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A cheerful return to work at the Secretariat after Eid, new year holidays

Dhaka, April 15 -- Government workers have returned to their offices at the Secretariat - the heart of the administration - after five days off for the Eid and Bangla New Year holidays. The work day ... Read More


Eid cheer returns to homes of freed MV Abdullah sailors

Dhaka, April 14 -- Eid day came and went, but there were no festivities at the homes of the MV Abdullah sailors who had been taken hostage by Somali pirates. Their families instead waited, anxiously, ... Read More


bdnews24.com rings in Bangla New Year 1431 with lively hangout, festive food

Dhaka, April 14 -- Leaders from politics, diplomacy, culture, literature and business joined bdnews24.com's Bangla New Year 1431 celebrations in Dhaka on the Bangladesh's festival of life - Pahela Bai... Read More


Somali pirates release hijacked ship MV Abdullah, all Bangladeshi sailors

Dhaka, April 14 -- The Bangladesh flag-bearing ship MV Abdullah and all of its sailors have been freed after it was hijacked by Somali pirates. The ship set off to Dubai from Somalia around 3am on Su... Read More


'You are free': moment Somali pirates release captured Bangladeshi ship and crew

Dhaka, April 14 -- It was 3am in Bangladesh. All 65 Somali pirates got off MV Abdullah one by one. They ventured into the dark of the night on nine boats. "You are free," the pirates told the sailors ... Read More


MV Abdullah sailors will head back to Bangladesh after 10 days

Dhaka, April 14 -- The MV Abdullah and its crew are set to arrive in Dubai on Apr 19 after their release by Somali pirates. It will take four to five days there for formalities to be completed before ... Read More


Rural Bangladesh's Baishakhi fairs: a tradition fading away

Dhaka, April 14 -- Every year on the first day of the Bangla calendar, known as Pahela Baishakh, the village of Bhadughar in Brahmanbaria hosts the Baruni or Banni fair on the banks of the Titas River... Read More


3 labourers killed in Brahmanbaria septic tank accident

Dhaka, April 14 -- Three labourers have died while working on a septic tank in Brahmanbaria's Nasirnagar. The incident occurred around 11am on Sunday in the Upazila's Guniauk Union at the home of Aha... Read More


Bangladesh set to ring in Pahela Baishakh 1431 with richness of human culture and heritage

Dhaka, April 14 -- Bangladeshis are all geared up to greet Pahela Boishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar, with a renewed message for the victory of humanity. They will sing "Eso He Baishakh" ... Read More


'Love you and missing you, Bangladesh': MV Abdullah's captain Atik Ullah Khan

Dhaka, April 14 -- Holding a green and red flag, MV Abdullah Chief Officer Atik Ullah Khan has sent a message of love to Bangladesh after he and his crew were freed from captivity. The 23 sailors on ... Read More