Bangladesh

The nation is celebrating the Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangalees, today as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on that day 52 years back after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation On December 16 in 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the 1971 Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, marking the 53rd Victory Day. The head of the state laid the wreath at the altar of the National Memorial with the rise of ...

The nation is set to celebrate the Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangalees, on Saturday as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on that day 52 years back after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation, reports BSS. On December 16 in 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country under the leadership of Father ...

On the 52nd anniversary of the Liberation War, 30 Indian War Veterans and six serving officers of Indian Armed Forces reached Dhaka to participate in Victory Day celebrations. “These visits provide a platform to celebrate our friendship and to renew the memories of the Liberation War,” according to Indian High Commission in Dhaka, reports UNB. To commemorate the Liberation War ...

Bangladesh Tarikat Federation (BTF) chairman Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari has said he was confirmed earlier that he got nomination from Awami League led 14-party alliance. He stated it while addressing a press conference at the central office of the BTF at Dhanmondi at about 11:30am on Friday (December 15). Maizbhandari said: “On that day (at the meeting between Awami League ...

Awami League will not guarantee victory of any of its allies in the election, said AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday. Also, there is no scope to leave more than seven seats for the allies, he said at a press briefing at AL president’s political office at Dhanmondi in the capital on Friday afternoon, reports UNB. Independent candidates will ...

Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Muhammad Imran has met with acting US Secretary of Labour Ms. Julie Su in Washington DC and had an exclusive interaction on various bilateral issues. The meeting took place on the sidelines of an event organized by the US Department of Labour in the US capital on Thursday, said a press release received on ...

The Election Commission has cancelled the candidature of Metropolitan Awami League general secretary Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, independent candidate of Barishal-5 constituency. If he wants, he will file a writ with the top court. The decision came following a hearing of an appeal on Friday (December 15). Earlier, Col Jahid Farruq submitted an application seeking the cancellation of the candidacy of  ...

The ruling Awami League has decided to leave seven seats to its 14-Party Alliance partners in the upcoming parliamentary election. However, Awami League will formally announce on Friday where they would give up its candidates. However, the 14-Party Alliance candidates will have to face the Awami League’s independent candidates in those seats. The decision was taken at a meeting with ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen thanked the Intergovernmental Committee and the UNESCO Secretariat for supporting Bangladesh in inscribing Rickshaw and Rickshaw Painting in Dhaka as Bangladesh’s fifth element of Intangible Cultural Heritage. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Momen on Thursday welcomed and received the credentials of Susan Vize, newly appointed Head of the UNESCO Office and UNESCO Representative to ...