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The prime minister, Khaleda Zia, on Monday evening lays wreath on the coffins of nine Bangladeshi soldiers killed on a UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Home they brought warriors dead
Nat’l mourning day today
A special United Nations aircraft carrying the coffins of the nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers, who were killed in an ambush attack in Congo flew, in Monday night. Bangladesh will observe national mourning day today as a mark of respect for the fallen soldiers of Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed on February 25...[ + ]
Dhaka now to push for 35pc value addition
at SAFTA talks
Dhaka has decided to push for 35 per cent value addition, instead of its earlier call for 30 per cent, at the seventh meeting of the experts committee on the South Asian Free Trade Area, pencilled in for March 22–24 in the Maldives capital of Male...[ + ]
Bangla Bhai plans
to flee country
Siddiq Islam alias Bangla Bhai, operational commander of the banned Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh, is now moving from one place to another in the northern region in a desperate bid to flee the country. According to some of his aides in Natore and Naogaon, he is keeping constant contacts with his mentors to escape the ongoing crackdown on Islamic outfits but is not getting due response from them...[ + ]
Bangla in NSW higher secondary curriculum
The government of New South Wales decided to include Bangla as a second language for higher secondary examination with effect from 2008. The premier of the Australian state Bob Carr informed the Bangladesh high commissioner to Australia, Ashraf-ud-Doula, about the decision during a meeting on February 28, said a press note from the Press Information Department...[ + ]
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