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বাংলা E-Paper 📍 Dhaka 📅 Tuesday | 18 August 2026, 3 Bhadro 1433

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● PSC chairman Mobasser Monem resigns ● Voting after 35 yrs; no candidates withdraw: EC Secretary ● Education Minister hints at separate pay scale for teachers ● 3 more die with Measles symptoms, 1,061 infected ● BSC brings satellite internet to moving BRTC bus on trial ● Honest, competent officers should get more work opportunities: PM ● Pink buses to run on 9 specific routes

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3 Students Drown

CUET ponds declared ‘risky’, bathing banned

Following the deaths of three students, the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) has

Drowning kills over 9,600 each year in BD: WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) has called for accelerated action to prevent drowning in Bangladesh, warning

Dhaka’s water paradox: Drowning above, drying below

Joy Halder; Sanzida Khan

Dhaka receives approximately 2,000 mm of rain every year-almost three times the amount London gets.

Editor : Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury

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