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<image:caption>Bangladesh's contestant, Samanzar Sayeed, has been eliminated from the Miss World 2026 final.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Her name is not on the list of the top forty. Samanzar is a contestant from the Asia and Oceania region.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The ten from Asia and Oceania who made it to the top forty are Miss Malaysia, Miss Indonesia, Miss Philippines, Miss Vietnam, Miss Cambodia, Miss China, Miss Cook Islands, Miss India, Miss Turkey, and Miss Lebanon.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Samanzar Sayeed's project was selected in the ''Beauty with a Purpose'' category. In this category, Samanzar was among the top six in the Asia and Oceania region. However, she is not on the final list of the top forty.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Earlier, Samanzar Sayeed won the Grand Crowning Ceremony of Miss World Bangladesh 2026. On 11 July, at an event held in the Mallika Hall of the Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden in the capital, the winner's crown was placed on her head.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>After completing her undergraduate studies in the Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department at North South University, Samanzar participated in the Miss World Bangladesh competition out of curiosity. She won the crown on her first try, which then led to the opportunity to participate in the global event in Vietnam. However, Samanzar could not achieve the expected results in the final.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Miss World final-2026: Bangladesh's Samanzar Sayeed eliminated</news:title>
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<image:caption>On 4 September, Mehazabien Chowdhury posted a series of photographs taken in Hong Kong on Facebook.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The photographs show Mehazabien and Adnan recreating the mood of the characters from the 2000 film ‘In the Mood for Love’.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A scene from the film ‘In the Mood for Love’.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai made ‘In the Mood for Love’, set against the backdrop of a story from the 1960s.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>In the Mood for Love premiered in the Official Competition at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Mehazabien Chowdhury and Adnan Al Rajeev - one an artiste working in front of the camera, the other behind it.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>After winning the Lux-Channel i Superstar title in 2009, Mehazabien Chowdhury began working in television dramas and commercials. Adnan Al Rajeev, meanwhile, pursued filmmaking and production.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>After 13 years of friendship and then dating, Mehazabien and Adnan got married on Valentine’s Day, 14 February 2025.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Throughout their journey together, love and sacrifice have brought the two even closer.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Mehazabien and Adnan recreate the mood of ‘In the Mood for Love’ in Hong Kong</news:title>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/crime-and-law/sbyvhieb3s</loc>
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<image:caption>Dhaka District Additional Superintendent of Police (Savar Circle) Rakibul Hasan briefed reporters at Savar Model Police Station on Saturday afternoon about the arrests.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T14:48:43.803Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>7-year-old madrasa student allegedly raped repeatedly, 5 arrested</news:title>
<news:keywords>Crime, Child Rape, Rape, Madrasa</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/op-ed/tika2o7zzp</loc>
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<image:caption>Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (centre), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after signing the ‘Mecca Joint Defence Agreement’.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks on after they signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 7 August 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:name>Prothom Alo English</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T14:09:05.224Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Mecca Pact: What Bangladesh should do</news:title>
<news:keywords>Mecca Pact, Bangladesh, Defence, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/gu75f02393</loc>
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<image:caption>Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition Shafiqur Rahman speaks at a roadside rally of the 11-party alliance’s long march in Paduar Bazar, Cumilla, on Saturday afternoon.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>LDP President Col (retd) Oli Ahmed speaks at the roadside rally in Cumilla on Saturday afternoon</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T13:33:13.584Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>People want relief from current govt, says Jamaat chief at Long March in Cumilla</news:title>
<news:keywords>Jamaat-e-Islami, National Citizen Party - NCP, LDP, Politics</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/op-ed/5p5ys0rij4</loc>
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<image:caption>Bhola and surrounding areas are considered Bangladesh’s second most promising hydrocarbon hub.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Although a decision was taken to supply gas from Bhola in CNG cylinders, the initiative proved ineffective.</image:caption>
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<news:name>Prothom Alo English</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T11:49:40.144Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Billions of taka worth of gas lie unused for want of a Tk 6 billion pipeline!</news:title>
<news:keywords>Gas Supply, LNG, Import, Bhola, Gas, Gas field </news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/crime-and-law/oi6bvzi4nj</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/1mkl0phi/karim.avif</image:loc>
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<news:name>Prothom Alo English</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T11:26:50.588Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Open killing in Raozan again, gunman ‘challenges’ police</news:title>
<news:keywords>Chattogram, Crime, Shooting, Chattogram Port</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/local-news/sk9cx9k4tc</loc>
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<image:caption>The bodies of a couple have been recovered from a locked room in a residential building in Ashulia, Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. A dead foetus was also found with them. The bodies were recovered in the Madhya Jamgora area on 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:name>Prothom Alo English</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T11:22:22.445Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Bodies of couple found in locked room, dead foetus found nearby</news:title>
<news:keywords>Dead body, Savar, Dhaka, Crime, Police</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/international/12pc6wju9m</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/azetvcc7/2026-09-04T192630Z1578409733RC2HCNA02F27RTRMADP3UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-KYIV-REGION.JPG</image:loc>
<image:caption>Ukrainian flag waves on a flagpole as fire spread throughout a warehouse hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, 4 September, 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication>
<news:name>Prothom Alo English</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T10:57:01.722Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Russia hits Kyiv airports as Trump peace envoys awaited</news:title>
<news:keywords>Russia Ukraine War, Russia, Ukraine, Donald Trump</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/photo/bangladesh/8koyxdbcga</loc>
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<image:caption>Pangas fish displayed for sale at a local market. Shiromoni Bazar, Khulna, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/zjtk4zzv/1prothomalo-bangla2026-09-05ls0x7v961.-Mymensingh-flower.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>Rain-drenched Madhabilata flowers in full bloom. Dhopakhola, Mymensingh, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/b3h15yhz/2prothomalo-bangla2026-09-05lega5syf2.-Khulna-fish-market.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>Pangas fish displayed for sale at a local market. Shiromoni Bazar, Khulna, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/2nttl4hr/3prothomalo-bangla2026-09-05ecbcr7fw3.-Sirajgonj-rain-droup.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>Glistening raindrops hang on a railing, ready to fall. Dhanghara Palpara, Raiganj, Sirajganj, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/88o4gn7k/4prothomalo-bangla2026-09-05dg7q7xnb4.-Khulna-fish.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>Fish fry traders transport fingerlings from a hatchery across the Bhairab River. Shiromoni, Khulna, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/s4vohgvy/5prothomalo-bangla2026-09-055ks0qh515.-Dhaka-long-march.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>The 11-party alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami sets off on a long march from Motijheel's Shapla Chattar toward Chattogram. Matuail, Dhaka, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/g39tvsew/6prothomalo-bangla2026-09-05m6jyajiy6.-Rangamati-hill-farmer.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>A harvest of ripe paddy brings a smile to the face of an indigenous jhum farmer. Sitapahar, Kaptai, Rangamati, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Tourists enjoy a scenic ride on an engine boat across the calm waters of Kaptai Lake. Digholibak, Rangamati, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/yr650dag/8prothomalo-bangla2026-09-052bvknnux8.-Bogura-Grasshopper.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>A delicate dragonfly perches quietly on a slender bamboo shoot. Nuruil, Bogura, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/cmhrsaja/9prothomalo-bangla2026-09-050rjcc1uh9.-Rajshahi-Passengers-in-distress.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>Passengers face immense suffering as inter-district bus services remain suspended on the Rajshahi-Natore route. Dhaka Bus Terminal, Shiroil, Rajshahi, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/j0dwyhal/10prothomalo-bangla2026-09-050qstf6xk10.-Bogura-farmer.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>A farmer pulling weeds from his radish field. Nuruil, Bogra, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Delicate sensitive plant (lajjabati) flowers bloom amidst evergreen leaves. Shantibag Walkway, Moulvibazar, 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T10:36:56.249Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>TOP SHOTS (5 September 2026)</news:title>
<news:keywords>TOP SHOTS, Photo Story, Photography, Nature</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/international/asia/m0ddae5to5</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/23xh3ife/Nepal-Woman.JPG</image:loc>
<image:caption>Rescuers gather near a woman after she was rescued from a house, following deadly flash floods and a mudslide, at a location given as Nuwakot, Nepal in this still image from video released 5 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:name>Prothom Alo English</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T10:34:15.956Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood</news:title>
<news:keywords>Nepal, Nepal Disaster, Floods, Rescue</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/6pdj3czywz</loc>
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<image:caption>BGB logo</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T10:32:58.797Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>BGB deploys advanced drones, thermal devices along borders to strengthen surveillance</news:title>
<news:keywords>BGB, Surveillance, Technology, Home Ministry</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/kxagy2yoit</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/6aouue81/image-421212-1788594644.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Khondkar Misbah-Ul-Azim.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T10:19:24.680Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Navy chief leaves for Saudi Arabia on official visit</news:title>
<news:keywords>Bangladesh Navy, Saudi Arabia, Visit, ISPR</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/8xzptgqe5g</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/qt0n87ck/IMG1504.JPG</image:loc>
<image:caption>Tahmid Zarif</image:caption>
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<news:publication>
<news:name>Prothom Alo English</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T09:21:32.646Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Tahmid Zarif of Prothom Alo wins the Global INMA “30 Under 30” Award</news:title>
<news:keywords>Prothom Alo, INMA, Award, Media, Youth</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/fvj7y1tcvf</loc>
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<image:caption>US Embassy in Dhaka</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-09-05/p5ozifzi/79402646022642611344113994933945215167063490n.jpg</image:loc>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T09:06:42.580Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Each finished stove is sold wholesale for Tk 300 to Tk 600.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Raihan fires from a 9mm pistol</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Home Affairs Minister Salahuddin Ahmed speaks at the inaugural ceremony of the Janmashtami festival at the Dhakeshwari Temple premises in Dhaka on 4 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>BNP Acting Secretary General and Political Adviser to the Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi speaks as the chief guest at the induction ceremony of the newly elected executive committee of the Bangladesh Dance Artistes Association, held at the Jatiya Natyashala Auditorium (national theatre hall) of Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka on 4 September 2026</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Farmer Ansar Ali prepares avocados at his home yard to send them to Dhaka.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Foreign spring onions are being cultivated across vast fields.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Large fruits have grown on the avocado trees.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Lemongrass has been cultivated along the field ridges.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>There is demand for foreign spring onions throughout the year.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Lettuce has been cultivated across the field.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Small and large sweet corn are being sorted in the yard.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Sweet corn filled with shiny yellow kernels.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A woman cuts sweet corn for eating.</image:caption>
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<news:title>From village to kitchen of star hotels</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/science-technology/science/d5274maa55</loc>
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<image:caption>Night sky</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T13:36:15.767Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>What skywatchers in Bangladesh can expect to see until 15 September</news:title>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/youth/education/jn3ryoo93q</loc>
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<image:caption>Professor Nazrul Islam</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T12:48:43.431Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>BUET Professor Nazrul Islam dies</news:title>
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<image:caption>Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar speaks at a press conference held at Jamaat’s central office at Moghbazar, Dhaka, on 4 September 2026</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T12:24:41.660Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Jamaat warns govt of public backlash if Opposition long march is obstructed</news:title>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/city/2bpl1o0ov8</loc>
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<image:caption>The seven-storey car parking facility is only used on the ground floor. Photo was taken from New Market in Chattogram on 3 September 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T12:10:11.711Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Luxury malls, laboratory, dust-cleaning vehicles among Tk 1.42b projects lying unused</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/bangladesh-in-world-media/69dm5brtze</loc>
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<image:caption>Migrants from Bangladesh stand inside an old abandoned factory near Velika Kladusa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 30 September 2020. Hundreds of migrants from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa set up makeshift camps in Bosnian woods near the border with Croatia, attempting to cross into the European Union where they hope for a better life.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Bangladeshis among nearly 100 EU-bound migrants held by Bosnia at Croatia border</news:title>
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<image:caption>Press conference of the NCP, a partner of the 11-party alliance at the party’s temporary office in Banglamotor, Dhaka on 3 September 2026</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T08:46:36.911Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>NCP steps up street protests alongside parliament, long marches and mass rally ahead</news:title>
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<image:caption>In Shibganj, Bogura, the vehicle carrying State Minister Abdul Bari lost control and plunged into a paddy field beside the road in the morning on 4 September 2026 in the Gopinathpur area near Kichak Bazar in the upazila.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T08:24:55.062Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Woman hit by state minister’s car dies in Bogura</news:title>
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<image:caption>In Shibganj, Bogura, the vehicle carrying State Minister Abdul Bari lost control and plunged into a paddy field beside the road on Friday morning in the Gopinathpur area near Kichak Bazar in the upazila.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>State Minister Abdul Bari was travelling from Dhaka in a government vehicle to Kalai upazila in his constituency, Joypurhat.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T08:05:34.119Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>State minister, wife and pedestrian injured as car veers off road in Bogura</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/e4gbenugkj</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T07:19:12.232Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The failure to learn from history</news:title>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/international/south-asia/pgan12zsgt</loc>
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<image:caption>A survivor is carried by members of a search and rescue team after they rescued two people alive who had been trapped inside a tunnel at the Trishuli-3A Hydropower Project following devastating floods and mudslides that struck the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa, Nepal, 4 September, 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>This handout photograph taken and released by the Nepal Army on 4 September, 2026 shows army personnel carrying a worker who was trapped inside a tunnel, during a rescue operation at Trishuli-3A Hydropower Project in Nepal's Rasuwa district. Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on September 4, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T05:09:04.499Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Nepal Floods: 2 hydropower workers rescued alive from tunnel after more than a week</news:title>
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<news:title>Janmashtami today</news:title>
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<image:caption>Drone view of oil tanker HELGA berthed at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, 24 April, 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>This video grab taken from footage released by the Iranian Red Crescent Society on September 2, 2026 shows what it says is the aftermath of US strike on a wedding ceremony in southern Sirik county in Hormozgan province in southern Iran. Iranian forces said on September 2 that they launched attacks on US military targets in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and other countries in the region, vowing "severe" consequences for renewed American attacks on the Islamic republic. (Photo by Iranian Red Crescent / AFP) / - Israel OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / IRANIAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY " - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO RESALE - NO ACCESS ISRAEL MEDIA/PERSIAN LANGUAGE TV STATIONS OUTSIDE IRAN/ STRICTLY NO ACCESS BBC PERSIAN/ VOA PERSIAN/ MANOTO-1 TV/ IRAN INTERNATIONAL/RADIO FARDA - AFP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DIGITAL ALTERATIONS TO THE PICTURE'S EDITORIAL CONTENT Attention editors: AFP covers the war in the Middle East through its extensive regional network, including bureaus in Tehran, Jerusalem, and several neighboring countries. Since the start of the conflict, journalists have been working under increasingly restrictive conditions. Authorities in several countries have limited reporters' movements, photo and live video coverage from sensitive locations. Some governments and armed groups have banned images of missile or drone strikes and other security-related sites. /</image:caption>
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<news:title>Iran hits US targets as Washington says probing wedding strike</news:title>
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<image:caption>Eastern Refinery located in Patenga, Chattogram</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Prime Minister Tarique Rahman spoke during the signing of a financing agreement for the modernization of the Eastern Refinery</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T03:56:59.668Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>New oil refinery to be built in Bangladesh after 58 years</news:title>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/international/americas/uc9r1kfb03</loc>
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<image:caption>US Vice President JD Vance reacts as he holds a press briefing, the first since Karoline Leavitt stepped down as press secretary, at the White House, in Washington, DS, US, 3 September, 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T03:29:48.503Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Iran war is not a war, US VP Vance says</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T03:05:10.837Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Govt faces rising spending pressure amid limited revenue</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-04T02:26:47.992Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Bangladeshis advised to book hotels before travelling to Kolkata</news:title>
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