Evening Brief

Bangladesh celebrates Pohela Boishakh with great enthusiasm

People across Bangladesh celebrated Pohela Boishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year, upholding the rich cultural heritage of the Bengalis on Friday.

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CAAB suspends pilot Sadia's licence

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has suspended the privileges of the commercial pilot licence (CPL) of Sadia Ahmed, a first officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, as she has failed to submit proper evidence for her claim that she was a science student in college.

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Sadia Ahmed Collected

People pay their final respects to Dr Zafrullah at Gonoshasthaya Kendra in Savar

Individuals from various backgrounds gathered in Savar on Friday morning to pay their final tributes to freedom fighter and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder, Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury.

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Dhaka Tribune

Chuadanga records season's highest temperature at 41.7°C

The highest temperature of the country this year was recorded in Chuadanga at 41.7 degrees Celsius on Friday.

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File Photo: A man selling ice bar in the scorching heat in Dhaka University area on Monday, May 16, 2022 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Quader: Communal forces must be resisted

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said those who oppose Pohela Boishakh celebrations believe in communalism and the evil forces must be resisted.

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

Militants' escape: Sohail's wife, another remanded again

A Dhaka court granted remand for three days to the two accused, including Fatima Tasneem Shikha, the wife of militant Abu Siddique Sohel, who was arrested in the case of snatching two death-sentenced convicts from the premises of the Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court.

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Bangla Tribune

Momen: No need for dialogues before election

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said there is no need to hold political dialogues with the opposition BNP before the next general election and suggested it follow the system that is in place for polls.

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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