Evening Brief

Eid-ul-Azha: Advance train ticket sale likely from June 14

The sale of advance train tickets on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha is likely to begin on June 14, according to a decision of the Ministry of Railways.

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Bus rams Pakistan deputy high commissioner's car in Brahmanbaria

A bus collided with a car transporting Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Qamar Abbas Khokhar and his family on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Brahmanbaria on Friday.

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A bus collided with the car transporting Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Qamar Abbas Khokhar in Brahmanbaria on Friday Dhaka Tribune

UN honours five fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers

The United Nations has awarded ‘Dag Hammarskjöld Medal' to five fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers for their supreme sacrifice in UN Peacekeeping operations.

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The Economist terms PM Hasina Asia's iron lady

British weekly newspaper The Economist has described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as Asia's iron lady.

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Saff winning coach Choton wants to quit national women's team job

Golam Rabbani Choton, who guided Bangladesh to the SAFF Women's Championship title last year, has decided to quit the job as head coach of the national women's team.

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Khasru: Gazipur polls expose country's real voting scenario

BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday said the real picture of the country's voting has been exposed as the government tried to show fairness in the Gazipur city polls.

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Zayeda Khatun: I ran for mayor to prove my son did nothing wrong

Zayeda Khatun, an independent candidate and the mother of former mayor Jahangir Alam, who emerged victorious in the mayoral race of Gazipur City Corporation, expressed that she contested the election to demonstrate her son's honesty and counter the notion of his removal through conspiracy. 

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File photo: Jahangir Alam and his mother, independent mayoral candidate Zayeda Khatun, speak to reporters during the Gazipur City Corporation polls on Thursday, May 25, 2023 Dhaka Tribune

Ex-mayor Jahangir: Gazipur residents won, criminals exposed

Former Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor and GCC's newly elected mayor Zayeda Khatun's son Jahangir Alam said Gazipur residents have won, and criminals have been exposed.

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File Photo of Former Gazipur mayor Jahangir Alam and his mother Zayeda Khatun Dhaka Tribune