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Durga Puja being celebrated with grand festivity in Cumilla
The grand celebration of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival for Hindus, is in full swing in Cumilla with great festivity. This year, the puja is being held at 748 puja mandaps across the district, with a high level of security ensuring safety at all venues. Devotees visiting the mandaps are in a festive spirit, and the vibrant decorations are drawing everyone's attention.
Country's largest Durga idol immersion ceremony to take place in Cox's Bazar.
Preparations are underway in Cox's Bazar for the largest Durga idol immersion ceremony in Bangladesh. Hundreds of idols will be brought from various pandals across the district to Laboni Point on Cox's Bazar beach for immersion on October 13, following the conclusion of Vijayadashami. Along with this grand event, millions of people are expected to gather at the beach to witness the immersion. Final preparations are in full swing at the beach.
Han Kang's Nobel win symbolises strength in facing mental anguish
In 2024, South Korean novelist Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is the 18th female writer to receive the award and the 121st laureate in literature since the Nobel Prize's inception. According to the Nobel Committee, she was awarded this year's Nobel Prize for her "deeply poetic prose, endowed with the strength to confront historical trauma and the ability to reveal the fragility of human life."
Durga Puja at 31 mandaps in Bandarban
In the seven upazilas of Bandarban, Durga Puja festivities have been organized at 31 puja mandaps for the followers of the Sanatan (Hindu) religion. As in previous years, the largest puja mandap in Dakkhin Chattogram has been constructed at the local Rajar Math in the district headquarters, modeled after a royal palace.
Number of puja mandaps in Sylhet decreases by 41 this year
This year, the number of puja mandaps in Sylhet has decreased by 41. While 466 mandaps hosted Durga Puja in Sylhet district last year, this year the number has dropped to 426. However, in the metropolitan area, the number has increased by two. Last year, 151 mandaps hosted puja in the metropolitan area, but this year the number has risen to 153.
Relief money in bank as flood victims starve
I am afraid all the time, if it rains a little, I get scared. I have been trapped in the water with two babies for about a month and a half. The fear of snakes is also increasing and almost everyone in the area is suffering from diarrhea. We are living from hand to mouth somehow.
Dhaka's canal water no longer flows into rivers
Dhaka was once full of natural beauty, at the root of which were hundreds of canals crisscrossing the city, connected with Buriganga, Shitalakshya, Turag and Balu rivers flowing around the city. With the passage of time, most of the canals of this city have literally vanished into thin air. All the canals disappeared in the name of conventional development. The few that remain are also critically endangered
'We don't want relief, we want permanent solution to waterlogging'
Alo Mati Das, Prakash Das, Ganesh Das, and Alauddin Gazi from Panchrokhi village, Abdul Khaleq from Modonpur village, Subashi Das from Sumajdipur village, and Momin Sheikh, Shamima Akhter, Salma Begum, Asma Begum, Alamgir Hossain, and Achiya Begum from Shirashuni village expressed their desire for a permanent solution to the waterlogging that has trapped them in their homes.
Kolkata take steps to use Bangla on signboards
After the Indian Government granted classical language status to Bengali, Kolkata municipality has taken initiatives to use Bangla at all levels including the signboards of shops and business establishments.
PPs, GPs avoid hearings due to security concerns
Although two months have passed since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, over 500 Public Prosecutors (PPs) and Government Pleaders (GPs), appointed during that administration, have yet to participate in hearings in Dhaka's judicial courts. As a result, the judicial activities of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Judicial Magistrate, and Metropolitan Sessions Judge courts, among others, have come to a standstill.
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