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Hasina emerges as a time-winning statesman: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday said Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has turned into a time-winning statesman crossing the boundary of an ordinary politician, reports BSS. "From a struggling leader, she (Sheikh Hasina) is now a time-winning statesman," he told the...

Mahbubul Alam Hanif speaking at a function

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif speaking at a function on the occasion of the party president Sheikh Hasina's Homecoming Day organised by the Bangladesh Krishok League at Bangabandhu Avenue in the city on Sunday — Focus Bangla

UNHCR underlines strong global support for Rohingyas

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has called for renewed international commitment, support and solidarity for the Rohingyas ahead of next Tuesday's donor conference and launch of the 2021 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis, reports UNB.The 2021 JRP brings together the efforts of the government of Bangladesh,...

PM greets freedom fighters on Eid

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday greeted all the freedom fighters (FFs) of the country on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB.Like other occasions, the Prime Minister sent flowers, fruits and sweetmeats to the war-wounded freedom fighters and members of the martyred families at Martyred and War-wounded Freedom Fighters' Rehabilitation...

No Eid joy for BNP over a decade: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said their party leaders and activists have not been able to feel the joy of Eid for a decade as they have been subjected to killing, enforced disappearance and other repressive acts, reports UNB. "Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated today (Friday) through...

Documentary show marking Hasina's Homecoming Day begins today

A two-day documentary exhibition will begin today (Monday) marking the four decades of homecoming of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the premises of Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi road number 32 in the city Sunday, reports BSS.AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader...

Farakka Long March still relevant in BD: IFC

Recalling the historic Farakka Long March Day, the International Farakka Committee (IFC) on Sunday urged Dhaka and Delhi to sign a treaty to keep 54 common rivers flowing through the two countries from their sources to the sea, reports UNB.Diversion of water by constructing dams for short-term benefits is killing...

‘Hasina: A Daughter's Tale’ to be rescreened today on TV channels

Acclaimed both locally and globally, the docudrama titled "Hasina: A Daughter's Tale", will be rescreened on BTV and BTV World at 3:30 pm on her Homecoming Day on May 17, reports BSS. Some private television channels will also screen the visual. On this day in 1981, Sheikh Hasina, now the...

Hasan Mahmud slams Israeli atrocities

Strongly denouncing the Israeli attacks on the Palestinians, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud Sunday questioned whether Israel was above all international laws, reports BSS."Israeli brutality on the Palestine people during Ramadan, even on the Eid day and later has crossed all the barbarism of the past. Still silence...

Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan Chy remanded in violence case

CHATTOGRAM, May 16 (UNB): A Chattogram court on Saturday placed Shahjahan Chowdhury, a former MP and central leader of Jammat-e-Islam, on a three-day remand in the case over Hefazat's violence in Hathazari upazila.Judicial magistrate Shahriar Iqbal passed the order when police sought a 7-day remand to interrogate him, said district...