Evening Brief

PM Hasina calls for building equality-based society

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon all, including global people, to build a society based on equality and free from all kinds of discrimination and sectarianism.

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File Photo: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses high officials of Bangladesh Police at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in Dhaka on the occasion of Police Week-2023 PID

World TB Day: Nowhere near halfway for 2030 promises

The infectious disease that killed the most people last year is one we've heard almost nothing about: tuberculosis. In 2022, it likely claimed 1.4 million lives, more than the total toll of COVID. And yet, in rich countries—where virtually nobody dies from tuberculosis any longer—attention has moved on.

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Arav Khan 63rd Bangladeshi on Interpol's wanted list

Fugitive accused Rabiul Islam alias Arav Khan, owner of Dubai's Arav Jewellers, is the 63rd Bangladeshi to be on Interpol's wanted list following a red notice issued by the organization.

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Dhaka Tribune's photojournalist Mahmud Hossain Opu assaulted by police

Dhaka Tribune's photojournalist Mahmud Hossain Opu has been assaulted by the assistant commissioner of Chawkbazar police station on Friday while taking pictures of an Iftar market in Old Dhaka.

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Bangla Tribune

Bangladesh urges sustainable water management to promote global peace, stability

Focusing on a source-to-sea approach to water cooperation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has stressed the need for sustainable water management for promoting global peace and stability.

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UNB

Bangladesh to observe Genocide Day Saturday

The nation is set to observe Genocide Day Saturday in remembrance of the brutality carried out by the Pakistani army on the unarmed Bangalees on the night of March 25 in 1971 under the infamous Operation Searchlight.

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This photo shows the brutality and cowardly attacks carried out by the Pakistani occupation forces on unarmed Bangalis on the night of March 25, 1971 Collected