Morning Brief

Hasan: PM Hasina’s India visit was successful

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India has been very successful and fruitful.

Click here to read 

Police sue 50 BNP men over Thursday's clash in Rangpur

A case was filed accusing 50 identified BNP men and 1,500 to 2,000 unnamed ones over a clash between police and supporters of the party that left over 50 injured during a programme in Gangachara upazila of the district on Thursday.

Click here to read 

Report: Karnataka hijab ban robbed Muslim girls of access to education

Thousands of Muslim girls and women across Karnataka were robbed of their access to education due to the state government order banning hijabs in educational institutions and the High Court ruling that upheld the directive, human rights organization People’s Union for Civil Liberties said in a report.

Click here to read 

Muslim women hold Indian national flags during a protest against the recent hijab ban in few educational institutes of Karnataka state, in Kolkata on February 10, 2022 AFP

Ukraine retakes territory in Kharkiv as Russian front crumbles

Ukrainian forces have seized an expanding area of previously Russian-held territory in the east in a "very sharp and rapid" advance, a Russian-installed regional official said on Friday, in a breakthrough that may mark a turning point in the war.

Click here to read 

A destroyed car is pictured in front of a damaged residential building in Kharkiv on September 6, 2022 Reuters

King Charles III vows lifelong service in first address

King Charles III vowed on Friday to emulate his late mother's long life of service to Britain and the Commonwealth, and elevated his heir William to become the new prince of Wales, in an emotive televised address.

Click here to read 

Akbar Ali Khan laid to rest at Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard

Eminent economist, historian and former advisor to a caretaker government Dr Akbar Ali Khan has been laid to rest.

Click here to read 

People pay their last respects to Akbar Ali Khan before his burial at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard in Dhaka on Friday, September 9, 2022 Bangla Tribune

When Queen Elizabeth II came to Bangladesh

Britain’s now-late Queen Elizabeth II visited Bangladesh on November 14, 1983. Prior to that, in 1961, she came to Dhaka, which was then the capital of east Pakistan.

Click here to read 

UNB