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National Citizen Party to begin activities by paying tribute to Liberation War martyrs, July Uprising victims

Dhaka, March 4 -- The newly formed National Citizen Party, or NCP, has announced that it will formally begin its activities on Tuesday by paying respects to the martyrs of Bangladesh's Liberation War ... Read More


BUET student Abrar Fahad to receive Independence Award posthumously

Dhaka, March 3 -- Abrar Fahad, a student at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, or BUET, who was beaten to death by a group of Chhatra League leaders and activists in 2019, will be po... Read More


Bangladesh's ADP drops 18pc with biggest cuts in health and education

Dhaka, March 3 -- In the slow process of implementing development projects, a large amount of allocation has been cut in the main Annual Development Programme, or ADP, of the current fiscal year. The... Read More


Former ambassador, freedom fighter Mohiuddin Ahmed dies at 88

Dhaka, March 3 -- Former ambassador and freedom fighter Mohiuddin Ahmed has died at the age of 88 in a hospital in Dhaka. The retired diplomat succumbed to multiple age-related ailments on Sunday, hi... Read More


Jamaat-e-Islami chief slates Amartya Sen for 'defending tyranny'

Dhaka, March 3 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has launched a scathing attack on Indian Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen over his remarks expressing concern about Bangladesh's current sit... Read More


Bangabandhu satellite set for name change

Dhaka, March 3 -- The interim government has decided to change the name of Bangabandhu-1, the country's first geostationary satellite, to Bangladesh Satellite-1. The name change has been greenlit by ... Read More


Soyabean oil supply will normalise in two days, says commerce advisor

Dhaka, March 3 -- The supply of soyabean oil will return to normal within the next two days, says Sheikh Bashir Uddin, the interim government's advisor to the Ministry of Commerce. He made the remark... Read More


Teacher candidates call off protest, head back to join schools after SC ruling

Dhaka, March 3 -- Thrilled by the Supreme Court's ruling, the candidates whose appointments as assistant teachers at government primary schools in Dhaka and Chattogram were scrapped by the High Court ... Read More


BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir hospitalised

Dhaka, March 3 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been admitted to Gulshan's United Hospital, according to party spokesman Shairul Kabir Khan. "Sir was hospitalised yesterday [S... Read More


Anisul, Salman among 6 arrested in fresh cases

Dhaka, March 3 -- A court has approved the arrests of six people, including former ministers Anisul Huq and Qamrul Islam, over the killing of Atiqul Islam in Dhaka's Kafrul. Anisul has also been impl... Read More