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Limited use of digital devices by children to save eyesight

Experts suggested keep a watchful eye on use of digital devices including television, mobile, tablets, by the children as it can damage their eyesight, reports BSS."Normally school going children who spent more time on computers or mobile phones, are in triple risk of getting affected by myopia or nearsightedness," the...

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Editors' Council's general secretary and Editor of The Daily Star Mahfuz Anam speaking

Editors' Council's general secretary and Editor of The Daily Star Mahfuz Anam speaking at a press conference on 'Digital Security Act' at the National Press Club in the city on Saturday. Acting Editor of the Financial Express Shahiduzzaman Khan is also seen Story on page 1 — FE Photo

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Separate incidents kill three in Savar

SAVAR, Oct 13 (UNB): A housewife and two young men were killed in separate incidents in Ashulia on Saturday.Police recovered the body of garment worker Tajul Islam, 28, who was killed in a road accident on the Abdullahpur highway in the Ashulia Jamgara area on Saturday.In another incident, police recovered...

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One-third brick kilns run unlicensed

One third of the brick kilns are in operation unlicensed, thanks to poor monitoring and punitive action by the seemingly indifferent authorities.As many as 2,363 out of 6,843 kilns are operating countrywide without seeking approval or environmental clearances from the appropriate state authorities.A senior official of the department of environment...

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Concern over slow process of Rohingya repatriation

FE ReportMedia experts have voiced concerns over the uncertainty and slow process of repatriating Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to their homeland, Myanmar.They expressed worries at a roundtable styled 'Migration-Challenges and Approaches in the East and the West' at a city hotel on Saturday.Deutsche Welle chief editor Ines Pohl, who recently...

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Met office asks maritime ports to hoist signal no 03

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to be hoisted local cautionary signal number three as the land depression is apparently appeared to weaken, a met office press release said on Saturday, reports BSS."The land depression over Odisha-Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining area has already...

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Former Navy chief Rear Admiral M H Khan passes away

Former Navy chief Rear Admiral Musharraf Hussain Khan died of old age complications at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on Saturday, reports BSS.He was 87, said an ISPR press release.Musharraf Hussain Khan served as the chief of the Bangladesh Navy (BN) from November 7, 1973 to November 3, 1979, it added.The...

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BD win manifests its ‘indomitable advancements’

A large number of representatives from United Nations (UN) Member States have congratulated the Bangladesh delegation after its win in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) election with huge votes, reports UNB.They expressed views that this victory of Bangladesh is a testimony to the 'indomitable advancements' Bangladesh has been making...

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Separate incidents in Ctg kill three

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 13 (BSS): Three persons were killed in separate incidents in the city and district last night and today.Among the victims two were identified as Ripon Singh, 31, a cashier of Excise and Vat Commissioner at Chattogram Custom office and son of Khudiram Sing of city's Askar Digirpar area...

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Nahid for stronger bonds among Muslim countries

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid urged on Saturday the Muslim countries for forging stronger bondage among them in challenging the threat of global terrorism, reports BSS.He, as the leader of the Bangladesh delegation, made the call while addressing the 13th session of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO)...

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Disaster Reduction Day observed

The International Day for Disaster Reduction was observed across the country on Saturday, stressing the need for creating awareness and ensuring active participation of the people of all strata alongside the government and non-government organisations in all programmes to reduce disaster risks, reports BSS.The theme of this year's International Day...

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