Morning Brief

Netanyah sacks defence minister, sparking mass protests

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, triggering mass protests, a day after Gallant broke ranks with the government and urged a halt to a highly contested plan to overhaul the judicial system. 

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People attend a demonstration after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the defense minister and his nationalist coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 26, 2023 Reuters

Fire breaks out at Dhaka's Mohakhali slum

A fire broke out at a slum in Dhaka's Mohakhali early on Monday.  

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Cyber-attack: Has Biman negotiated with hackers?

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali has denied reports that hackers are holding the email servers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines for ransom.

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Awami League, BNP blame each other for country's situation

Leaders of different poitical parties yesterday paid tribute to the martyrs of 1971 through placing wreaths at the National Martyrs' Memorial in Savar on the occasion of Independence and National Day.

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Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader,left and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Dhaka Tribune

Bangabandhu conferred FOSWAL Literature Award for his trilogy

The Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL) on Sunday conferred “Special Literary Award” to Bangladesh's Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for his trilogy- The Unfinished Memoirs, The Prison Diaries and New China 1952.

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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Collected

Independence Day celebrated across Bangladesh recalling martyrs, war heroes

The 53rd Independence and National Day was celebrated across Bangaldesh, commemorating the Liberation War heroes whose sacrifices ensured its freedom from Pakistani oppression in 1971.

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