Biden`s selfie with PM Hasina signals BNP`s retreat : Quader

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting at the Hotel Hilton Sandton here this evening on the sidelines of the 15th BRICS Summit on Wednesday (23 August).

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The opposition BNP has announced a two-day fresh protest program to press home its one-point demand - the resignation of the Awami League government.

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Dhaka's air quality was in the moderate zone on Wednesday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 87 at 9:05am, Dhaka ranked 15th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.

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The ruling Awami League will hold a youth-focused rally on the first day of September and another one the next day. Party chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will speak as chief guest at both gatherings, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said after a meeting at the Dhaka district Awami League office in Tejgaon on Tuesday afternoon. 

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Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said BNP killed about 22,000 AL leaders and activists during its regime from 2001-2006 when there was no room for democracy in the country.

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The trial of the case filed against Nobel Laureate and Grameen Telecom Chairman Dr Muhammad Yunus and three others over violations of labour laws began at a Dhaka court today (August 22).

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Jatiya Party Chief Patron Raushan Ershad today declared herself the chairman of the opposition party amid incumbent Chairman GM Quader's ongoing three-day visit to India.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep sadness over the devastation and loss of lives in a deadly wildfire in the Hawaiian island of Maui in the United States.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will arrive in Dhaka on September 7 on a two-day visit before attending the G-20 Summit in India. During his visit, he will make a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and hold an official meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen, a diplomatic source confirmed.

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The death from dengue fever in the country is increasing. In the last 24 hours, Bangladesh saw hospitalization of 2,097 dengue patients.

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Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today called Zia family as killer family for its direct link to gruesome killings like August-15, 1975 and August-21, 2004, saying the killers won't be allowed to reign over Bangladesh anymore. "Zia family means a killer family. The killers will not be allowed to reign over Bangladesh anymore," she said. The prime minister said this while presiding over a discussion organised by the AL at its Bangabandhu Avenue central office here marking the 19th anniversary of the heinous grenade attacks on the party's anti-terrorism rally on August 21, 2004.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid tribute to the victims of August 21 grenade attack by placing wreaths at a makeshift memorial built in front of Awami League's central office on Bangabandhu Avenue.

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On this day 19 years ago, a gruesome grenade attack was carried out in a rally of the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka’s Bangabandhu Avenue. 

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Among the four schemes introduced under the Universal Pension Scheme (UPS), the Progoti scheme, which is for private sector employees, has secured the highest number of enrollers so far.

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Ten more people have died of dengue in the last 24 hours in the country. At the same time, 2,134 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country. With this, the number of dengue deaths this year rose to 476.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government wanted Bangladesh to continue journey towards development and prosperity. "Despite Bangladesh is having to face natural and man-made disasters like arson terrorism, we want country's continued journey towards development," she said while inaugurating the newly constructed 15-storey Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Bhaban and 13-storey Information Commission Bhaban.

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The next three to four months before the national elections will be challenging for the government, Roads Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today.

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Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday announced that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the metro rail services on the Agargaon-Motijheel route in Dhaka on October 20.

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Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Saturday said India stands beside Bangladesh as a "steadfast partner" and committed to supporting its aspirations for a "peaceful, prosperous, and inclusive" future.

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Thirteen more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 466 this year.

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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia will return home from Evercare Hospital in the capital on Monday or Tuesday.

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Twenty-three sacks of taka were found in eight donation vaults of Kishoreganj's historical Pagla Mosque on Saturday morning. Now, counting is going.

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A possible meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit is expected to pave the way for inclusion of Bangladesh as new member of the grouping of five emerging economies -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

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At least nine more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease.

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A large numbers of leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) joined the  party's mass processions in the city demanding their one-point demand for hold the next general election under non-party caretaker government.

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Awami League General Secretary and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said, 'Awami League wants peaceful elections. And BNP wants to obstruct the election. BNP is a terrorist group, they are carrying out fascist activities in the name of democracy. So it remains to be seen who the ban and visa policy will be applied to.

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Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has written a letter to US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, expressing his deep sadness over the loss of lives and destruction of properties caused by a catastrophic wildfire in the Hawaiian Island of Maui, USA.

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The earthquake that struck Dhaka last Monday measured 5.5 on the Richter scale, making it the most powerful among earthquakes originating within the country over the last 20 years.

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Different anti-government parties and alliances, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), will hold public processions simultaneously in different parts of Dhaka demanding the resignation of the government today, Friday. The BNP will hold public processions in two parts of the city at 3:00 pm.

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State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam today urged the United States to hand over Bangabandhu's self-confessed convicted killer Rashed Chowdhury, showing respect to the law of Bangladesh.

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