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UN members urged to aid families of journalists killed by COVID-19
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 04:08pm on February 27, 2021
The Press Emblem Campaign has called on all United Nations member states to extend financial aid to the families of media staff who died of...
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CPJ suggests probe into Mushtaq’s death
New Age Online | Updated at 06:50pm on February 26, 2021
The United States-based organisation Committee to Protect Journalists suggested the Bangladeshi authorities should conduct a swift, transparent, and independent investigation into the death of writer...
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Two dead as Myanmar police open fire on protesters
Agence France-Presse . Yangon | Updated at 07:26pm on February 20, 2021
At least two were killed in Myanmar’s second largest city as security forces fired live rounds on protestors, emergency workers and doctors said Saturday —...
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Journalist Shaheen Reza Noor passes away
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 05:22pm on February 13, 2021
Eminent journalist and former president of ‘Projonmo-71’, Shaheen Reza Noor passed away at a hospital in Vancouver, Canada at about 10:40am (Bangladesh time) on Saturday,...
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200 missing in India after glacier burst causes flash flooding
Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 06:19pm on February 07, 2021
At least 200 people are missing in northern India after a piece of Himalayan glacier fell into a river, causing a torrent that buried two...
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484 killed in road accidents in January: report
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 04:51pm on February 06, 2021
At least 484 people were killed and 673 injured in 427 road accidents in January, said a report on Saturday. In the month, 14 more...
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133 journos die of COVID-19 in Jan in world
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:04pm on February 03, 2021
Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign announced on Wednesday that 133 more journalists and media workers died of COVID-19 in 63 countries in January. With this 133,...
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Five die after taking toxic liquor in Bogura
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Bogura | Updated at 09:27pm on February 01, 2021
At least five people died after taking spurious liquor in Phulbari and Katnarpara area in Bogura on Sunday night. The deceased were Ramzan Ali, 60,...
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Indian medical student ‘commits suicide’ in Rajshahi
RU Correspondent | Updated at 08:44pm on January 23, 2021
An Indian medical student allegedly committed suicide at Barind Medical College in Rajshahi early Saturday. The deceased is Zafar Sharif, a fifth semester student at...
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Four of a family die in Narayanganj fire
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Narayanganj | Updated at 08:09pm on January 23, 2021
Four members of a family died in a fire incident presumably caused by electric cables in Kumartek area of Rupganj upazila on Friday night. The...