Today is the 19th death anniversary of former President of Bangladesh Muslim League Alhaj MA Matin. On the occasion Doa Mahfil will be held today at his Dhanmondi residence in the city and village home after Esha prayers. All the relatives, friends and well-wishers of the deceased are requested to attend the Doa Mahfil and pray for the salvation of the departed soul....
The government has appointed Mollah Wahiduzzaman as chairman of Privatization Commission with status of state minister.Earlier, he served as secretary of the Food Ministry and Prime Minister’s office, an official release said. Wahiduzzaman is expected to take new charge today....
Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee will observe its 22nd founding anniversary today. On this day in 1992, a total of 101 eminent citizens of the country formed the committee to raise their collective voice for war crimes trial and a ban on communal politics in the country, a press release said.Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam, writer of the book titled ‘Ekattorer Dinguli’, was selected as convenor of the committee. To mark the day, a discussion on “Movement of Shaheed Jahanara Imam:...
The Indian government has a plan to award scholarships to 1364 Bangladeshi students this year, said a press release of the Indian high commission here on Saturday. The government of India is awarding scholarships to direct descendants of freedom fighters (Muktijoddhas) of Bangladesh for undergraduate and higher secondary studies every year.Applications from direct descendents of the Muktijoddhas would be invited each year for the scholarships in the months of September and October, it said.The Indian government started the scholarships scheme...
There will be no negotiation or dialogue with BNP if it does not cut ties with Jamaat, said Captain (retd) AB Tajul Islam, MP, former state minister for Liberation War Affairs.Unity can never be with BNP-Jamaat clique those who do not believe in the country’s independence, he said and expressed the hope that freedom fighters and their offspring will resist the anti-liberation force in iron hand.He was speaking at a protest rally, arranged by Amra Muktijoddhar Sontan (AMS), at its...
Speakers at a discussion on Saturday called for building united civic resistance against atrocities let loose on the members of the minority community at different places in the country.They also demanded immediate arrest of the terrorists responsible for repression on minority community and exemplary punishment to them.The speakers also held the identical view that democracy would never be safe and consolidated if the fanatic forces could not be eliminated from the country.Awami League (AL) presidium member Satish Chandra Roy, who...
RoundtableNational Human Rights Commission organises a roundtable on ‘Communal harmony and human rights: Our responsibility’ at CIRDAP auditorium in the city’s Topkhana road today at 10 am.Blankets distributionBangabandhu Sangskritik Jote will distribute blankets among cold-hit poor people at the Central Shaheed Minar premises in the city today at 11 am. Human chainAmader Sangha, a social cultural society will form a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the city today at 11:30 am demanding immediate release of...
Ramon Bibi, mother of Nuruddin Ahmed, General Secretary of Bangladesh Photo Journalists’ Association died at Square Hospital in the city on Friday. She was 90.She left behind four sons, two daughters and a host of relatives to mourn her death.She was buried at her family graveyard in the city’s Shajahanpur on Friday after Namaz-e-Janaza.A Doa Mahfil will be held at Shahidbagh Jame Mashjid in the city after Asr Prayers on January 21 next for the salvation of the departed soul....
Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim and Cultural Minister Asaduzzaman Noor on Friday expressed deep shock at the death of veteran actress Suchitra Sen.In separate condolence messages they recalled her contribution to Bengali cinema and prayed for peace of the departed soul.They conveyed deep sympathy to members of the bereaved family.Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, died in a Kolkata hospital Friday morning....
