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Dhaka most polluted city in the world
Dhaka is the most polluted city in the world, and air pollution is the main cause for respiratory issues, said Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday.
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Torture, abuse, separation: Story of domesticating elephants
People of greater Sylhet and Chittagong Hill Tracts regions are familiar with domesticated elephants being used to pull trees down the hills, in circuses and at various social events.
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38 days of fresh air in 6 years
Residents of the capital have inhaled clean air for only 38 days in the last six years, found a study, highlighting the gravity of the air pollution that over two crore people of the city are exposed to every day.
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Trucker held over death of van-puller
Rab on Wednesday detained the driver of a truck from Chandgaon area of port city, after a van-puller was killed by his truck in the capital’s Bailey Road area on January 24.
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Abrar Murder Case: HC accepts 17 jail appeals for hearing
The High Court yesterday accepted the jail appeals of 17 death-row convicts in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case for hearing.
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‘One has no licence, another on drugs’
One of the two buses, which crushed a teenage boy in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area on January 20, was being driven by a helper who has no driving licence.
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Country marching towards progress
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that Bangladesh is marching towards progress at an overwhelming pace, dispelling pessimists’ takes on the country’s future.
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‘Stop plastic use, save Kuakata’
Demanding an end to the use of disposable plastics to protect the environment of Kuakata beach, a memorandum signed by 2,783 people was handed over to the Patuakhali deputy commissioner (DC) on Tuesday.
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‘Tis the season to eat molasses
It’s a relatively small window. For four months a year, from mid-November to March, farmers who sell molasses from date juice hit their peak.
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700 acres submerged
Once Nurul Haque used to cultivate different types of crops in his land all around the year.
