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STAFF REPORTER The government has decided to rename seven cultural institutions across Bangladesh—currently operating under different titles—with the aim of preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of the country’s khudro nri-gosthi (small ethnic groups). The new unified name will be Jati Boichitro Institute (Institute of Ethnic Diversity). The decision was confirmed Continue Reading
BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT A retired army member, Rezaul Karim, 43, was killed in a road accident on Tuesday morning after a bus hit his motorcycle in the Meghla Talukdarpara area on the Bandarban–Keranihat road. Karim, a resident of Shekherkhilla in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar and the son of the late Badiul Alam, was travelling towards […]Continue Reading
BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT At least nine people, including two tobacco farmers and seven farm workers, were abducted at gunpoint from a remote area of Lama upazila in Bandarban early Monday. The incident took place around 1:00am in the Lemupalong area of Sroi Union, said police and local sources. The abducted farmers have been identified as Md […]Continue Reading