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Heat waves are now longer, frequent and dangerous
Average number of heat waves rose from an average of two per year in the 1960s to the current average of nearly six per year.
Airline fines unruly passenger $106,000
Her behaviour aboard a flight prompted military jets to escort the plane back to an airport, the airline says
Mosque found from when Islam arrived in holy land
It dates back to the 7th to 8th centuries, archaeologists say
El Chapo’s life sentence a ‘pyrrhic victory’ for Mexico
The drug lord is sentenced for smuggling drugs into the US and leaving a trail of death in his wake
Bullied by peers, Indian LGBT students drop out of schools
Abuse included threats of rape, groping, hitting and kicking, being locked in a room, having their belongings stolen and having nasty rumours spread about them
Netflix loses subscribers in US as growth slows
The streaming giant said it had added 2.7m people in the second quarter of 2019, well short of the five million investors were expecting
Trump intensifies attacks on congresswomen
He reiterated his call for them to leave the country at a rally
10 killed in caste-driven India land dispute
A village chief and a group of higher-caste men open fire on poor farmers
ICC suspends Zimbabwe
Their cricket administration is not free from government interference, the world body of the game says
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Every Thursday during monsoon, a years-old weekly market of boat sits on the bank of the Balu river at Kayetpara Bazar in Nasirabad, an area under Khilgaon Police Station in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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A boat market for people of the low-lying areas of Dhaka sits every Thursday during monsoon on the bank of the Balu river at Kayetpara Bazar in Nasirabad. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Workers making boats at a weekly market on the bank of the Balu river in Dhaka's Nasirabad. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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A boat is being transported on another after it was brought from a weekly market on the bank of the Balu river at Kayetpara Bazar in Nasirabad, an area under Khilgaon Police Station. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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International Criminal Court Deputy Prosecutor James Stewart briefing the media in Dhaka on Thursday as he is visiting Bangladesh following Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's request to the judges to authorise a probe into the alleged crimes against the Rohingyas in Myanmar. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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International Criminal Court Deputy Prosecutor James Stewart briefing the media in Dhaka on Thursday as he is visiting Bangladesh following Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's request to the judges to authorise a probe into the alleged crimes against the Rohingyas in Myanmar. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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Former state minister for home affairs Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj speaking at a media conference in Dhaka on his upcoming reality TV show 'Hotline Commando' which aims to find solution to social problems. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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Former state minister for home affairs Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj speaking at a media conference in Dhaka on his upcoming reality TV show 'Hotline Commando' which aims to find solution to social problems. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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Students of Dhaka University blockading the capital's Shahbag intersection for the second day on Thursday with the demand that the authorities cancel the affiliations of seven colleges with the institution.
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Students of Dhaka University blockading the capital's Shahbag intersection for the second day on Thursday with the demand that the authorities cancel the affiliations of seven colleges with the institution.
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Members of the Bangladesh Municipality Service Association staging a sit-in in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Thursday to demand the payment of outstanding salaries. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Members of the Bangladesh Municipality Service Association staging a sit-in in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Thursday to demand the payment of outstanding salaries. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Illegal structures on the both sides of Nandipara canal in Dhaka have been removed in an eviction drive. But the authorities failed to clean up afterwards as waste and water hyacinth line up on each side of the canal. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Illegal structures on the both sides of Nandipara canal in Dhaka have been removed in an eviction drive. But the authorities failed to clean up afterwards as waste and water hyacinth line up on each side of the canal. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Rajuk Uttara Model College students in Dhaka flashing the V-sign to celebrate success with the beats of drums after the publication of results of HSC and equivalent exams on Wednesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, overjoyed at their success in HSC exams, flash the V-sign after the publication of the results on Wednesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
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HSC candidates of Holy Cross College celebrate their success after the publication of the results on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Rajuk Uttara Model College students in Dhaka flashing the V-sign to celebrate success with the beats of drums after the publication of results of HSC and equivalent exams on Wednesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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The number of dengue patients in Dhaka is on the rise. ‘Saidur’, a resident of Newazbagh area in Dhaka’s Nandipara, is using a mosquito net in day time to save his two and a half years old daughter. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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The number of dengue patients in Dhaka is on the rise. ‘Saidur’, a resident of Newazbagh area in Dhaka’s Nandipara, is using a mosquito net in day time to save his two and a half years old daughter. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Barishal leaders seek
tough BNP protests
The party holds its first large demonstration since the election debacle
Juventus snare De Ligt from Ajax
They secure the most sought-after young players in world football for 75 million euros
Netflix loses subscribers in US as growth slows
The streaming giant said it had added 2.7m people in the second quarter of 2019, well short of the five million investors were expecting
