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UN: Bangladesh highlights inter-religious harmony prevailing in country
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima on Tuesday ( Feb 4) highlighted the inter-religious harmony prevailing in Bangladesh while speaking as a panelist at a side-eventread more
Abnormally low voter turnout is normal: Mahbub Talukder
Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Tuesday said, “Abnormally low voter turnout in the recently-concluded Dhaka city corporation elections is normal.” “I think this trend (low voter turnout) is normal. Itread more
Indictment hearing in Niko graft case March 31
A court in Dhaka on Tuesday set March 31 to hold hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Sheikh Hafizurread more
Prime Minister leaves Dhaka for Rome
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left for Rome today (Tuesday) on a four-day official visit to Italy at the invitation of her Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte, according to media report. Aread more
Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks 2nd worst
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the second worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning. It had an AQI score of 203 at 08:00am. The air was classified asread more
About 60 Pakistani Hindus Monday crossed over to India through the Attari-Wagah border carrying tourist visa as they felt unsafe in Pakistan and hoped that India will grant them citizenship, reports The Indian Express. Shiromani Akali Dal leader and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee president Manjinder Singh Sirsa received four “Dalit Hindu Sikh families”. He said he will urge Centre to grant them Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The CAA envisages giving Indian nationality to members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 due to religious persecution there. According to BSF officials, the number of Hindus from Pakistan using this border to come to India has increased significantly after the new citizenship law was notified. The Hindu and Sikh families mostly arrive on tourist visa to visit gurdwaras and temples or to meet their relatives in India. Most of those who crossed over to India on Monday belonged to Sindh and Karachi areas.
China’s top leadership has admitted “shortcomings and deficiencies” in the country’s response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The rare admission came from the Politburo Standing Committee, which called for anread more
60 Pakistan Hindus cross into India at Attari-Wagah border
About 60 Pakistani Hindus Monday crossed over to India through the Attari-Wagah border carrying tourist visa as they felt unsafe in Pakistan and hoped that India will grant them citizenship,read more
Another Wuhan-returnee shifted to Kurmitola Hospital
Another Bangladeshi national who was kept at the quarantine unit at Ashkona hajj camp after return from China’s Wuhan was shifted to Kurmitola General Hospital on Monday with complaints ofread more
‘Implement the death verdict’: Rajya Sabha’s clear-cut message on Delhi rape convicts
Rajya Sabha of India chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday lent his support to the Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker Sanjay Singh’s call for early execution of the four Delhi gangread more
Biman in trouble as China returnee crews not being allowed to enter other countries
The pilots of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, who travelled to China, are not being allowed to enter any country resulting in difficulties for flight operations on international routes. Cabinet secretary Anwarul Islamread more
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