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CA thanks Erdoğan for help release of Shahidul

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his cooperation in securing the release of renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam and his repatriation from Israel.
Referring to Turkish sources, the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said Shahidul Alam left Israel for Türkiye by a flight.
“A flight took off from Israel this afternoon with renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam among the pas...

Syed Manzoorul Islam no more

Eminent academic and writer Syed Manzoorul Islam, emeritus professor of English at the University of Dhaka, has passed away. He was 74. He breathed his last at 5 pm today (10 October), while undergoing treatment at LabAid Hospital in the capital, the hospital's Public Relations Officer Chowdhury Meher-e-Khoda confirmed to The Business Standard. According to hospital sources, Manzoorul Islam suffered a heart attack last Friday (3 October) and was admitted to the hospital, where he underwent stenting. He was later placed on life support.

In Bangladesh a Step toward Justice

Meenakshi Ganguly:
On October 9, the Bangladesh authorities filed charges against 28 people for enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture. It was a long time coming. A “smear campaign,” the home minister had scoffed in 2017, after Human Rights Watch released a report on secret detentions and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh. When I had met with him, the minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, had been dis...

UN congratulates BD for being President of UNESCO 43rd General Confce

The United Nations in Bangladesh has congratulated Bangladesh on being elected President of the 43rd General Conference of UNESCO, describing the achievement as a historic milestone in the country's 53-year partnership with the UN's cultural and educational agency.
In a message today, the UN said the election of Khondker M. Talha, Ambassador of Bangladesh to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, as the President of UNESCO's 43rd General Conference reflects Bangladesh's growing global leadership in ...

July Charter to be signed by October 16: Prof Riaz

National Consensus Commission (NCC) Vice Chair Prof Ali Riaz said on Wednesday that the Commission will submit its final recommendations to the government by October 10, to enable political parties to sign the July National Charter 2025 by October 16. “The Commission will hand over its final recommendations to the government by October 10. There is a target to complete the formal signing of the July National Charter by the political parties on October 15 and 16,” he said.
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