A couple was found dead at a hotel in Foy's Lake area of the Chattogram port city on Monday.

The deceased were identified as Md Ripon and Sonia.

They checked into Royel's Park Hotel on Sunday night introducing themselves as a married couple.

Kamruzzaman, Officer-in-Charge of Akbarshah Police Station, said getting no response from the room of the couple, the hotel authorities informed the matter to police who recovered the bodies around 11:00am.

However, efforts are underway to know their detailed addresses, he said.

"It is still unclear how the couple died. However, an investigation is ongoing to unearth the mystery behind the incident," said OC Kamruzzaman.

The bodies were taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsy.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Washington DC, the USA capital city, this afternoon after joining the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session and other high-level side and bilateral events in New York.

She reached Washington DC from New York by road at 6pm.

On her arrival in Washington DC, Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Muhammad Imran received the premier with a flower bouquet, reports BSS.

Earlier, she left her Place of Residence, Lotte New York for Washington DC at 12:30pm.

She arrived in New York on September 17.

The prime minister will leave Washington DC for London, the capital city of the United Kingdom, on September 29.

She will stay in London till October 3.

After wrapping up her visit, the prime minister will leave London for home and scheduled to reach Dhaka on October 4.

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"An MoU will be signed between the National Payments Corporation of India and the Bangladesh Bank to make transactions in rupees and taka between Bangladesh and India easier," said the foreign minister in a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Thursday.

Besides, the neighbouring countries are likely to sign two more memorandums of understanding regarding cooperation in agricultural researches, and extension of the existing cultural exchange programme for two years, said the foreign minister.

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