President, PM Hasina lead nation in paying tribute to Language Movement heroes
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday night paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar marking Amar Ekushey -- the International Mother Language Day and Shaheed Dibash.
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UNBGulshan fire: Survivors recount tales of terror
“I didn't know what to do or where to go. I saw three people jump right in front of my eyes. I was going to jump too. I was thinking that my parents would see my body whether they were alive or not. I could not let them see me charred.”
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A fire broke out on the seventh floor of a multistorey building in Gulshan Focus BanglaIndigenous textbooks shelved due to lack of teachers
The majority of textbooks in indigenous languages of the country are gathering dust on shelves due to a lack of teachers proficient in the languages.
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File photo: Indigenous children receive free textbooks written in their mother language. Last year, Bangladesh's National Curriculum and Textbook Board distributed 2,30,130 copies of textbooks in five ethnic languages but there are some 50 indigenous communities with at least 40 active ethnic languages Dhaka TribuneFresh quake hits Turkey-Syria border area two weeks after disaster
Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake which killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.
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An aerial photo shows collapsed buildings in Antakya on February 11, 2023 AFPHC summons National Bank manager over withdrawal of 22.6C
The High Court has summoned the manager of National Bank's Gulshan Corporate Branch to explain the withdrawal of Tk22.6 crore after working hours.
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File photo shows a general view of the Bangladesh Supreme Court building Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneUN Bangla font now in Unicode
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), on International Mother's Language day, has launched the Unicode version, with seven different iterations, of the UN Bangla font to ease access to the internet for Bengali language users.
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UNB2023 SSC exams routine published
The routine for this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) was published on Monday.
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File photo of students taking the SSC exams Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune