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Is Sweetie, who waited 4 years for freedom, the woman executed in Saudi Arabia?
Is Sweetie, who waited 4 years for freedom, the woman executed in Saudi Arabia?

Is Sweetie, who waited 4 years for freedom, the woman executed in Saudi Arabia?

Sweetie Akter, from Tangail, went to Saudi Arabia nearly four years ago. For the first five months, she sent money home. Then, one day, she called her family and told them she had been taken to prison. She remained in regular contact with them afterwards. Even just 15 days before reports emerged that her death sentence had been carried out, Sweetie called home from prison. Her family says she did not mention anything about a death sentence during that conversation.

Natore bus-truck collision: 10 bodies identified; Probe body formed
Natore bus-truck collision: 10 bodies identified; Probe body formed

Natore bus-truck collision: 10 bodies identified; Probe body formed

Ten of the 14 people killed in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a sand-laden truck in Baraigram, Natore, have been identified. A seven-member probe committee has been formed to look into the cause. At least 30 others were injured. The dead include the drivers of both the bus and the truck.

PM calls for unity of all faiths to build Bangladesh together
PM calls for unity of all faiths to build Bangladesh together

PM calls for unity of all faiths to build Bangladesh together

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today called for a collective pledge by people of all faiths to build their desired Bangladesh together, saying his government wants to build the country with people of all faiths.

PM arrives in Rangpur to visit Durga Puja mandap
PM arrives in Rangpur to visit Durga Puja mandap

PM arrives in Rangpur to visit Durga Puja mandap

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in Rangpur this morning to visit Durga Puja mandaps on the occasion of ‘Maha Navami’, the ninth day of the Hindu community’s biggest religious festival Durga Puja.

Device found at Lalon Akhra identified as ‘time bomb’, sadhus and devotees leave the dham
Device found at Lalon Akhra identified as ‘time bomb’, sadhus and devotees leave the dham

Device found at Lalon Akhra identified as ‘time bomb’, sadhus and devotees leave the dham

Police have identified the suspicious device recovered from the venue of the 136th death anniversary programme of Fakir Lalon Shah at Cheuria in Kumarkhali of Kushtia as a ‘time bomb’. A bomb disposal expert team of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police defused the device on Monday morning. As panic spread over the incident, sadhus and devotees left the akhra premises.

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