Dhaka, Mar 24 (UNB) – Visiting UN Under-Secretary General and Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng on Sunday said the United Nations will raise the 1971 issue of Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh in the international forum though some…
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Lalan Festival on at BD mystic lyricist Lalon Shah Shrine
Kushtia, Mar 21 – A three-day Lalon festival, which began on Wednesday at Lalon Shah Shrine at Chheuria village in Kushtia will end Friday. Every year, the Lalon Academy and Kushtia district administration jointly organise the festival in memory of…
PM unveils ‘Bangla Bhashar Bangabandhu’
Dhaka, Mar 18 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday unveiled the cover of a book titled ‘Bangla Bhashar Bangabandhu’, which illustrated the contributions of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the Language Movement and Bangla. She uncovered the pictorial…
Historic 7th March Speech never to lose appeal: PM
Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the appeal of the historic 7th March Speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will never fade away as it will remain as a great…
Ekushey Book Fair ends – sale proceeds Taka 780 milliom
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB)— The extended Amar Ekushey Book Fair ended Saturday, recording huge sale and witnessing a mass gathering of book lovers. The fair was originally scheduled to end on Thursday but the government extended it. In the last…
Full list of Bd freedom fighters by 26 March next, Minister
Dhaka, Feb 24 – Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozemmel Haque on Sunday told parliament that the government would publish a full list of the freedom fighters of the country’s War of Liberation in 1971 by March 26 this on…
Write verdicts in Bangla: PM to higher court judges
Dhaka, Feb 21 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the higher court judges to write verdicts in Bangla so that justice-seekers can easily understand those without depending on lawyers. “If those who work in courts practise the…
President, PM pay homage to Language Heroes
News Desk President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid their rich tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day. President Abdul Hamid and Prime…
Nation pays homage to language martyrs Thursday
Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) – The nation is set to pay rich tributes to the martyrs of the 1952 historic Language Movement with the clock striking 00.01am on Thursday, marking ‘Amar Ekushey’, the Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language…
BNP takes up 2-day programme to mark Feb 21
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – BNP on Tuesday announced a two-day programme to observe the Shaheed Day and International Mother Language Day with due respect. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes at a press conference…
16,000 cops to be deployed in Dhaka on Ekushey duty
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – Around 16,000 police personnel will be deployed across the capital city on February 21, the Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day. “Of them, 6, 000 will be working to ensure safety around the…
Plan taken up to preserve historic Suhrawardy Udyan
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – The government has taken a mega plan over Suhrawardy Udyan to help the posterity know all the historic moments that it witnessed, including the historic March 7, 1971 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu…
PM Hasina heads Panel on Bangabandhu’s birth centenary
Dhaka, Feb 15 (UNB) – The government has constituted a national committee to smoothly celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the national level. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead the 102-member Father…
Zia’s name erased from Ctg Zia Memorial Museum signboard
Chattogram, Feb 12 (UNB) – Members of two ruling Awami League front organisations erased former president Ziaur Rahman’s name from a signboard in front of Zia Memorial Museum in the city on Tuesday. Bangladesh Chhatra League and Jubo League activists…
US envoy visits book fair; spends time with children
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB)–US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller along with his wife on Friday visited Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela and spent time with children at the children’s corner of the fair. Talking to reporters, Ambassador Miller said the…
Bishwo Shahitto Kendro turns 40
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Seeking a better society of enlightened people, Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, one of the leading organisations of the country promoting literature among the people, celebrated its 40th anniversary on Friday. The day was commemorated with a colourful…
Bangabandhu’s tallest sculpture to be built in Chuadanga
Chuadanga, Feb 4 (UNB) –The tallest sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the architect of the country’s independence, will be built in the district. Renowned sculptor Mrinal Haque will erect the 100-foot sculpture on a land…
Month-long book fair marking Language martyrs’ Day begins
Dhaka, Feb 1 (UNB) – The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair, a yearly event for booklovers and publishers, began on the Bangla Academy premises and at adjoining Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Friday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the…
Luis I Kahn’s Parliament Bhaban master plan given archive
Dhaka, Jan 27 (UNB) – Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Sunday handed the copies of the master plan of Jatiya Sangsad Complex and its surrounding related areas, designed by famous American architect Louis I Kahn, to the National Archives…
Homecoming Day: PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the Homecoming Day of the architect of the country’s independence.
Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day Thursday
The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed on Thursday.
PM pays tribute to Liberation War martyrs in Savar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War on the occasion of forming her government for the third consecutive term.
Language hero Syed Abdul Hannan dies
Syed Abul Hannan, a 1952 Language Movement veteran and a Freedom Fighter, died from old age complications at a private hospital in the capital early Tuesday. He was 87.
Queen Elizabeth II riffs on wisdom, family’s busy year
Queen Elizabeth II wove personal reflections into the latest edition of her annual Christmas message, saying she hoped her long life brought a measure of wisdom and noting her grandchildren’s contributions to Britain’s royal family.
Nation remembers Liberation War heroes
Dhaka, Dec 16 – Bangladeshis at home and abroad on Sunday paid deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country in 1971, marking the 48th Victory Day.
Egypt announces discovery of 4,400-year-old tomb
Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery of a private tomb belonging to a senior official from the 5th dynasty of the pharaohs, which ruled roughly 4,400 years ago.
Oikya Front stages Victory Day rally in capital
Jatiya Oikyafront on Sunday took out a colourful rally in the city, marking the 48th Victory Day.Thousands of leaders and activists of the alliance thronged BNP’s Nayapaltan central office and its adjacent areas in small processions since morning.
PM greets war-wounded FFs, sends sweetmeats
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday greeted the country’s freedom fighters (FFs) on the occasion of the 48th Victory Day.
President, PM pay homage to Liberation War martyrs
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar with the rise of sun on Sunday, marking the 48th Victory…
48th Victory Day Sunday
Dhaka, Dec 15 – All Bangladesh is set to celebrate the 48th Victory Day on Sunday and pay deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country.