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Gulshan building fire under control, one killed, four more critically injured

Fire service officials working to douse the fire
Sazid Hossain

The blaze at a multi-storied building in Gulshan-2 in the city has been brought under control hours after it broke out on Sunday evening

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Ex-minister Nazmul Huda passes away

Nazmul Huda

The veteran politician breathed his last while undergoing treatment in the city’s Square Hospital

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'Air pollution won't decrease with just a snap of the fingers'

Abdus Salam

In a recent interview with Prothom Alo's Rafsan Galib, Abdus Salam, professor of the chemistry department at Dhaka University, spoke about the alarming state of air pollution in the country

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UN to cut food aid for Rohingyas due to ‘fund shortfall’

Rohingya refugees gather at a market inside a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on 7 March 2019
Reuters

The World Food Program (WFP) said it would reduce the value of its food assistance to $10 per person from $12 starting next month. Donor budgets have been stretched by the pandemic, economic downturn and crises across the globe

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IU incident wouldn't be happened if there was guideline to prevent bullying: HC

The High Court building
File photo

A HC bench comprising justice JBM Hasan and justice Razik-Al-Jalil made the comment while conducting a hearing on a draft guideline submitted for the fifth time to prevent bullying. The court set 8 May for the next hearing to know the progress of it

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