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Nation set to celebrate 49th Victory Day Monday
The nation is set to celebrate the 49th Victory Day on Monday with elaborate programmes to pay deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during the Liberation War in 1971.
SC to pass order on 2 Destiny officials’ bail pleas Tuesday
The Supreme Court will pass an order on Tuesday on two separate petitions filed by Destiny Group managing director Rafiqul Amin and Destiny-2000 chairman Mohammad Hossain seeking bail in two money-laundering cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
37 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs
Thirty-seven new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am onSunday.
HC wants unauthorised level-crossings removed
The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why directives should not be given to stop the operation of the unauthorised level-crossings and install fences along the authorised ones.
2 kg gold seized at Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh seized 18 gold bars weighing 2kg from Gatipara border here on Sunday.
Dhaka doesn’t want relations with Delhi to get affected: Quader
Mentioning that Bangladesh does not want its relations with India to get affected in any way, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said things will be settled through discussions if there is any discontent.
He made the remarks while speaking at a meeting of Awami Swechchhasebak League and AL Subcommittee on Discipline at the Bangabandhu Avenue central office in the run-up to the AL national council billed for December 20-21.
Want to develop well-trained armed force: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government wants to develop a professional and well-trained armed force for Bangladesh to keep pace with the constantly-changing world.
Govt finally publishes list of 10,789 Razakars
The government on Sunday published a list of 10,789 Razakars who collaborated with the Pakistani occupation forces during the War of Liberation in 1971.
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque released the list at a press briefing at his ministry.
“We want to make it clear that we haven’t prepared any list of Razakars by ourselves,” he said. “We’ve only released the list of people recruited by the then Pakistan government as Razakar, Al-Badar, Al-Shams or anti-liberation force and [names of] those found in old documents preserved at the Home Ministry.”
Keraniganj Factory Fire: Death toll climbs to 17
Three more victims of Keraniganj plastic factory fire succumbed to their injuries at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College Hospital here on Sunday, taking the death toll from the incident to 17.
Man dies falling off building rooftop in city
A man died as he fell from the rooftop of a multistorey building in the city’s Shyampur area on Saturday night.