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Biman plans to reach US west coast via Japan through code sharing

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is planning to carry its passengers up to the west coast of the United States with the help of other carriers via Japan through code sharing, as the national flag carrier is set to resume its Dhaka-Narita route from September 1. “We are exploring with other airlines interlinking or code sharing so that we can offer our ...

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Saudi envoy calls on President Shahabuddin

Saudi Arabian Ambassador in Dhaka Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon. “During the meeting, the president said Bangladesh’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is excellent,” president’s Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS later. The head of the state thanked the Saudi government for facilitating the Hajj process ...

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Court ask to submit report over Gulistan blast on June 20

A Dhaka court on Sunday set June 20 for submitting the investigation report in a case filed over a blast in a seven-storey building in the capital’s Gulistan area on March 7. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farah Diba Chonda passed the order as the concerned investigation officer failed to submit the report on Sunday. Police filed the case with Bangshal Police ...

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Niko graft: HC bench for holding hearing on Khaleda’s plea fixed

An High Court bench of Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Aminul Islam will hold a hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s petition that sought cancellation of charge framing order in Niko graft case. The Anti-Corruption Commission’s lawyer Md Khurshid Alam confirmed the matter on Sunday. Earlier on May 17, Khaleda Zia’s lawyer submitted a petition with the High ...

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First hajj flight with 415 pilgrims leaves Dhaka

The first hajj flight with 415 pilgrims left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Saudi Arabia at around 3.20am on Sunday (May 21). State Ministers for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mahbub Ali, Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haq Khan, Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Isa bin Yusuf Al Duhailan, Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Mokammel Hossain, among others, were ...

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PM Sheikh Hasina calls on President Shahabuddin

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in the capital on Saturday (May 20) evening. The Prime Minister informed the President about her recent tri-nation visit and discussed various issues relating to the affairs of the state. The Prime Minister visited Japan, UK and USA from April 25 to May 9 and took ...

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Sheikh Hasina must leave power — it’s our only demand: Fakhrul

No future elections will be allowed to take place in Bangladesh without a caretaker government in power, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. “We have only a single demand. Sheikh Hasina led government must have to resign first and the next general election will take place under a neutral caretaker government. The neutral caretaker government will form ...

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Dhaka seeks global support in pilot Rohingya repatriation project

Bangladesh has urged the United Nations, ASEAN and regional countries to support the pilot repatriation project and help Rohingya returnees reintegrate in Myanmar. Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York, Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith, made the call while speaking at the Security Council‘s Arria-formula meeting on Myanmar. The meeting convened by the United Kingdom was held ...

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Many big industries using illegal gas connections: Nasrul Hamid

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has urged the industrialists to stop the use of illegal gas connections. “Whenever we visit a factory, we find that if there is a legal gas connection, there are three more illegal connections bypassing the main one”, he told a seminar at Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) where ...

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