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Bangladesh has become a confident nation under Awami League's guidanc
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 13 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the country has become a confident nation under the Awami League's guidance in the last eight years.
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Zia Charitable Trust graft case: HC rejects stay plea of former B'des
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 13 (ANI): The High Court has rejected a petition filed by former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking stay on the trial proceedings against her in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
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Myanmar to start process for Rohingya repatriation from B'desh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 13 (ANI): Bangladesh Foreign Minister A. H. Mahmood Ali has said that Myanmar has expressed interest in repatriating 65,000 Rohingya Muslims who entered Bangladesh in the last two months.
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Bangladesh asks visiting Myanmar delegation to stop Rohingya influx
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 12 (ANI): Expressing concern over continued influx of Rohingya Muslims, Dhaka has asked Naypyidaw to immediately halt the exodus of Rohingyas and repatriate all their nationals staying in Bangladesh for years.
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Bangladesh to engage with India for lifting anti-dumping duty on jute impo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 12 (ANI): A national jute advisory committee meeting in Bangladesh has decided to immediately engage with India for lifting of the anti-dumping duty on import of jute products as a fifth of the country's yearly jute exports are at stake.
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Dhaka to be renamed as 'Zia City' if BNP comes to power
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 11 (ANI): Bangladesh Nationalist Party Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has said national capital Dhaka will be renamed as "Zia City" if the BNP comes back to power.
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Holey Artisan reopens six months after deadly attack
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 11 (ANI): The Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka has officially reopened its operations in Gulshan after six months of the deadly militant attack.
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Bangladesh would have developed 30 years ago had Bangabandhu not been assa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 10 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Tuesday that the country would have acquired developed status 30 years ago had Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman not been assassinated.
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Special envoy from Myanmar to visit Bangladesh today, may discuss Rohingya
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 10 (ANI): A special envoy from Myanmar is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday for a three day visit with speculations that the Rohingya influx may be discussed.
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Abdur Rab-led JSD proposes three-point proposal on EC to B'desh Presi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 8 (ANI): A three-point proposal for reconstitution of the Election Commission has been proposed by the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) to Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid.
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BNP announces demonstrations across Bangladesh on Sunday
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 7 (ANI): Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced for a countrywide agitation on Sunday to mark the third anniversary of the January 5 election which it calls as "Democracy Killing Day".
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Gulshan attack coordinator shot dead, claims B'desh Police
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 6 (ANI): Two militants of the New JMB (Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen) group including the Gulshan terror attack operational commander Marjan have been killed in an alleged gunfight with the police's counter-terrorism unit in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area.
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