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Bangladesh, India link via Tripura’s Maitri Setu opens in Feb likely

Desk Report: Almost three years after its inauguration, India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge -Maitri Setu over River Feni in Sabroom of South Tripura, the access point of Northeastern states to Chittagong seaport

UK to strengthen ties with Bangladesh on trade, security: Envoy

Desk Report: British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke today (January 24) said that the UK would work with Bangladesh to further strengthen Dhaka-London ties on trade and security partnership

European Council President greets PM on her reelection

Desk Report: European Council (EC) President Charles Michel has congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her reelection as Prime Minister of Bangladesh. In a greeting message sent to Sheikh Hasina, he wrote,

EC announces schedules for 233 polls incl city corporations

Desk report: Election Commission (EC) Secretary Jahangir Alam at a press conference at the Election Commission building on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 The Election Commission (EC) today announced the schedule

Historic Mass Upsurge Day today

Desk Report: The historic ‘Mass Upsurge Day’, commemorating the 1969’s movement for autonomy from the then East Pakistan that eventually led to the Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh

67pc of MPs businessmen, 90pc millionaires: Shujan

Online Desk: Some 67 per cent of lawmakers elected in the just concluded 12th parliamentary election are businessmen while as many as 90 per cent of them are millionaires. The