Next election a big challenge for AL: BNP

    M Humayun Kabir: The upcoming national election would be a great challenge for the ruling Awami League, not for BNP, said Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Secretary General of BNP. “People will not cast vote for Awami League. Sensing absolute debacle, it is now resorting to an evil plot by using Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in…

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      First flight with 419 hajj pilgrims returns home

      The Rising: The first return hajj flight has reached Dhaka with 419 Bangladeshi pilgrims from Saudi Arabia. The flight (BG-4012) touched down Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:20pm on Monday. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines AM Mosaddique Ahmed, Biman’s General Manager (public relations) Shakil Meraz among other top officials conveyed…

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        Britain supports South African land reform: PM May

        Reuters: Britain supports South Africa’s land reform program provided it is carried out legally, Prime Minister Theresa May said in Cape Town on Tuesday, adding that she would discuss the issue with President Cyril Ramaphosa. “The UK has for some time now supported land reform. Land reform that is legal, that is transparent, that is…

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          3 missing as trawler capsizes in Jamuna

          Kabir Humayun: At least three people, including two children, went missing after a trawler carrying 100 passengers capsized in the Jamuna river. The identities of missing people could not be known immediately, reports The Daily Star. The trawler capsized around 10am in the river after hitting a sand-laden cargo near Alokdia Char adjacent to Aricha…

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            UK MP Tulip Siddiq seeks release of Shahidul Alam

            M Humayun Kabir: British MP Tulip Siddiq, niece of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has urged her aunt to release noted photojournalist Shahidul Alam who is now in jail. Tulip, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, said that the detention was “deeply distressing and should end immediately”, The Daily Star reported quoting the report…

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              Australian HC pays tributes to Concert for Bangladesh anniversary

              UNB: The Australian High Commission here joined a special programme called ‘Music Buzz,’ organised by the US Embassy recently with talented Australian diplomats Amy Sheridan, James Dillon, Jane Hardy and Swedish Embassy’s Magdalena Skarp performing at the American Centre, Dhaka. The diplomats movingly paid tribute to the anniversary of the ‘Concert for Bangladesh’ held in…

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