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India's former external affairs state minister and renowned author MJ Akbar on Sunday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the victor of Bangladesh's second liberation war as she had liberated the country from dictatorship."Prime minister and prime leader Sheikh Hasina should be celebra...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said Dhaka does not pay heeds to what other countries are saying as Bangladesh maintains sovereign balanced foreign policy.“Who said what … this is their headache. We do maintain sovereign balanced foreign policy … rest, I don’t ...
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Bangladesh has recovered the deltaic region’s 29 near extinct fish species in the past 14 years and preserved them in the newly established Live Gene Bank to reproduce them along with other critically endangered fresh water fish varieties, officials said on nSunday.“Twenty nine nearly ex...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Sunday handed over honorary awards among army personnel for their heroic contribution to the peacekeeping mission of the United Nations (UN) and the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region. He handed over the awards as the chief guest at a function...
Country, Districts
A motorcyclist was killed as an unknown vehicle crushed his motorcycle in Fakirkandi area under sadar upazila on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Devdas Mollik, 40, hailed from Swarupkati Upazila in Pirojpur district. He was the Deputy Assistant Agriculture Officer of Upazila Agriculture office...
Valiant freedom fighter (FF) Ekram Hossain of Gohalbari village under Bholahat upazila passed away early on Thursday. He was 73.Ekram Hossain died at around 4 am while undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, family sources said. He left behind his wife, four sons, three daug...
Sports,Cricket
Bangladesh made a disappointing start to the three-match ODI series by suffering a 44-run defeat to New Zealand on DLS method in rain-hit first match at University of Otago Oval in Dunedin on Sunday.The match was reduced to 30 overs due to rain after which New Zealand which were asked to bat first, ...
National
Opener Ashiqur Rahman Shibli struck a brilliant century as Bangladesh Under-19 team crushed United Arab Emirates by 195 runs to clinch their maiden Under-19 Asia Cup at ICC Cricket Academy in Dubai today.The victory became sweeter more for the young Tigers, considering that they won the title as unb...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin today gave consent to deploy military personnel to help ensure free, fair and peaceful Jatiya Sangsad (JS) polls."The president consented to deploy members of armed forces division (AFD) for holding next polls in a free, fair and peaceful manner. . . The military ...
The Bangladesh Women's Cricket team kept making history in South Africa, as they registered their first victory against Proteas on their own den day when the nation was celebrating its Victory Day.In their previous eight meetings on South African soil, Bangladesh even couldn't make a minimum...
Pakistani troops surrendered to allied Indian and Bangladesh forces on December 16, 1971 evening after a brief negotiation, the prelude of which has been sketched by a former Indian military captain describing first moments of victor's interactions with the defeated army.The then young capt...
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Muhammad Imran has met with acting US Secretary of Labour Julie Su in Washington DC and had an exclusive interaction on various bilateral issues.The meeting took place on the sidelines of an event organized by the US Department of Labour in the US capital o...
‘Community Clinic’, a brainchild of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has already gained world repute beyond the boundary of Bangladesh.Earlier, this community based clinics used to provide 30 types of free medicines to people in rural remote areas but recently medicines for high blood press...
Three people including a driver were killed and five others injured in a triangular collision on Jamalpur-Tangail highway in the district on Friday.The deceased were identified as Anowar Hossian at village Chhatrapur in Dhanbari upazila under Tangail district, driver of the pick-up van Suja Mandol,3...
Bangladesh Army has rescued three members of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) who were abducted from Panchhari upazila of the district.On secret information, a team of Bangladesh Army, led by Khagrachhari Zone Commander Lt Col Abul Hasnat Jewel, conducted the drive in Tarabonchara area of...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Friday urged international community to project jute as the 'fiber of the future' as part of the green growth strategy that world is pursuing."We wish to see jute featured as a core element of 'Branding Bangladesh' in the br...
Business & Commerce
Bangladesh will be the second fastest-growing economy from among 46 countries next year, according to an annual economic outlook of Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI).The country's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow 6.3 percent in 2024 whereas India's expected growth is ...
Bangladesh are looking to secure their first ODI victory on New Zealand soil when they take on the hosts in three-match series opener on Sunday at University of Otago Oval in Dunedin. The match starts at 4 AM (Bangladesh Time) and will be aired live on Gazi TV and T Sports.Bangladesh were win-less o...
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said those involved in arson violence and uprooting rail line fish plates are the accomplices of the defeated forces of 1971, reiterating the pledge that the country would never be handed over to them."Those carrying out a...
A total of more 136 irregular Bangladeshi citizens, who were detained at Benghazi detention centre in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, on Thursday return home by a chartered flight of Buraq Air UZ-0222.With this, the total number of returnees rose to 534, a foreign ministry press release said on Thurs...
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