valentine’s Day trip last year.

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President Hamid invites Japanese emperor to visit Bangladesh in 2022

President Md Abdul Hamid has invited the new Japanese Emperor Naruhito and his wife to visit Bangladesh in 2022 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations.

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সমালোচনা ছাপিয়ে পাওয়া জয়ে উচ্ছ্বসিত জিদান

লা লিগায় দলের পড়তি পারফরম্যান্সের কারণে প্রতিনিয়ত সমালোচনার সম্মুখীন হচ্ছেন রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ কোচ জিনেদিন জিদান। চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগে গ্যালাতাসারাইকে হারিয়ে নিজেদের প্রথম জয় তুলে নেওয়ার পর ফরাসি এই কোচ বললেন, চারপাশের এত সমালোচনার মাঝে পাওয়া এই জয় তার জন্য উচ্ছ্বাসের উপলক্ষ।

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Murder suspect killed in Chattogram ‘shootout’

The prime suspect in the murder of Dr Shah Alam in Chattogram’s Kumira has died in a so-called shootout with RAB in Sitakunda.

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Nike’s Chief Executive, Mark Parker, is stepping down

Nike said Tuesday that its chief executive, Mark Parker, who led the company through a period of tremendous growth but also saw his leadership challenged by a number of controversies, would step down early next year.

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US diplomat testifies Trump tied Ukraine aid to politically motivated probes

The top American diplomat in Ukraine testified on Tuesday that President Donald Trump made the release of US security aid to Ukraine contingent on Kiev publicly declaring it would carry out politically motivated investigations that he demanded, according to a copy of his statement to lawmakers.

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Haitian Catholics march for political reform as protests spread

As Haiti entered a sixth week of violent anti-government protests over corruption and economic woes, Catholic leaders held a rare march on Tuesday calling for a resolution to the crisis that has paralysed the country and sweeping political reform.

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A Shiite holiday turns into a test of Iranian power in Iraq

The annual ceremony commemorating a founding figure of Shiite Islam is one of the most important religious celebrations in the Shiite world, drawing millions of pilgrims to the holy city of Karbala.

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Russia, Turkey reach deal to remove Kurdish YPG from Syria border

Syrian and Russian forces will deploy in northeast Syria to remove Kurdish YPG fighters and their weapons from the border with Turkey under a deal agreed on Tuesday which both Moscow and Ankara hailed as a triumph.

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China plans to replace Hong Kong leader Lam with 'interim' chief executive: FT

China is drawing up a plan to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam with an "interim" chief executive, the Financial Times reported, citing people briefed on the deliberations, which would bring to a close Lam's rule after months of often-violent pro-democracy protests.

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টিভি সূচি (বুধবার, ২৩ অক্টোবর)

চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগে মাঠে নামছে বার্সেলোনা ও লিভারপুল

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Chile unrest spreads, with 12 deaths reported in violence

The Chilean capital was virtually paralysed on Monday as streets were blocked by protesters out for the fourth day in a row, subway stations that were ransacked remained shut, and stores, banks and schools were also shuttered.

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Bangladeshi man, who worked for 17 years in Kuwait, dies on his way home

A Bangladeshi man worker in Kuwait has died while returning home after 17 years.

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India, Pakistan set to sign pilgrim corridor pact amid Kashmir tension

India and Pakistan are set to sign an agreement on Indian pilgrims visiting a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, rare cooperation between the nuclear-armed neighbours at a time of tension that has brought exchanges of fire on their disputed border.

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Energy aid neglects ‘health emergency’ fuelled by dirty cooking

Governments, development banks and businesses are providing less than 1% of the money needed each year to wean 3 billion people off dirty, health-harming cooking by an international deadline of 2030, new data on energy access showed on Tuesday.

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Seven get death for rape and murder of housewife in Joypurhat

A Joypurhat court has sentenced seven people to death for raping and murdering a housewife in 2017.

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Man dies after son hits him with rod in Gazipur

A 55-year-old teacher has died after his son struck him with a rod in Gazipur’s Sreepur Upazila.

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Apology accepted, Hong Kong's Muslims lament water cannon staining mosque

Municipal workers scrubbed away noxious blue dye from the steps of Hong Kong's biggest mosque on Monday, while Muslim worshippers expressed frustration over police firing a water cannon outside the mosque during a large anti-government march. Senior police officers visited the Kowloon mosque to explain it was hit accidentally during Sunday's clashes with demonstrators, and Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam met with community leaders on Monday to apologise.

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Two die as motorbike crashes into roadside pond in Kushtia

Two people have been killed after a motorbike plunged into a roadside pond in Kushtia’s Khoksha Upazila.

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ইউভেন্তুসের হয়ে ‘ট্রেবল’ জয়ের লক্ষ্য রোনালদোর

ইউভেন্তুসের হয়ে চলতি মৌসুমে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ, সেরি আ ও ইতালিয়ান কাপের শিরোপা জিততে চান দলটির তারকা খেলোয়াড় ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো। ব্যক্তিগত অর্জনের চেয়ে দলগত সাফল্যকে বেশি গুরুত্ব দিচ্ছেন পর্তুগিজ এই ফরোয়ার্ড।

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Canada's Trudeau to remain in power but with minority government

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will remain in power but with a minority government that will require the support of a smaller left-leaning party after a hard-fought election in which he was dogged by scandals.

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Uniqlo ad sparks protest, parody as S Korea-Japan dispute flares

A bitter dispute between South Korea and former colonist Japan has flared up, with Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo facing a consumer backlash after a new ad by the company was criticised as mocking victims of wartime forced labour and brothel workers.

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PDB seeks energy regulator’s guidance to trim losses

The Power Development Board has estimated a loss of Tk 86 billion next year and taken the issue to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission seeking its guidance. 

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India minister says trade pact differences with US broadly resolved

India's Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday that the broad outline of a trade deal with the United States has been worked out and suggested there could be an announcement soon.

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Shun Malaysia, India's palm oil buyers told amid Kashmir standoff

India's top vegetable oil trade body on Monday asked its members to stop buying palm oil from Malaysia, an unprecedented call aimed at helping New Delhi punish the country for criticising India over its policy towards Kashmir.

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Democrats slow pace on impeachment inquiry

House Democrats have resigned themselves to the likelihood that impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump will extend into the Christmas season, as they plan a series of public hearings intended to make the simplest and most devastating possible public case in favour of removing Trump.

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Democrats slow pace on impeachment inquiry

House Democrats have resigned themselves to the likelihood that impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump will extend into the Christmas season, as they plan a series of public hearings intended to make the simplest and most devastating possible public case in favour of removing Trump.

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US is quietly reducing its troop force in Afghanistan

The United States has been quietly reducing its troop strength in Afghanistan despite the lack of a peace deal with the Taliban, weakening its hand in any future negotiations with the insurgents.

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Johnson faces perilous Brexit ratification after deal vote blocked

Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a potentially perilous ratification of his Brexit divorce deal in the British parliament after the speaker refused to allow a vote on it on Monday.

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Thai king strips ‘disloyal’ new royal consort of titles

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has stripped his newly named royal consort of her titles and military ranks for being "disloyal" and conducting a rivalry with Queen Suthida, the palace said late on Monday.

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টিভি সূচি (মঙ্গলবার, ২২ অক্টোবর)

চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগে মাঠে নামছে রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ, ইউভেন্তুস, পিএসজি

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Japanese emperor begins ceremonies to proclaim his enthronement to the world

Japanese Emperor Naruhito is poised to officially proclaim his enthronement on Tuesday in a centuries-old ceremony attended by dignitaries, including heads of state and other royals, from more than 180 countries.

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Facebook finds new disinformation campaigns and braces for 2020 torrent

Facebook said Monday that it had recently found and taken down four state-backed disinformation campaigns, the latest of dozens that it has identified and removed this year and a sign of how foreign interference online is increasing ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

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Israel's Netanyahu gives up effort to form new government

Benjamin Netanyahu gave up his effort to form a new government on Monday after failing to secure a majority coalition, creating an opportunity for centrist rival Benny Gantz to replace Israel’s longest serving prime minister.

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Chile unrest spreads, with 8 deaths reported in violence

Violence and looting continued to rock Chile on Sunday, resulting in at least eight deaths as stores and other establishments were set alight despite the imposition of a state of emergency in at least six cities.

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Feni man murdered in S Africa by robbers

A Bangladeshi businessman from Feni has died after being shot by assailants in South Africa.

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Bhola violence: 5,000 unidentified people sued

Police have sued 5,000 unidentified people for their alleged links to the clashes that left four people dead and about 100 others injured in Bhola's Borhanuddin Upazila after a blasphemous Facebook post from a hacked account sparked protests. 

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মায়ের জন্মদিনে জোড়া গোল উৎসর্গ মার্তিনেসের

জোড়া গোল করে দলের জয়ে অবদান রেখেও খুব একটা খুশি করতে পারেননি কোচকে। তবে সাস্সুয়োলোর বিপক্ষে করা দুই গোল লাউতারো মার্তিনেসের জন্য বিশেষ কিছু। গোল দুটি যে করেছেন মায়ের জন্মদিনে! আর্জেন্টাইন ফরোয়ার্ড জানালেন, গোলগুলো উৎসর্গ করেছেন মাকে।

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Gojek CEO quits to join Indonesian cabinet, replacements named

Gojek CEO and co-founder Nadiem Makarim said on Monday he had resigned to join Indonesia's cabinet, and the ride-hailing and payments company said two senior officials would jointly take over running operations of the $10 billion firm.

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Cannabis oil and vaping: hazy hazards

For years, a divisive debate has raged in the United States over the health consequences of nicotine e-cigarettes. During the same time, vaping of a more contentious substance has been swiftly growing, with scant notice from public health officials.

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Australian newspapers redact front pages to protest media curbs

Australia's biggest newspapers ran front pages on Monday made up to appear heavily redacted, in a protest against legislation that restricts press freedoms, a rare show of unity by the usually partisan media industry.

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Hong Kong leader apologises for mosque water cannon incident after day of violence

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologised on Monday after police hit a major mosque with water canon as they battled protesters during another day of political unrest in the Asian financial hub.

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স্কুল পড়ুয়া ‘হাতির’ চমক

দলের অধিকাংশ খেলোয়াড় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, হাইস্কুল পড়ুয়া! হাইস্কুলে পড়ে? বিস্ময় নিয়ে ফের প্রশ্ন করতে ইয়াং এলিফ্যান্টস কোচ সালভারাস ভেনগাদাসালামের এক কথায় উত্তর-হ্যাঁ। এরপর আলোচনা গড়ায়। কোচের মুখে উঠে আসে তরুণ খেলোয়াড়দের নিয়ে শত বছরেরও বেশি পুরানো মোহনবাগানকে তচনছ করে দেওয়ার পেছনের গল্পসহ আরও নানা বিষয়।

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রেফারিং নিয়ে লিভারপুল-ম্যানইউ কোচের দুই মত

ম্যানচেস্টার ইউনাইটেড ও লিভারপুল ম্যাচে ফল ছাপিয়ে আলোচনার কেন্দ্রে চলে এসেছে রেফারি ও ভিএআর বিতর্ক। ম্যাচ শেষে এই প্রসঙ্গে দুই কোচ নিয়েছেন ভিন্ন ভিন্ন অবস্থান। ইয়ুর্গেন ক্লপ করেছেন কড়া সমালোচনা, আর উলে গুনার সুলশারের কণ্ঠে ঝরেছে প্রশংসা।

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RAB detains 4 suspected militants in Dhaka

The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit ‘Ansar al-Islam’ in Dhaka.

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‘There is no hope’: crisis pushes Haiti to brink of collapse

The small hospital was down to a single day’s supply of oxygen and had to decide who would get it: the adults recovering from strokes and other ailments, or the newborns clinging to life in the neonatal ward.

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President Abdul Hamid arrives in Tokyo

President Md Abdul Hamid has arrived in Tokyo to attend the enthronement ceremony of the new Japanese Emperor Naruhito.

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China's defence minister says resolving 'Taiwan question' is national priority

China's defence minister said on Monday that resolving the "Taiwan question" is his country's "greatest national interest," and that no force could prevent China's "reunification."

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Mahathir warns of possible trade sanctions on Malaysia

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday his exports-reliant country could be hit with trade sanctions amid rising protectionism highlighted by the US-China tariff war.

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US House speaker Pelosi makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior members of Congress made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Sunday, her office said. Pelosi, who travelled to Afghanistan after a stop in Jordan on Saturday, met President Ashraf Ghani and visiting US Defense Secretary Mark Esper as well as top US military commanders and some of their troops, according to a statement released after the conclusion of the visit by the bipartisan delegation.

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Despite litany of failures, Boris Johnson is in striking distance of Brexit success

He suspended Parliament and was rebuked by Britain’s top court. He purged his party and lost a string of votes. After trying to strong-arm lawmakers into supporting his new Brexit plan, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced to ask for a delay for withdrawal from the European Union, a request he had vowed never to make.

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Kurdish-led forces say they have pulled out of Syria border town

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday said they had withdrawn from the border town of Ras al Ain under a US-brokered ceasefire deal, but a spokesman for Turkish-backed Syrian rebels said the withdrawal was not yet complete.

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টিভি সূচি (২১ অক্টোবর, সোমবার)

টিভি সূচি (২১ অক্টোবর, সোমবার)

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China's defence minister says resolving 'Taiwan question' is greatest national interest

The Chinese defence minister said on Monday that resolving the “Taiwan question” is China’s greatest national interest, and that no force can prevent China’s “reunification”.

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Trump campaign floods web with ads, raking in cash as Democrats struggle

On any given day, President Donald Trump’s campaign is plastering ads all over Facebook, YouTube and the millions of sites served by Google, hitting the kind of incendiary themes — immigrant invaders, the corrupt media — that play best on platforms where algorithms favour outrage and political campaigns are free to disregard facts.

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Indonesian president is sworn in amid high security and protest ban

The president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, was sworn in for a second term Sunday with little public fanfare as security forces were on high alert and protests were prohibited amid mounting public frustration with his government.

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Rules bent to erect commercial high-rise for Canadian University on Gulshan residential plot

A high-rise commercial building is being built for a private university in Gulshan residential neighbourhood of Dhaka, making a mockery of the rules that prohibit such transgression.

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UK is going to leave the EU by Oct. 31: Gove

Brexit will happen by October 31, British government minister Michael Gove said on Sunday, despite lawmakers forcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to send a letter on Saturday to the EU requesting a delay.

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বর্ণবাদ কাণ্ডে পণ্ড এফএ কাপের ম্যাচ

ইউরো বাছাইয়ে বুলগেরিয়া-ইংল্যান্ড ম্যাচে সমর্থকদের বর্ণবাদী আচরণের রেশ এখনো মিলিয়ে যায়নি। এর মাঝে ইংল্যান্ডের সবচেয়ে পুরানো টুর্নামেন্ট এফএ কাপের একটি ম্যাচ বাতিল হলো একই কারণে।

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মায়োর্কার বিপক্ষে হারে ‘উদ্বিগ্ন’ নন জিদান

মায়োর্কার বিপক্ষে হেরে গেলেও দলের খেলায় উদ্বিগ্ন নন রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ কোচ জিনেদিন জিদান। কমতি দেখছেন শিষ্যদের ধারাবাহিকতায়। মৌসুমের বাকি সময়ে পারফরম্যান্সে ধারাবাহিকতা আনার তাগিদ দিলেন তিনি। 

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In a deeply split Israel city, both sides urge unity

On one side of town, it’s falafel and observing Shabbat. On the other, it’s sushi and the yearning for a Saturday morning coffee at a local cafe. Both sides can be guilty of insularity and snobbery.

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ACC arrests DIG Bazlur Rashid over bribery links

The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested Deputy Inspector General of Prisons Bazlur Rashid on charges of amassing illegal wealth.

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Four die in clashes between police and locals in Bhola

At least four people have died and 50 others are injured in clashes between police and locals in Bhola's Borhanuddin.

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Afghan village of 70 families faces ruin with mosque massacre

Just a few hundred residents remain in Jawdara, a small village in eastern Afghanistan struggling to survive after Islamic State militants cut off their water supply early this year. With only 70 families hanging on, the cost to this tiny, trapped community was grievous when 73 lives — basically the men of each family — were torn away in an instant.

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A field trip and a hijab set off a furore in France

A heated debate over France’s values reignited across the country this week, the latest fight in a culture war that has raged for years in universities, the halls of government and even on the beach.

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Boris Johnson has a trust problem in parliament

For the ever-wary lawmakers who sit behind Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Britain’s House of Commons, one insurance policy on his rollicking leadership was not enough. So on Saturday, they took out another.

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Cruise line bans woman who climbed on balcony railing for selfie

It was of a woman standing on a balcony railing of her stateroom on one of the world’s largest cruise ships — posing for a selfie.

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Govt appoints 9 additional judges to High Court

The government has appointed nine judicial officers and lawyers as additional judges to the Supreme Court’s High Court Division.

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Militants kill five in twin attacks on Burkina army outposts

Four soldiers and one police officer have been killed in two attacks on military outposts in northern Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe army said on Saturday.

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‘ভারতকে হারানোর সুযোগ আমাদের আছে’

বরাবরই জেদী তিনি। মুখিয়ে থাকেন চ্যালেঞ্জ নিতে। জাতীয় দল তো বটেই, নতুন দল বসুন্ধরা কিংসের রক্ষণেও প্রাণভোমরা ইয়াসিন খান বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের সঙ্গে আলাপচারিতায় খুঁলে দিলেন সব জানালা।

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Indian soldiers, Pakistani civilians among dead in Kashmir clash

India said on Sunday two soldiers and a civilian were killed in cross-border shelling with Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region, while Islamabad said six died on its side, making it one of the deadliest days since New Delhi revoked Kashmir's special status in August.

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High schools to TikTok: We’re catching feelings

On the wall of a classroom that is home to the West Orange High School TikTok club, large loopy words are scrawled across a whiteboard: “Wanna be TikTok famous? Join TikTok club.”

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One man is an island

One humid Tuesday in July, I summited the highest point on Grand Cayman, an eight-story dump known affectionately by the locals as Mount Trashmore. From the top of the foul mound — a collection of almost every piece of garbage discarded on the island since it went all-in on financial services in the 1960s — I imagined I could just make out the enshrouded beach estate of the secretive investor Kenneth Dart.

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The immigrants Trump denounces have helped revive the cities he scorns

President Donald Trump has turned repeatedly throughout his tenure and his reelection campaign to two targets: immigrants whom he has described as “invading” the country, and US cities he has called out of control.

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When the student newspaper is the only daily paper in town

Municipal committee meetings — the tedious minutiae of Ann Arbor’s local governance — do not tend to draw a crowd. On a recent afternoon, Katherina Sourine was among only a few in attendance.

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Fallout from Trump's trade wars felt by economies around the world

The collateral damage of the United States' trade wars is being felt from the fjords of Iceland to the auto factories of Japan.

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Egypt unveils biggest ancient coffin find in over a century

Egypt on Saturday unveiled the details of 30 ancient wooden coffins with mummies inside discovered in the southern city of Luxor in the biggest find of its kind in more than a century.

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Trump, Lopez Obrador agree to take action to stem flow of weapons to Mexico

Mexico's foreign minister said on Saturday that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his US counterpart Donald Trump had agreed to take swift action to stem the flow of illegal weapons from the United States into Mexico, where a drug war is raging.

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Pompeo says US committed to Afghan peace after deadly explosions

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday Washington remained committed to peace and stability in Afghanistan as police searched for bodies in the rubble of a mosque in eastern Nangarhar province where bomb blasts killed at least 69 people.

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UK PM sends unsigned letter to EU asking for Brexit delay

Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to the European Union requesting a delay to Britain's exit from the bloc and also said he did not want the extension after his latest Brexit setback in parliament on Saturday.

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'Mentally vulnerable' youths susceptible to extremism, says counter-terrorism chief

Counter-terrorism police chief Monirul Islam believes psychologically vulnerable youths are more prone to radicalisation and extremism in Bangladesh.

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New 'cell’ to combat dengue, vector-borne diseases in the works, says LGRD minister

The government is drawing up plans to set up a special 'cell’ to combat dengue and other vector-borne diseases in the wake of the most prolific outbreak of the virus on record this year.

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বার্সার অনেকে নেইমারকে কাম্প নউয়ে চায় না: মেসি

বার্সেলোনার অনেকে নেইমারকে কাম্প নউয়ে চায় না বলে মনে করেন লিওনেল মেসি। এ কারণে পিএসজি তারকার ফেরাটা জটিল বলে বিশ্বাস কাতালান ক্লাবটির অধিনায়কের।

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The cost of Boris Johnson’s Brexit drive: A fractured UK?

For Prime Minister Boris Johnson, one of the prime selling points of his Brexit agreement with the European Union is that Northern Ireland will not be legally severed from the customs territory of Britain.

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At least 13 miners killed by dam collapse at Siberian gold mine

At least 13 miners were killed on Saturday when a dam collapsed at a gold mine about 160 km (100 miles) south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russian news agencies reported.

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6 deaths, a trail of cyanide and an Indian widow’s stunning confession

She was a pillar of her small community, respected by her neighbours as a distinguished professor, a solemn widow and a churchgoer whose religious devotion only seemed to grow, despite a string of personal tragedies.

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Hong Kong court rules against same-sex unions

A Hong Kong court ruled Friday against allowing same-sex unions in the city, a setback for efforts to broaden recognition of such partnerships in Asia.

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Two killed in head-on collision between trucks in Habiganj

A head-on collision between two trucks has left two people dead in Habiganj’s Bahubal Upazila.

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Man, daughter found dead with throats slit in Chattogram

A man and his four-year-old child have been found dead with their throats slashed in the port city.

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Pakistan denies entry to director of a journalism watchdog

Pakistani authorities denied entry on Thursday to an official of the Committee to Protect Journalists and forced him to leave the country, the journalist watchdog group said in a statement.

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Fire burns over 100 shops in Ctg markets

A fire has destroyed over 100 shops in the Jahur Hawkers Market and the adjoining Jalabad market in the port city.

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Pakistan avoids terrorism blacklist and sanctions

Pakistan escaped blacklist status and international sanctions from the world’s top anti-terrorism monitoring group on Friday, but received a harsh rebuke from the body for failing to adequately crack down on terrorism financing and money laundering.

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Fire burns down over 100 shops in Ctg markets

A fire has destroyed over 100 shops in the Jahur Hawkers Market and the adjoining Jalabad market in the port city.

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Fields of fire drive Delhi's air quality to unhealthy levels

When it comes to air quality there are few worse places to live on the planet than New Delhi, and driving north out the Indian capital it is easy to see why, as plumes of smoke rise from the burning farmland lining the expressway.

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Kashmir apple trade picks up again under shadow of militant attacks

More than 10,000 trucks laden with apples left Indian-ruled Kashmir this week in a sign that the territory is returning to normal, according to officials and government data, after India imposed a clampdown on the region in August.

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Clinton email probe finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information

A US State Department investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state has found no evidence of deliberate mishandling of classified information by department employees.

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Explainer: Mexico's week of bloodshed. What is going on?

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in December, promising not to repeat the 'failed policies' of past administrations that have done little to stem a tide of drug-related violence that cost some 29,000 lives last year.

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'Failure': Mexico admits bungled arrest of drug kingpin's son after mayhem

Mexican officials on Friday admitted they had bungled the arrest of kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s son, who they let go during shootouts with drug gangs in the streets of a major city, but the president insisted his security strategy was working.

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Chile declares state of emergency amid looting and arson in capital

President Sebastián Piñera of Chile declared a state of emergency in the capital after protests against public transportation fare hikes devolved into looting and arson targeting subway stations, banks and buses Friday night.

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Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh exhorts Germany to put pressure on Myanmar

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has urged his German counterpart Heiko Maas to exert pressure on Myanmar to create a conducive environment for the return of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas.

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As inquiry widens, McConnell sees impeachment trial as inevitable

It was only a few weeks ago that the top Senate Republican was hinting that his chamber would make short work of impeachment.

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Barca-Real Madrid clash postponed amid Catalan crisis, set for Dec 18

Barcelona's rescheduled La Liga game at home to Real Madrid is set to take place on Dec 18 as both clubs came to an agreement after the match, due to be played on Oct 26, was postponed amid violent political demonstrations in Catalonia.

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Di Maria sends PSG five points clear as Nice see red

Angel Di Maria once again proved his worth with a double that earned Paris St Germain a 4-1 win at Nice and a five-point lead in the Ligue 1 standings on Friday.

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Rewarding assassins led to trend of child killings, Hasina says on Sheikh Russell’s birthday

The then government’s actions to secure indemnity for the killers of child Sheikh Russell and other members of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s family have played a role in the rise in killings and torture of children in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina says.

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শিরোপা পুনরুদ্ধারের লক্ষ্য চট্টগ্রাম আবাহনীর

দুই চ্যাম্পিয়ন দলেই নতুন কোচ। নতুন আসর। কিন্তু লক্ষ্যের প্রশ্নে অভিন্ন উত্তর। শেখ কামাল আন্তর্জাতিক ক্লাব কাপের প্রথম আসরের সেরা চট্টগ্রাম আবাহনী কোচ মারুফুল হক জানালেন শিরোপা পুনরুদ্ধারের প্রত্যয়। পরের আসরের শিরোপা জেতা টিসি স্পোর্টস কোচ আফিয়া মোহাম্মদ হামিদ জানালেন মুকুট ধরে রাখার লক্ষ্য।

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What are the benefits of turmeric?

Have you noticed lattes, ice cream and smoothies with a tawny hue? That could be a sign of a not-so-secret ingredient: turmeric. The botanical is omnipresent in health food aisles, in the form of pills and powders.

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Bangladesh blocks online battle game PUBG on parent complaints

The Bangladesh telecom regulator has blocked online multiplayer game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or PUBG at the request of cyber security police following complaints by parents of adolescent players.

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Pakistan axe Sarfaraz, name Azhar as Test captain

Pakistan have sacked Sarfaraz Ahmed as their captain across all formats, naming Azhar Ali on Friday as the new Test skipper and putting Babar Azam in charge of the Twenty20 squad.

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Prominent artist Kalidas Karmakar dies at 73

Internationally acclaimed artist Kalidas Karmakar has died at the age of 73.

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China's GDP growth grinds to near 30-year low as tariffs hit production

China’s third-quarter economic growth slowed more than expected and to its weakest pace in almost three decades as the bruising US trade war hit factory production, boosting the case for Beijing to roll out fresh support.

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Talks in progress to resolve BGB-BSF 'misunderstanding', says home minister

Terming the exchange of fire between Border Guards Bangladesh and India's Border Security Force on the Rajshahi border as an 'unfortunate incident', Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said the chiefs of the two forces are holding discussions to resolve the 'misunderstanding'.

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S Korean police detain 19 students at US envoy's residence

Nineteen South Korean student demonstrators were detained on Friday after a group illegally entering the grounds of the US ambassador’s residence in Seoul, police said.

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Unionists in Northern Ireland feel betrayed by Brexit deal

As many across mainland Britain expressed guarded relief at the breakthrough in Brexit negotiations on Thursday, unionists in Northern Ireland felt a deep sense of betrayal after Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed a deal with the European Union despite significant objections from the lawmakers who represent them.

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Mexico flies 300 Indian migrants to New Delhi in 'unprecedented' mass deportation

Mexico has deported over 300 Indian nationals to New Delhi, the National Migration Institute (INM) said late on Wednesday, calling it an unprecedented transatlantic deportation.

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Police arrest four relatives over murder of Dhaka schoolboy Riyad

Police have arrested four relatives of slain teenager of Riyad Hossain in connection with the murder of the seventh grader in the capital’s Uttarkhan.

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Man detained with 15kg of gold at Ctg airport

Customs officials have confiscated gold weighing 15 kilograms from a passenger at Chattogram's Shah Amanat Airport.

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Canteen staffer stabbed to death inside launch in Sadarghat

A canteen staffer has been hacked to death by his employer on board a launch at the capital's Sadar Ghat, police said.

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Canteen boy stabbed to death inside launch in Sadarghat

A canteen staffer has been hacked to death by his employer on board a launch at the capital's Sadar Ghat, police said.

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বার্সা দলে ফিরলেন উমতিতি, আলবা

চোট কাটিয়ে বার্সেলোনা দলে ফিরেছেন দুই ডিফেন্ডার সামুয়েল উমতিতি ও জর্দি আলবা।

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বদলে যাচ্ছে মৌসুমের প্রথম ক্লাসিকোর সূচি

লা লিগায় মৌসুমের প্রথম ক্লাসিকোর সূচি বদলে যাওয়া প্রায় নিশ্চিত হয়ে গেছে। আনুষ্ঠানিক ঘোষণা না এলেও সংবাদ মাধ্যমে খবর, কাতালুনিয়ার রাজনৈতিক অস্থিতিশীলতার জন্য ম্যাচটি পিছিয়ে ডিসেম্বরে আয়োজন করতে চায় স্প্যানিশ ফুটবল ফেডারেশন।

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4 killed in separate ‘shootouts’ with BGB, police

Four people have been killed in so-called shootouts involving Border Guards Bangladesh troopers and police across Bangladesh.

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Cartel gunmen chase away security forces, free El Chapo's son

Heavily armed cartel fighters surrounded security forces and made them free one of drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's sons, whose brief apprehension triggered intense gunbattles across the city of Culiacan.

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Turkey agrees with US to pause Syria assault while Kurds withdraw

Turkey agreed on Thursday to pause its offensive in Syria for five days to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a "safe zone" Ankara had sought to capture, in a deal hailed by the Trump administration and cast by Turkey as a complete victory.

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Defiant Zuckerberg says Facebook won’t police political speech

Sen Elizabeth Warren recently accused Facebook of being a “disinformation-for-profit machine.” Marc Benioff, chief executive of the online software maker Salesforce, said the social network “needs to be held accountable for propaganda on its platform.” And regulators around the world are examining whether to break the company up or clip its power.

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Mulvaney says, then denies, that Trump held back Ukraine aid as Quid Pro Quo

Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, threw the Trump’s administration defense against impeachment into disarray Thursday when he said that the White House withheld nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine to further President Donald Trump’s political interests.

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Systems and patterns are emerging in the Rohingya camps

Rohingya camps in Ukhia are 40 kilometres from Cox’s Bazar city centre. The abrupt changes to the scenery on this route are not only overwhelming but extremely powerful. There are long stretches of building complexes being developed near the city extending to the beach and green mountains in Himchhari all the way down to the vast rice plains on both sides of the road to Ukhia Upazila. The scene changes in the budding Ukhia town before melting away at the Rohingya camps in Kutupalong.

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Doctors, health researchers to join conference on non-communicable diseases

Doctors and public health researchers are coming together to discuss a key health concern in Bangladesh in the first ever scientific conference on non-communicable diseases or NCDs which are rising by the day.

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Why the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys are not ready for they and them

Sam Smith, the British crooner with a voice often described as heaven sent, announced in September that “my pronouns are they/them.” Days later, the Brit Awards, which had nominated Smith for top male artist earlier in the year, said the categories would be reconsidered for 2021.

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Britain's Domino's Pizza to exit four international markets

Domino’s Pizza Group Plc (DOM.L), Britain’s biggest pizza delivery company, said on Thursday it will exit its international markets, where it has been facing mounting losses.

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One person is missing in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry - the whistleblower

Democratic lawmakers leading an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump have heard days of testimony from a parade of senior government officials. But they have yet to hear from the whistleblower who sparked the probe - and may never do.

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US House passes legislation on Hong Kong: what does it mean?

The US House of Representatives has unanimously passed three pieces of legislation supporting the pro-democracy protests that have engulfed Hong Kong for more than four months.

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Police arrest three 'Neo-JMB operatives' in Dhaka

Police have arrested three suspected operatives of the banned militant outfit Neo-JMB in the capital's Gabtoli.

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Moroccan king pardons journalist sentenced on abortion charge

Morocco's king has pardoned Hajar Raissouni, a journalist sentenced to a year in prison last month for extramarital sex and an abortion, along with her fiance, a doctor and two of his colleagues, the justice ministry said on Wednesday.

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Man killed in motorcycle crash on Mayor Hanif Flyover

A motorcycle rider has died when the vehicle crashed into a road divider on the capital's Mayor Hanif Flyover.

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Netflix shares jump as subscribers grow ahead of Disney, Apple attack

Netflix Inc added slightly more paying subscribers than Wall Street expected in the third quarter, a relief to investors who had worried the company might fall short just as Disney and Apple prepare to ramp up the streaming video wars.

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Obama endorses Trudeau for reelection ahead of Canada vote

Former President Barack Obama endorsed Justin Trudeau’s reelection as prime minister on Wednesday, potentially giving him a lift just days before Canadians go to the polls in closely fought elections.

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'Hand over body to Bangladesh', says family of man declared foreigner in Assam

The family of a mentally unstable man who died on Sunday while after being declared a foreigner in Assam's Tezpur, has refused to accept his body unless the administration declares him a citizen, NDTV reports.

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Kohli's India need to win big tournaments, says Ganguly

India's Virat Kohli is captaining an enormously talented team, but the players need to adjust their mentality to win big tournaments, having failed in the last seven, ex-captain Sourav Ganguly said as he prepares to head the national cricket board.

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American prosecutor is fatally shot in Micronesia after her daily run

When Rachelle Bergeron graduated from law school, she knew she wanted to help people who did not have a voice. That passion took her first to India, where she represented women and children who had been trafficked, and for the past four years to the Pacific nation of Micronesia, where she was the acting attorney general for Yap State.

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Japan to participate in US moon landing plan

Japan has decided to participate in a US plan for putting astronauts back on the moon by 2024 and the government will officially inform the United States within this year, the Kyodo News agency reported on Thursday.

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RAB takes over investigation of arms, drugs cases against Samrat

The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB is set to take over the investigation duties in the illegal arms- and drugs-related cases against Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, the expelled chief of Jubo League Dhaka South, from the Detective Branch of Police.

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Three militants, two civilians killed as violence spreads in Kashmir

Indian security forces killed three separatists, while suspected militants shot dead two people on Wednesday, one of the bloodiest days in Kashmir since New Delhi revoked the disputed region's autonomy more than two months ago.

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Two drug suspects killed in Teknaf ‘gunfight’

Two detained drug suspects have died in a so-called shootout during a police operation in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf.

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Last-gasp Brexit deal set to dominate fraught summit

European Union leaders' two-day summit in Brussels starting on Thursday will be dominated by last-gasp efforts to seal a deal on Britain's exit from the bloc despite a raft of other pressing issues, from the crisis in the Middle East to the bloc's budget.

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Trump’s China deal leaves the global economy as uncertain as ever

President Donald Trump’s trade truce with China may have temporarily cooled tensions between the world’s two largest economies. But the damage from Trump’s aggressive approach to trade policy will continue to weigh on the global economy.

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The world condemns Erdogan’s war on Kurds. But Turkey applauds

A raft of new American sanctions. An embargo on European arms sales. The indictment of a state-owned Turkish bank. Threats to isolate Turkey within NATO. A rise in global sympathy for the Kurdish cause. And the Syrian army back in northern Syria.

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Trump lashes out on Syria as Republicans rebuke him in house vote

President Donald Trump seemed to wash his hands of the conflict between Turkey and America’s Kurdish allies in Syria on Wednesday, generating withering criticism from Republican allies, who rebuked him in a House vote. The day ended with a heated confrontation between Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Oval Office.

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35 dead, 4 injured in traffic accident in Madinah

Thirty-five residents died and four were injured in a traffic accident on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia’s Madinah province, the SPA news agency said, quoting the province’s police spokesman.

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Dark web child porn bust leads to 338 arrests worldwide

Law enforcement officials said on Wednesday they had arrested hundreds of people worldwide after knocking out a South Korea-based dark web child pornography site that sold gruesome videos for digital cash.

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Rebels dressed as soccer players abduct bus passengers in Myanmar

Gunmen dressed in soccer uniforms halted an express bus on a main highway in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state and kidnapped 31 people, most of them firefighters, the authorities said Sunday.

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Twitter stands by Trump amid calls to terminate his account

Twitter said on Tuesday that it would continue to be lenient with world leaders who appeared to violate its policies against violent speech because the company believed preserving those tweets served the public interest.

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Malaysia says will work diplomatically with India if palm oil imports curbed

Malaysia will work diplomatically with India if it decides to restrict imports of Malaysian palm oil, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday, according to the state news agency Bernama.

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Hong Kong leader’s speech is disrupted by jeering lawmakers

Pro-democracy lawmakers drove Hong Kong’s embattled leader, Carrie Lam, from the legislative chamber Wednesday as she prepared to make a speech outlining policy ideas for dealing with Hong Kong’s roiling crisis.

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Power shift: Who gains in the battle for Syria's northeast?

President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of Syria radically realigns the balance of power in the country’s northeast and creates a vacuum which Russia, Turkey and Iran are racing to fill.

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Taliban truck bomb in Afghanistan kills at least three, wounds dozens

A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least three people and wounded 27 on Wednesday when he set off explosives in a truck near a police headquarters in Afghanistan, officials said.

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India cannot sacrifice economic strength to comply with US sanctions: FinMin

India wants to comply with global sanctions, including US sanctions on Venezuela and Russia, but also needs to maintain its own strength and strategic interests, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in an interview on Tuesday.

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Scientists back wider family-planning access to ease climate threats

Making affordable contraception available to women who want it would be a cheap, effective way to curb climate change and fast-rising risks in a hotter world, scientists said on Tuesday.

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Three militants killed in gun fight with Indian troops in Kashmir

Three militants were killed in a gun battle with Indian security forces in disputed Kashmir on Wednesday, the first such incident since mobile telephone links were restored in a bid to restore normalcy after a lengthy shutdown.

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As militants kill in Kashmir, people are afraid to go to work

Militants are terrorising civilians in the fractious Kashmir Valley, hoping to bring life there to a halt in protest of India’s dramatic reorganising of the region. And many civilians eager to return to work after weeks of a military clampdown say they are terrified of provoking the militants’ ire.

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Kushtia court sentences four to death for killing farmer in 2017

A Kushtia court has sentenced four people to death for the murder of a farmer in 2017. 

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US carried out secret cyber strike on Iran in wake of Saudi oil attack, officials say

The United States carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran in the wake of the Sep 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Tehran, two US officials have told Reuters.

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Afghanistan election violence left 85 dead, UN report says

Violence linked to Afghanistan's election last month left 85 civilians dead and more than 370 wounded, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.

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Prince William highlights UK's 'unique bonds' with Pakistan during visit with wife Kate

Britain's Prince William said the United Kingdom and Pakistan share "unique bonds" in a speech at the country's national monument in Islamabad on Tuesday evening during a five-day visit to the South Asian nation with his wife Kate.

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In Syria, Russia pleased to fill an American void

Russia asserted itself in a long-contested part of Syria on Tuesday after the United States pulled out, giving Moscow a new opportunity to press for Syrian army gains and project itself as a rising power broker in the Middle East.

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Japan typhoon death toll climbs to 74, rescuers search for missing people

Rescue workers in Japan searched for the missing on Wednesday as the death toll from one of the worst typhoons to hit the country rose to 74, public broadcaster NHK said, many drowned by flooding after scores of rivers burst their banks.

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Bangladesh ranks 88th on hunger index, above India

Bangladesh ranks 88th out of 117 qualifying countries on the latest Global Hunger Index, much ahead of India. 

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India's HIV-positive trans people find 'new strength' in technology

Shoved, cursed and ridiculed, Nisha's hospital visits were always stressful as a transgender woman and got worse after she was diagnosed as HIV-positive.

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How Myanmar covered up ethnic cleansing

Two years after Rohingya Muslims were executed, raped and forced out of their homes, the jungle has reclaimed entire villages. The sites of massacres have been replaced by security bases. The Myanmar government insists the ethnic cleansing never happened. It wanted to prove it to us by taking us to Rakhine state, the epicentre of the violence against the Rohingya.

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US House passes legislation taking hard line on China over Hong Kong, Huawei

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed four pieces of legislation taking a hard line on China, three related to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and one commending Canada's government in a dispute over the extradition of an executive from Huawei Technologies.

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Nigerian president vows crackdown on abusive Islamic schools after second raid

Nigeria’s president on Tuesday ordered a crackdown on abuse at Islamic schools, after a second police raid in less than a month revealed men and boys subjected to beatings, abuse and squalid conditions.

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UK border risks snarl up in no-deal Brexit

The United Kingdom's border risks being snarled up in a no-deal Brexit because as few as 30 percent of traders are prepared, the European Union would introduce controls and organised crime groups would exploit weaknesses, the National Audit Office said.

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US concerned about some Hong Kong protest tactics, heavier China hand: Pentagon

The senior US defence official for Asia said on Tuesday that the United States has some concerns about some of the tactics used by demonstrators in Hong Kong but was also concerned about the heavier hand Beijing and Hong Kong authorities have used against protests in the territory.

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Climate change activists protest against British high-speed train line

Climate change activists, including one of the founders of Extinction Rebellion, targeted Britain's transport ministry in central London on Tuesday to protest against a proposed high-speed rail project known as HS2.

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Papua New Guinea police seek to arrest ex-prime minister O'Neill

Papua New Guinea police have issued an arrest warrant for former prime minister Peter O'Neill on suspicion of "official corruption" but he was declining to cooperate with police handling the case, the acting police commissioner said.

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Trump lawyer Giuliani was paid $500,000 to consult on indicted associate's firm

President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, was paid $500,000 for work he did for a company co-founded by the Ukrainian-American businessman arrested last week on campaign finance charges, Giuliani told Reuters on Monday.

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Indonesia shuts some schools as haze again clouds the skies

Indonesia warned its citizens of more choking smoke from forest fires on Tuesday as several provinces closed schools due to worsening air quality.

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Jubo League leaders Samrat, Arman remanded in arms and drugs cases

Police have been granted 10 days to grill Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, the expelled chief of Jubo League Dhaka South, in two cases involving illegal arms and drugs.

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The Kurdish struggle for rights and land

Syrian Kurdish forces, scrambling to push back a Turkish invasion, have reached a deal with Damascus for Syrian army troops to deploy near the Turkish border, throwing into question the future of their region.

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Five to hang for war crimes in Gaibandha

The war crimes tribunal has sentenced five men to death for crimes against humanity in Gaibandha during the Liberation War.

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Thailand's human traffickers flout 99% of court orders to compensate victims

Human traffickers in Thailand have ignored court orders to compensate victims in more than 99% of cases in recent years, fuelling fears that many survivors could be re-trafficked, data obtained exclusively by the Thomson Reuters Foundation revealed.

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Rule-breaking Booker judges honour Atwood, Evaristo with rare double prize

Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments" and Bernardine Evaristo's "Girl, Woman, Other" jointly won the Booker Prize on Monday in a surprise double award in which the literary prize recognised its oldest and first black woman winners.

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Four ‘pirates’ killed in alleged shootout with RAB in Sundarbans

Four alleged members of a gang of pirates have been killed in a so-called shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB in the Sundarbans.

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British celebrity baker urges girls to speak out if sexually abused

One of Britain's best-known celebrity chefs, Nadiya Hussain, on Sunday spoke of the mental health issues she had struggled with since being sexually abused as a young girl and urged others girls facing the same ordeal to speak out.

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Japan typhoon death toll rises to 66 as hopes for missing fade

The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 66 on Tuesday as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing, and as thousands of homes remained without power or water.

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More than a dozen police killed in ambush in violent Mexican state

Suspected cartel hitmen shot dead more than a dozen police in an ambush in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, authorities said on Monday, in one of the bloodiest attacks on security forces since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office.

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