On 2nd September 1945, at Hanoi’s Ba Dinh Square, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence proclaiming the birth of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam (now the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam). The Declaration, which demonstrates the …
Ousted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to return home more than seven weeks after he fled the country amid mass protests that demanded his resignation, holding him and his family responsible for the country’s economic crisis.Rajapak…
Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, was a true friend of Bangladesh, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said Thursday.Abe will forever be remembered for his contribution to regional and global peace, he added.Momen was speaking at a condolence…
To Celebrate 50 years of people-to-people ties between Bangladesh and the US, cultural diplomacy organisation American Voices and the US Embassy in Dhaka hosted a musical showcase at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) Thursday.The event was organised …
A man was detained Thursday night after he aimed a handgun at point-blank range toward Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández in what President Alberto Fernández called a homicide attempt.“A man pointed a firearm at her head and pulled the trigger…
A leader of a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group was shot dead allegedly by his rivals in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari on Friday.The deceased was identified as Angthoi Marma alias Agun, 52, of the Guimara unit of United People’s Democratic…
India on Friday scripted history by becoming the first country in South Asia to induct into its Navy a domestically built aircraft carrier.The 45,000-tonne Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikrant, capable of accommodating 30 military aircraft, was commissioned…
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday warned that if violence is committed in the name of the movement, it will be resisted by the people.He was speaking at the three-day international conference on ‘Green Bangladesh: Prosperous Bangl…
Bangladesh has urged the United Nations (UN) to address the root causes and drivers of fragility in the conflict affected countries and extend support to the national actors in developing their capacities to deliver basic services, create economic oppo…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday expressed shock and deep grief at the death of Paola Maino, mother of Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi.She also prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and extended her heartfelt sympathy t…
High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doriaswami has expressed optimism that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s India visit will take “historical and strategic relations” between two countries to new levels.The High Commissioner outlined th…
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has urged all to strengthen Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s hands to materialize the dream of Bangabandhu to build Sonar Bangla.Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had done everything for the nation that he had to do as a F…
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