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Schedule for `Banglawash` T20I tri-series

The 'Banglawash Twenty20 International Tri-Series' is starting on Friday (October 7) with Bangladesh, and Pakistan and hosts New Zealand. This tri-nation series starts in Christchurch with the match between Bangladesh and Pakistan next Friday (October 7). Each match of the series will start at 8 am Bangladesh time. The trophy of the series was also unveiled on Wednesday. Pakistan captain Babar Azam, New Zealand's Kane Williamson and Bangladesh vice-captain Nurul Hasan Sohan participated in the official photo session as regular skipper Shakib Al Hasan yet reach New Zealand. The three teams will play each other twice in the series. The top two teams will play the final. The final will be Oct...

22-day ban on Hilsa catching from midnight

Considering the breeding season of the national fish Hilsa, the government has imposed a 22-day ban starting October 6 (midnight) on catching, selling, and transporting Hilish to ensure the safe spawning of the fish. The 22-day ban on catching, selling, hoarding, and transporting people’s favorite Hilsa fish will come into effect from October 6 (midnight) to October 28. During the Hilish breeding period, a massive combined operation will be conducted at all the fisheries ghats, warehouses, and hat bazaars across the country. During this time, each fisherman’s family will receive 20kg of rice from the government, under its vulnerable group feeding (VGF) program. Scientific research has s...

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

bdreports24 Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara. Accompanied by her younger sister Sheikh Rehana, the premier this morning offered Fateha and joined a munajat (prayer) seeking eternal peace of departed souls of Father of the Nation and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 carnage, reports BSS.
Prayers were also offered seeking divine blessings for good health and long life of Sheikh Hasina and her family members as well as continued peace, progress and prosperity of the ...

PM Hasina: Bangladesh is committed to keeping global peace

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said any conflict or crisis affects every nation in the world as security dynamics in the current world are ever changing and getting complex day by day. "It significantly hampers the security and steady development of the states," she said, reports UNB. The prime minister was speaking virtually at the Opening Ceremony 46th Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar (IPAMS) - 2022 held at a city hotel here. The United States is the co-host the 46th Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar-2022 along with Bangladesh Army and US Army Pacific Command involving 27 countries. She mentioned how the 1.2 million Rohingyas driven out from their homeland in Myanmar are affecting Bangladesh where they are sheltered now. "Apart from their own miseries...

Bangladesh-India bond is rooted in blood: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the bond between Bangladesh and India is rooted in blood and the friendship has further strengthened under the dynamic leadership of Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. The minister told reporters after a meeting with Indian outgoing High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami at his secretariat office in the capital, reports BSS. Information and Broadcasting Secretary Md Mokbul Hossain was present in the meeting. Hasan said the premier visited to India last week and it was a successful visit. Many achievements were come during the visit and the big achievement of the visit is to get the opportunity of exporting products to third countries using...

UN decries Russia’s ‘intimidation’ of opponents to Ukraine war

AFP The UN's acting human rights chief decried on Monday the "intimidation" of people in Russia voicing opposition to the Ukraine war, warning it was undermining fundamental freedoms. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, deputy UN rights chief Nada Al Nashif decried the "intimidation, restrictive measures and sanctions against people voicing opposition to the war in Ukraine." These actions, she warned, "undermine the exercise of constitutionally guaranteed fundamental freedoms, including the rights