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Railway authorities should put in efforts to improve safety issues

YET another train collision in Lalmonirhat lays bare the appalling state of railway safety, constrained by mismanagement and institutional negligence. Two air-conditioned compartments of the Lalmoni Express derailed after it had collided with the Burimari–Parbatipur commuter train in the BDR Gate area on July 28. The incident left at least eight passengers injured, two of...

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Eight injured as trains collide head-on in Lalmonirhat

At least eight passengers sustained injuries, with two among them in critical condition, when two buggies of a passenger train derailed following a head-on collision with another passenger train in Lalmonirhat on Monday.

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Russia starts direct flights to N Korea

Russia on Sunday began direct commercial flights to North Korea, in a further sign of closer ties with its Asian ally helping its offensive in Ukraine...

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Russia seizes 2 villages in central Ukraine

Russia on Saturday said it had wrested two villages in Ukraine, including one in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, marking a fresh advance into an area largely spared seizures of land since Moscow launched its offensive in 2022...

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ICT training concludes with award ceremony at GAU

Gazipur Agricultural University hosted the closing and certificate-awarding ceremony of the ‘digital skills for students training programme at the Begum Sufia Kamal Auditorium of the university on Saturday...

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Rain, landslide kill 5 in Pakistan

A landslide triggered by torrential monsoon rains swept away cars in mountainous northern Pakistan, killing at least five people, with more vehicles buried under the debris, officials said Tuesday...

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MCCI mourns BAF jet crash incident

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka has expressed its profound shock and deepest sorrow at the tragic crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft into Milestone School and college campus in Uttara, Dhaka on Monday...

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Russia strikes Ukraine after Kyiv offers fresh talks

Russia fired a volley of drones and missiles at Ukraine early on Monday, hitting apartment blocks and a nursery in Kyiv, days after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky proposed holding a fresh round of peace talks...

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South Korea rain kills 17

Heavy rain in South Korea has killed at least 17 people in recent days, government records showed Sunday, while 11 remain unaccounted for in the intense downpours...

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Typhoon Wipha hits HK with strong winds, heavy rain

Hong Kong was battered by strong winds and heavy rain on Sunday as Typhoon Wipha skirted along China’s southern coast, with fallen trees and collapsed scaffolding spotted across the city...

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Bangladesh face Nepal in title decider today

Defending champions Bangladesh will face Nepal in the title-deciding match of the four-team double round-robin format SAFF Under-20 Women’s Championship 2025 at the Kings Arena Training Ground in the city today...

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Russian strikes kill 3 across Ukraine

Russian strikes killed three people across Ukraine on Saturday, authorities said, while Moscow had to briefly suspend trains in its southern Rostov region after an overnight drone attack by Kyiv...

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Ukraine evacuates 43 held at Russian-Georgian border

Ukraine said Saturday it had evacuated 43 of its citizens recently deported from Russia who were being held in Georgia in dire conditions, accusing Moscow of ‘weaponising’ deportations...

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Russia fires hundreds of drones at Ukraine

Russia fired hundreds of drones, artillery and a ballistic missile at Ukraine between late Tuesday and early Wednesday, Ukraine said, defying calls by Donald Trump to reach a peace deal.

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Four northern dists on flood alert

Low-lying areas in four northern districts may get flooded due to heavy to very heavy rainfall by today, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center’s special bulletin issued Tuesday afternoon...