US proud to partner with Bangladesh : Blinken on Independence Day

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is teetering on the brink of collapse due to its continuous aversion to elections and following imposed decisions.

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Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said legal steps will be taken to bring back fugitive convicts BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman.

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Lieutenant Colonel (retd) AKM Sufiul Anam, a UN official who was abducted in southern Yemen in February 2022, expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

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World Bank (WB) Executive Director Parameswaran Iyer on Thursday said developing countries can follow Bangladesh's development model as he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital.

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According to a Cabinet Division notice, the national flag should now be positioned at a specific point on the flagpole in the half-mast position, precisely one-quarter below the pole's top.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced 12 more districts and 123 upazilas homeless and landless free as she distributed 22,101 more houses with lands under her dream Ashrayan project, designed and being implemented by her to alleviate poverty. "I am declaring 12 more districts and 123 upazilas homeless and landless free in the country," she said while joining virtually a house distribution ceremony among the beneficiaries from her official Ganabhaban residence here this morning.

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Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader left Dhaka on Friday for Singapore for his regular health checkup.

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The 93rd birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being observed today (August 8) in a befitting manner across the country. President and Prime Minister have issued separate messages on the eve of the 93rd birth anniversary of Bangamata.

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It has been decided to repeal the much discussed Digital Security Act-2018. It will now be replaced by the name 'Cyber Security Act-2023', said Law Minister Anisul Haque.

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The 93rd birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed tomorrow (Tuesday) in a befitting manner across the country.

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Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Forum, a body of pro-BNP lawyers, yesterday brought out flag processions at different bar association premises including that of the Supreme Court protesting the August 2 court verdict in a corruption case against BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman.

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Addressing the grassroots leaders at the ongoing special extended meeting of Awami League, the party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader said, "Don't be afraid. There is no reason to fear. We are still bigger in number than them [BNP]."

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Richard Nephew, coordinator of the US State Department’s Global Anti-Corruption Division, is coming to Dhaka tonight (August 6).

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Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said BNP is deadlier than dengue in many cases and this party should be resisted as like as this deadly disease.

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The Bangladesh government has declared four transhipment routes for Indian traders in Tripura and other northeastern states, Press Trust of India (PTI) reports quoting a minister of Tripura.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the Netherlands by offering lands to make investment in the country's shipbuilding sector. "If you (Netherlands) wish, we can give you places for drydocks (in Bangladesh)," she told Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Bangladesh Anne Van Leeuwen, as he paid outgoing courtesy call on the premier at the latter's office in the city.

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Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has reiterated his firm statement that the party remains unaffected by any international pressure in the run-up to the 12th National Assembly elections.

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BNP acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman will file an appeal petition against a graft case verdict after returning home. They will not now file any appeal petition.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated Bangladesh’s largest solar power plant, set up in Sundarganj Upazila of Gaibandha, at a grand rally in Rangpur.

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Twelve more people died of dengue and 2,711 infected patients admitted to hospital from Tuesday 8 am to Wednesday 8 am.

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The grand rally of the ruling Awami League (AL) started at Rangpur Zilla School ground as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to join the rally around 3 pm today. The premier arrived at Rangpur cantonment helipad by a helicopter at 01:13 PM as she was escorted to the Circuit House where she is scheduled to hold a meeting with Rangpur divisional government officials.

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The expatriate Bangladeshis sent remittances of around $197.30 crore (equivalent to about Tk 21,407 crore) in July, the first month of the current fiscal year 2023-24.

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The August 15 carnage is the ugliest chapter of the nation's history as the self-confessed killers assassinate the nation's founding father alone and kill 16 other members of his family, friends and relatives.

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During the first 28 days of July, Bangladeshi remitters sent home nearly $1.75 billion, marking a hopeful sign for the economy amid the ongoing dollar crisis.   

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Eight more patients died of dengue infection and 2,731 were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).  

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Fifty more model mosques and Islamic cultural centres across the country are ready for inauguration. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the mosques cum Islamic cultural centres on Sunday, an official of Religious Affairs Ministry on Saturday said.

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Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said leaders of the ruling Awami League took to the streets today to help the police as the law enforcers were getting injured from attacks by BNP activists. 

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Detective Police have released BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy from custody following his detention during a clash between law enforcers and party members in the capital’s Dholaikhal on Saturday afternoon.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (29 July) said that the country's young generation would be the key force in building Smart Bangladesh. "Our young generation would be the most skilled manpower in each field in building Smart Bangladesh," she said while inaugurating the first-ever two-day Bangladesh Startup Summit-2023 in the city's Hotel InterContinental as the chief guest.

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The leaurday. ders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) locked into a clash with police at Dholaikhal intersection in the capital Dhaka after they started their sit-in programme there around 11:30am on Sat

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