Evening Brief

PM Hasina: Model mosques help people not to be misled in name of Islam

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said people would get true knowledge of Islamic values and culture from the model mosques and Islamic cultural centres which would help them not to be misled in the name of religion.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressing at virtual opening of 50 more model mosques BSS

IMF Board could consider approving $4.5bn loan for Bangladesh on Jan 30

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to consider approving $4.5 billion loan for Bangladesh on January 30.

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JSC, JDC exams scrapped permanently

The government has decided to permanently scrap the Junior School Certificate (JSC), Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) and its equivalents examinations from this year.

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File photo: Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinees on the first day of exams at Motijheel Govt Boy's High school, Dhaka on November 1, 2018 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

BNP to hold rallies across Bangladesh on January 25

The opposition BNP will stage protest rallies across the country on January 25 against power price hike and to press home their 10-point demand.

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Searchers find black boxes of aircraft in deadly Nepal crash

Searchers on Monday found both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a passenger flight that crashed killing at least 68 people in Nepal's worst plane accident in 30 years, officials said.

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A rescue team works to recover the body of a victim from the site of the plane crash of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara on January 16, 2023 REUTERS

Kamal: US sanctions on RAB will be lifted soon

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday said that the US sanctions on Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will be lifted soon as the US assistant secretary Donald Lu expressed his satisfaction over RAB's recent activities.

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File Photo of RAB Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Turan: Robust leadership, political trust fortified Dhaka-Ankara economic, defence ties

Outgoing Turkish Ambassador Mustafa Osman Turan has credited “very strong leadership” on both sides and deep political trust for the significant progress in Dhaka-Ankara relations in recent times – with growing economic and defence cooperation hand in hand.

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Outgoing Turkish Ambassador Mustafa Osman Turan UNB