Colombo: A discussion on strengthening Sri Lanka’s humanitarian demining capacity and reviewing matters related to the implementation of the National Mine Action Program was held yesterday at the Parliament Complex under the joint patronage of Hon. Mi…
Dhaka: The Teesta River was recorded flowing 13 centimeters above the danger level at the Dalia point of the Teesta Barrage in Nilphamari on Wednesday morning. This rise in water level is attributed to continuous rainfall and upstream hill runoff.
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Dhaka: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain on Wednesday described the July 2024 uprising as the culmination of years of public anger against what he termed authoritarian rule, saying it reflected people’s aspirations for democ…
Dhaka: The 42nd death anniversary of Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali Khan, former chief of the Bangladesh Navy and former minister for communications and agriculture, will be observed on Thursday with a series of commemorative events. Elaborate programmes hav…
Dhaka: Dhaka University (DU) on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the July Memorial, a monument to commemorate those killed during the July 2024 mass uprising. DU Vice-Chancellor Prof ABM Obaidul Islam inaugurated the foundation stone at 10:38am …
Colombo: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake pointed out: that Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces have significant potential to operate on the global stage as a highly capable force equipped with scientific and professional expertise, and stressed that it is ess…
Colombo: The newly appointed Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, Lieutenant General Nilantha Premaratne, paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), at the Deputy Minister’s Office in Colombo.
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Dhaka: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday spoke to injured July uprising fighter Mitu during the inauguration of the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum in the capital. Seated beside his daughter, Barrister Zaima Rahman, the Prime Minister enqu…