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Nov workers outflow highest in four years

A record 102,863 Bangladeshi workers went abroad in November - the highest outflow of workers in a single month in the last four years. With overseas employment rising, the migration sector counted a total of 485,895 jobs in the 11 months (January-November) of the current calendar year, according to statistics...

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'RAOWA Book Fair 2021'

Professor Emeritus Dr Serajul Islam Choudhury looking into a book at a stall while going round the 'RAOWA Book Fair 2021' in the city on Friday — Focus Bangla

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Uttara-Agargaon metro rail test trip Dec 12

An electric metro rail is set to conduct a test trip from Uttara's Diabari to Agargaon on December 12 after the construction of the route has been completed, reports bdnews24.com.All preparations, including the installation of electric lines, have been taken for the test run along the route that was recently...

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KUET shut until Dec 13 amid tension over teacher's death

Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) has been declared closed until December 13 amid tension gripping the campus over the death of a teacher of the university, reports UNB.The students have been asked to leave their residential halls by 4:00 pm on Friday, said an order signed by the...

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Cyclone 'Jawad' intensifies in Bay

The deep depression over west-central Bay and adjoining area moved northwards further intensifying into a cyclonic storm 'JAWAD' at 12:00 pm on Friday, the Met Office said in a weather bulletin, reports UNB."It is likely to intensify further and move in a north-westerly direction," the forecast said.Maritime ports in Chattogram,...

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‘Persons with disabilities are not burden on nation’

Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed said on Friday the disabled persons are not burden of the nation as proper care can turn them into wealth, reports BSS."Proper care can transform the people with physical disabilities into resources of the country while most of the people considered them as a burden,"...

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Asian elephants face extinction in BD

CHATTOGRAM, Dec 03: Asian elephants are facing the risk of extinction as vast areas of forest are being cleared day by day in Bangladesh. A total of 22 elephants were killed in Greater Chattogram in 2020 while 11 in 2019. In the 11 months of the current year, a total...

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FFs' lawyer children float platform

A group of lawyers, who are children of freedom fighters (FFs), launched a new platform on Wednesday, says a press releaseThey floated the platform under the banner of 'Bangladesh Muktijoddha Santan Ainjibi Poribar', to uphold the spirit of Liberation War.In this regard, a new central committee was announced at a...

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Three killed as bus hits motorbike

CHANDPUR, Dec 03 (UNB): Three youths riding a motorbike on way to a tourist spot were killed after a collision with a speeding bus on Chandpur-Cumilla highway on Friday, police said.The accident near Hajiganj's Dherra CNG station occurred around 1.30 pm. The dead are Sohag Hossain (30), Md Monir Hossain...

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Tajik engr killed in road accident

PABNA, Dec 03 (UNB): A Tajik engineer of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant was killed after a goods-laden vehicle hit him in Ishwardi upazila on Friday noon, police said.The dead is Barjahan (35). He was an engineer of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna's Ishwardi upazila.

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A tiny tot

A tiny tot, among visitors of different ages, curiously pointing to a picture on Friday at the gallery of photo exhibition marking the 100 years of Dhaka University — Focus Bangla

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Weather (04-12-2021)

Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), according to Met office.The highest temperature in the city...

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