Evening Brief

Momen: No matter who, Bangladesh doesn't want foreign interference in its internal affairs

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday said the government does not want any country getting involved in Bangladesh's internal affairs.

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File photo: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen briefs reporters on the recent Bangladesh visit of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, at a press conference in Dhaka on August 7, 2022 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Simultaneous Movement: BNP forms liaison committee

BNP has formed a seven-member liaison committee to coordinate with the political parties involved in the simultaneous anti-government movement.

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File Photo: A BNP supporter carrying a memorabilia of sheaf of paddy, the party's electoral symbol, at a rally in Dhaka Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Voting for Rangpur City Corporation polls on Tuesday

Voting for Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) election will be held on Tuesday.

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Police members are geared towards ensuring security ahead of the voting for Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) election Dhaka Tribune

Bird strike damages Biman Dreamliner during landing at Dhaka airport

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Dreamliner was damaged when a bird hit the engine of the plane during landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday.

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File photo of the Biman's first Dreamliner Akash Beena Courtesy

‘Own up to past mistakes to find common ground'

Member of the parliament Nahim Razzaq last week called on the opposition BNP to own up to its past mistakes and show their commitment to non-violence to and some sort of common political ground.

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Dhaka Tribune, jointly with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dhaka, organizes seminar 'Common Ground: How to get to free and fair election' at a hotel in Gulshan Friday, December 15, 2022 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Factbox: Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya

Law enforcers have disclosed to the media some details of the activities of a new locally-grown armed group of religious extremists after arresting some operatives and discovering its training camps in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

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Quader: Govt to deal with country's internal issues, not foreign diplomats

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said on Monday it is the government which will solve the internal issues of the country and the foreign diplomats have to abide by the rules of Geneva Convention in this regard.

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File Photo of Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quade Focus Bangla

Suu Kyi lawyers set to make final arguments in junta trial

A Myanmar junta court is expected to hear closing arguments for the last remaining charges against jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, after the UN Security Council called for her release.

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In this file photo taken on September 19, 2017, then Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a national address in Naypyidaw AFP