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Holiday Desk The nation has celebrated the 48th Independence and National Day with a fresh vow to take Bangladesh towards prosperity with the spirit of Liberation War. After the nine-month War of Liberation with the supreme sacrifices of three million martyrs and the honor of two lakh women, Bangladesh achieved its cherished independence on December […]

Shahabuddin Ahmad In Bangladesh, during February-March nature is afresh as new leaves sprout on trees, colourful flowers abound in gardens and pastures, and cuckoos sing from branches of trees and bushes. In Bangladesh in the month of March in 1971 historic political events took place: on 7th March 1971 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared from […]

Special Correspondent BNP on Wednesday alleged that people are no longer independent in Bangladesh as the Awami League government has revived “one-party rule” in the country. “Though we achieved independence (in 1971), we don’t have freedom any more. We aren’t free at all as a heavy stone has been imposed on our chests,” said BNP […]

Special Correspondent The third A.K. Khan Memorial Law Lecture was held on 21st March 2019 at the A.K. Khan Auditorium of the Law Faculty, University of Chittagong. The program was jointly organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Chittagong and A.K Khan Foundation. Professor Dr. Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury, Vice-Chancellor, University of Chittagong was the […]

Special Correspondent Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said that Bangladesh would not relocate the Rohingyas to Bashan Char, an island in i the Bay of Bengal, if all concerned agencies thought that it would be a problem for them. ‘We thought the Rohingyas will be able to live in better conditions there,’ he […]

Online Agencies Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) suspended plying of the buses of Suprobhat Paribahan and Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan on the roads of Dhaka. Route permits of the two bus services have been cancelled for indefinite period as per Article 72 of Motor Vehicles Ordinance 1983. The decision was confirmed to media, in a letter signed […]

Musa Reza People are becoming more and more resistant to anti-biotic in Bangladesh, Medical experts say, a newly detected bacteria is making the anti-biotic non effective . It exposes the patients with minor ailment like cold or cough to dangerous fatality due to non-effectiveness of anti-biotic. The phenomenon developed due to use of such medicine […]

Staff Correspondent Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Tuesday withdrew the four conditions it imposed in February on leading mobile phone operator Grameenphone marking it as significant market power. Earlier, on February 18 this year, the commission barred GP from making any kind of market communication, allowed its customers to change operator within 30 days […]

Special Correspondent Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor (VC) professor Akhteruzzaman on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of holding the Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) re-election, adding that stern action would be taken if anyone tried to create anarchy on the campus over the issue. DU VC told journalists after the members of five panels met him […]

Special Correspondent Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authorities have deferred the import https://www.weeklyholiday.net/files/index_php/category/metropolitan/page/of boeing 737 max-8 for the time being as a preventive measure following the fatal crashes of two 737 max-8 planes in five months. no airlines in bangladesh have the modern plane in their fleet as of now, but only us-bangla airlines signed a recent […]