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February 20, 2026 21:20 UTC

Mayor Mikes Bordes speaks with The Laconia Daily Sun after his first few weeks in office at City Hall on Wednesday. (Gabriel Perry/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)

February 20, 2026 20:58 UTC

“100%,” Jones said when asked if there’s a playoff feel surrounding the final four games of the regular season. All action will stream live on ESPN+, and live updates will be provided by @DailySunSports on X.NPI Check-InDespite its setbacks from last weekend, Cornell still sits solidly positioned in the national percentage index at 10th. Scouting the OpponentsAs Jones said, Quinnipiac is one of the best, if not the best, teams Cornell has faced this season. “They're a really good line rush team, good faceoff team,” Jones said. Princeton’s 31 points heading into the weekend have it sitting in fifth place, just trailing Harvard in fourth with 32.

February 20, 2026 20:57 UTC

To implement policy-2012 on preventing coaching business by teachers of educational institutions, a 10-member sub-committee has been formed in Rajshahi. According to the notification, the coaching business conducted by teachers of educational institutions is creating inequality in the education system and negatively affecting classroom-based teaching. Other members, by virtue of their positions, include the principals of Rajshahi Education Board Government Model School and College and Rajshahi Government Model School and College; the head teachers of Rajshahi Collegiate School, Government Laboratory High School, Government Promothonath Girls’ High School, Government Girls’ High School (Helenabad), Siroil Government High School, and Haji Muhammad Mohsin Government High School. Golam Mostafa Mamun, member secretary of the sub-committee, said, “Rajshahi has long been known as an education city. Coaching business by teachers of educational institutions is in no way acceptable.

February 20, 2026 20:42 UTC

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman paid tribute to the language martyrs at the first hour of Amar Ekushey February, observed as Great Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day, by placing a wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar early Saturday. At 12:08am, the prime minister laid a wreath at the altar of the Shaheed Minar in memory of the heroic martyrs of the Language Movement. Before the prime minister paid his tribute, President Mohammed Shahabuddin placed a wreath at the Shaheed Minar and stood in silence in honor of the language martyrs. Following the president and the prime minister, cabinet members and other important dignitaries placed wreaths at the Shaheed Minar one by one. Tight security measures were taken in and around the Shaheed Minar centering on the prime minister’s visit and tribute.

February 20, 2026 20:42 UTC





The dredging itself takes place far away in the Pashur River, but the sand ends up here. With fields buried and fish habitats destroyed, many of the village’s men have been forced to migrate for work. She no longer casts her nets — there are hardly any fish now — and her husband has left in search of work. Across Kata Khal, women are bearing the burden of abandoned homes, lost incomes, and the growing emotional toll of isolation. In Joymonir Ghol, development has arrived — but at a cost borne almost entirely by women, every single day.

February 20, 2026 20:42 UTC

A fertilizer businessman was killed and his two sons were critically injured when an oil-laden tanker hit their motorcycle in Kabirhat upazila of Noakhali on Friday. Shafiq, 60, son of late Mominul Haque and a resident of Sundalpur Union, reports BSS. According to local sources and police, the accident occurred around 11:00 am in the Transmitter area of Sundalpur Union on the Sonapur-Kabirhat Road. A Kabirhat-bound Jamuna Oil tanker lost control and struck the motorcycle carrying Shafiq and his two sons. Locals rescued the duo immediately and rushed them to the 250-bed Noakhali General Hospital, where their condition is reported to be critical.

February 20, 2026 20:42 UTC

At the very start of Ramadan, prices of lemon have increased sharply in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar mainly due to supply crunch and high demand. Traders said that lemon is being sold at prices ranging between Tk 40 and Tk 150 per hali, depending on their quality and size. Limited supply and high demand during the holy month of Ramadan were driving up the prices, they added. Visit to lemon wholesale markets in Sreemangal on Friday morning showed a steep rise in lemon prices. However, he noted that Sreemangal lemons remain popular for their quality and juiciness, sustaining strong demand.

February 20, 2026 20:42 UTC

President Mohammed Sahabuddin paid tribute to the language martyrs by placing a wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar at the first hour of Amar Ekushey February, Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day. At 12:01am on Saturday (February 21), the president laid a wreath at the altar of the Shaheed Minar in memory of the brave martyrs of the Language Movement. After placing the wreath, he stood in silence for some time while a mournful tune was played on the bugle. Earlier, at 11:55pm, the president arrived at the Central Shaheed Minar premises, where he was received by the concerned authorities. Tight security measures were taken in and around the Shaheed Minar centering on the president’s arrival and the tribute ceremony.

February 20, 2026 20:42 UTC

RANGPUR, Feb 20, 2026 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested a fugitive death row convict in a Rangpur murder case from the Badarganj municipality area under Badarganj police station of Rangpur district on Thursday afternoon. The arrested convict is Shafi Uddin, 60, son of late Kafil Uddin of village Khamar Kursha under Mithapukur police station of Rangpur district, said a press release here this noon. Earlier, he was sentenced to death as the main accused in the GR murder case no 10 field against him at Mithapukur police station of Rangpur district on July 13, 1995. On a tip off, a smart team of the RAB-13's Crime Prevention Specialised Company (CPSC) from Rangpur arrested the fugitive death row convict Shafi Uddin from the Badarganj municipality area at 3:15 pm on Thursday. The arrested convict has been handed over to Mithapukur police station for further legal action.

February 20, 2026 20:21 UTC

Can true crime function as a form of principled reporting, or do the commercial and entertainment gains its consumers and producers receive from victims make ethical true crime impossible? For many true crime consumers, their engagement with true crime media is not simply passive. Amid the controversy over true crime’s harm to victims, there is a way for true crime content to have the opposite effect. For example, true crime YouTuber Kendall Rae created the Higher Hope Foundation, which aims to support crime victims and their families. The moment true crime media promotes harm to victims, encourages future criminals or ceases to serve any benefit to those impacted, is the moment true crime becomes the immoral vice it is so often claimed to be.

February 20, 2026 20:04 UTC

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February 20, 2026 19:50 UTC

BOSTON (AP) — It looks like pure play: a harbor seal gleefully chasing a rubber duck. But for Reggae at the New England Aquarium in Boston, the toy is part of a training routine meant to keep him learning. Rebekah Miller, the aquarium’s manager of the pinniped area overseeing the Atlantic harbor seals and California sea lions, said enrichment is central to the seals’ daily lives. The aquarium’s Atlantic harbor seals are among its most recognizable residents, living in a 42,000-gallon outdoor exhibit on the front plaza. Many trace their lineage to Hoover, a harbor seal born in 1971 who was raised by a Maine fisherman after he lost his mother.

February 20, 2026 19:43 UTC

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February 20, 2026 19:34 UTC

While I was reading, something occurred to me: The administration, not the students, should run the University. It seems as if students at many of our universities expect to dictate policy to faculty and administration. However, if the University does something of which they disapprove, welcome to the real world. The University should not tolerate acts of vandalism, assault of fellow students or disruption of the mission of the University. Bradford Garrigues Sr. '77 is an alumnus of the Nolan School of Hotel Administration.

February 20, 2026 19:18 UTC