Language Movement veteran and journalist Yusuf Kalu passed away at a hospital in Barishal on Monday due to old age complications. He was 91.

Language Movement veteran and journalist Yusuf Kalu passed away at a hospital in Barishal on Monday due to old age complications. He was 91.
The historic 6-point programme announced after the 1965 India-Pakistan War was the turning point that showed the people the dream of self-determination.
Not only is it Bangabandhu’s birthday – that political giant of a man, the taller of the tallest heroes, who triggered independence for Bangladesh back in 1971.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic March 7.
The historic March 7 will be observed on Sunday commemorating the landmark speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Dhaka, Jan 12 –The Police Headquarters on Tuesday submitted a report to the High Court (HC) stating that proper measures have been taken to ensure the safety of all sculptures and murals of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman across the country.
Dhaka, Jan 10 – The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed across the country on Sunday.
Dhaka, Jan 9 – The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed on Sunday.
Dhaka, Jan 08 – The Liberation War Museum (LWM) has reopened its doors to general visitors from Friday at its permanent venue located in Agargaon in the capital following health directives, after being closed for the past nine months.
Dhaka, Nov 22 – BNP senior leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said their party will celebrate the golden jubilee of the country’s independence with a year-long programme in 2021, aiming to ‘restore the original spirit’ of the Liberation…
Jerusalem, Xinhua/UNB, Nov 10 – Israeli archaeologists unearthed a 1,000-year-old pottery juglet containing four gold coins in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Monday.
Freedom Fighters can now use ‘Bir’ before their names. The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs on Thursday issued a gazette notification in this regard.
Dhaka, Oct 18 – The monthly honorarium for a freedom fighter is going to be raised to Tk 20,000 from Tk 12,000 in the current fiscal year as a proposal in this regard has recently been sent to the Finance…
Archaeologists in Egypt announced the discovery of 59 well preserved ancient coffins, sealed 2500 years ago.
The government has decided to establish ‘Bangabandhu Research Center for Foreign Policy and Diplomacy’ in the ‘Mujib Borsho’ to keep Bangabandhu’s association with Sugandha alive in the minds of the successive generations.
Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission has announced the discovery of ancient human and animal footprints dating back more than 120,000 years in Tabuk in northern Saudi Arabia, reports Xinhua.
Dhaka, Sept 16 – After six months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has decided to reopen all museums and heritage sites under the Department of Archaeology on a limited scale from Wednesday.
Two gold nuggets worth around A$350,000 (£190,000; US$250,000) have been discovered by a pair of diggers in southern Australia.
Istanbul, AP/UNB, July 11 – Turkey has finally announced the reconversion of Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia into a mosque and opened it for worship, drawing huge outcry across the world.
Argentine paleontologists have uncovered fossilized remains of a rare species of frog that lived two million years ago, the science and technology agency at the La Matanza national university said Monday.
Austrian authorities have presented the winning plan to redesign the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889, turning it into a police station and trying to make it unattractive as a pilgrimage site for people who glorify the Nazi…
The 121st birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed in the country on Monday. But unlike previous years, there will be no public function this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. The day also coincides with…
The spread of coronavirus left hundreds of thousands of workers without a job and forced hungry workers to work without sufficient safety gears as the world marks the international labour day.With the virus far from vanquished, more countries and states…
The historic Mujibnagar Day will be observed on Friday marking the oath-taking ceremony of country’s first government on April 17, 1971.
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the great leader.
Dhaka, March 17 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the great leader.
A yearlong celebration of the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be inaugurated today (Tuesday). The day is a public holiday and also observed as National Children’s Day.
For the fourth successive year, the government has decided to observe a minute’s ‘blackout’ programme on the night of March 25, marking the ‘Genocide Day’.
Dhaka, March 09 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government has rescheduled the birth centenary celebration programmes of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman considering people’s welfare following the detection of coronavirus in Bangladesh.