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বাংলা E-Paper 📍 Dhaka 📅 Saturday | 17 October 2026, 1 Kartik 1433 PID registration number 06

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● Durga Puja being celebrated with record funding, security: Home Minister ● President extends Durga Puja greetings to Hindu community ● Welfare of humanity a core teaching of all religions: PM ● Maha Shashthi: story behind Durga’s awakening ● Cockroach Party chief Abhijit Dipke detained again ● Five more die with measles symptoms, 1,210 hospitalised ● Four die of dengue, 1,181 hospitalised in 24 hours

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Published : Saturday, 17 October, 2026 at 12:00 AM

FESTIVE SPIRIT: Hindu devotees throng Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka to worship Goddess Durga on Maha Shashthi, marking the beginning of Durga Puja on Friday. (Inset) Security personnel stand guard at the temple amid tight security arrangements.PHOTO: OBSERVER

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Editor : Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury

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