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  Myanmar junta to free 23,000 prisoners marking Buddhist New Year

  Agence France-Presse . Yangon | Updated at 05:43pm on April 17, 2021

  The junta is planning to release more than 23,000 prisoners nationwide, an official said on Saturday, even as the military continues to detain and issue...

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  Pahela Baishakh to be celebrated digitally today

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:30am on April 14, 2021

  The nation celebrates Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year 1428, today amid the fresh beginning of a weeklong nationwide shutdown to mitigate...

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  Pahela Baishakh to be celebrated digitally today

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:29am on April 14, 2021

  The nation celebrates Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year 1428, today amid the fresh beginning of a weeklong nationwide shutdown to mitigate...

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  Chhayanaut and identity building

  Saleque Khan | Updated at 12:00am on April 14, 2021

  THE beginning of large-scale celebrations of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year, may be date back to the observance of the...

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  All set to welcome Baishakh 1428 on limited scale

  Rakib Hasan | Updated at 10:58pm on April 12, 2021

  Bengali New Year 1428 will be welcomed on Wednesday through online and symbolic programmes as per decision of the government. Outdoor celebrations of Pahela Baishakh...

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  Sri Lanka: rationality is required for unity

  Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on January 14, 2021

  JUST over a year after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa took over the reins of governance, which the 20th amendment to the constitution has strengthened, the red...

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  BNP expects beautiful Bangladesh in new year

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:09pm on January 02, 2021

  Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that his party expects a beautiful Bangladesh in 2021. While speaking at a...

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  Mass rave in France breaks up amid virus fears

  Agence France-Presse . Rennes | Updated at 06:21pm on January 02, 2021

  Revellers on Saturday left an illegal New Year rave in northwestern France that had drawn some 2,500 people, led to clashes with police and sparked...

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  Mr Noodles introduces New Year Wish campaign

  | Updated at 12:58am on January 02, 2021

  Noodles brand Mr Noodles has introduced the New Year Wish campaign on the occasion of the New Year 2021, said a press release. Under the...

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  Textbook distribution begins

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 02:56pm on January 01, 2021

  Like the previous years, textbook distribution started on Friday among the students from class sixth to nine on the first day of the New Year....