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Blanche Monnier Love Story
Blanche Monnier Love Story

Blanche Monnier Love Story

Blanche Monnier (1 March 1849 – 13 October 1913), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"), was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother and brother for 25 years. She was eventually found by police, then middle-aged and in emaciated and filthy condition; according to officials, Monnier had not seen any sunlight for her entire captivity.

25 air quality monitors to be installed in Dhaka: DNCC Administrator
25 air quality monitors to be installed in Dhaka: DNCC Administrator

25 air quality monitors to be installed in Dhaka: DNCC Administrator

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will install advanced air quality monitoring devices at 25 public locations across its jurisdiction with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, said DNCC Administrator Mohammad Azaz on Monday (May 5).