Evening Brief

PM Hasina urges all to give Awami League another chance to serve Bangladesh

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the people to give her party, the Awami League, another chance in the next general election to help establish Bangladesh as a developing country, saying if anti-liberation and corrupt forces come to power again, they will destroy all the advancements.

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Bangladesh tells its citizens to avoid travelling to Sudan

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised citizens to avoid any travel to Sudan as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals rage on in the African country.

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Smoke rises in Omdurman, near Halfaya Bridge, during clashes between the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army as seen from Khartoum North, Sudan April 15, 2023 Reuters

President Hamid urges the rich to stand by the poor

President Md Abdul Hamid on Saturday called upon affluent people across the world to stand by the poor.

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President Md Abdul Hamid at his Eid-ul-Fitr greetings at Bangabhaban's Credential Hall after Eid prayer BSS

Fakhrul sees sadness, suffering overshadowing Eid celebrations

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday asserted that the masses are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr amid "sadness and suffering".

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'Goriber Koshaikhana' sells beef at Tk10 per kg to share the joy of Eid

'Goriber Koshaikhana' (Poor Man's Butcher), a project of a voluntary organization, has brought smiles to the faces of the poor and helpless people of Tongibari upazila of Munshiganj district by offering 1 kg beef only at Tk10.

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Rahul Gandhi vacates official bungalow in Delhi, says he paid price for speaking the truth

India's main opposition party Congress' leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday vacated the official bungalow allotted to him in Delhi in accordance with an order issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on March 27. Lok Sabha is the upper house of India's parliament.

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Rahul Gandhi, a leader of India's main opposition Congress party, addresses the crowd at a public rally held during the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra (Unite India March), in Panipat, India, January 6, 2023 Reuters