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In his statement, he said, “August 21 is a dark day in the history of democratic civilization. On this day in 2004, a heinous grenade attack was carried out at a peace rally against terrorism organized by the Bangladesh Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital. This was one of the most horrific incidents […]

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Dhaka, January 13, 2025 – Bangladesh’s anti-graft commission has filed cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including a British government minister and a senior UN official, its chief said on January 13. Ms. Hasina, 77, fled a revolution in August 2024 to neighboring India, where she has defied extradition requests from Bangladesh […]

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A letter written just days before the Titanic disaster has been sold at auction in the United Kingdom for a record price of £300,000 (approximately $400,000). The auction took place on Sunday at Henry Aldridge & Son auction house in Wiltshire, England, and the letter was purchased by an anonymous buyer. Auctioneers reported that the […]

Sculpture Symbolizing Bangladesh’s Liberation War Ends Up in Scrap Shop

A sculpture depicting scenes from Bangladesh’s Liberation War—a fighter celebrating with a raised weapon and another releasing a dove with one hand while holding a weapon in the other—has been sold to a scrap shop due to lack of buyers. The artwork was created by Professor Amirul Momenin Joshi of the Department of Graphic Design, […]

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Syria’s interim president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, is set to visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip. Accompanying him on this visit is the country’s foreign minister, Asad Hassan Al-Shibani. This information was reported by Syria’s state news agency, SANA, on Sunday. According to SANA, Ahmed Al-Sharaa will meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed […]

China Implements Retaliatory Tariffs in Escalating Trade War with U.S.

China has enacted new tariffs on American goods starting Monday, marking the latest development in the intensifying trade conflict between the world’s two largest economies. This move comes in response to new U.S. levies announced by President Donald Trump, who on the same day declared a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports, signaling […]

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Indian EAM S. Jaishankar Calls Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Advisor Touhid’s Statement “Ridiculous”

In the capital of Oman, Muscat, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar recently held a meeting with the interim government’s Foreign Advisor of Bangladesh, Touhid Hossain. Following this meeting, Jaishankar remarked that some claims made by the leaders of the interim government of Bangladesh were ‘ridiculous.’ Speaking at a public meeting about Bangladesh, Jaishankar made […]

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