Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 10 Jan 2021 11:29 AM BdST
Updated: 10 Jan 2021 11:29 AM BdST
More than 200 runners in Dhaka have taken part in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Dhaka Marathon , marking the father of the nation s Homecoming Day, the landmark day when he stepped back into the independent country he carved out from Pakistan. );
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Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan inaugurated the event at 6 am at Dhaka Army Stadium on Sunday. Bangabandhu Marathon is the biggest sporting event globally in 2021. This event will be a milestone in the arena of sports, he said.
Besides Bangladeshi participants, runners from France, Kenya, Ethiopia, Bahrain, Belarus, Ukraine and Morocco and at least 37 athletes from Maldives, Nepal, India, Lesotho and Spain are taking part in the marathon.
News Desk,
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Published: 10 Jan 2021 11:49 AM BdST
Updated: 10 Jan 2021 11:59 AM BdST
The Bangladesh High Commission in London has held a high-profile virtual event to commemorate the historic maiden visit of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the United Kingdom on Jan 8, 1972. );
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The event, titled ‘Bangabandhu & Britain: And the Historic 8 January,’ was attended by British ministers, Leader of the Opposition, eminent parliamentarians, senior members of the House of Lords, ambassadors, renowned British journalists and senior UK Foreign Office officials on Jan 9.
They paid homage to Bangabandhu and recalled his special relationship with the British government, its Conservative and Labour prime ministers in the early 1970s, and with the British-Bangladeshi expatriates.
Uniindia: New Delhi, Jan. 10 (UNI) Bangladesh High Commission here on Sunday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to mark his triumphant return to the independent Bangladesh from a Pakistani jail.
Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 10 Jan 2021 02:39 PM BdST
Updated: 10 Jan 2021 02:48 PM BdST
The government has revoked the freedom fighter certificates of 52 people, including ex-army officer Risaldar Mosleh Uddin Khan alias Moslem Uddin Khan, one of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. );
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A gazette notifying the cancellation of their titles was published on Jan 5 in line with the recommendations made during the 70th meeting of the National Freedom Fighters Council.
Bangabandhu and his family members were brutally assassinated on Aug 15, 1975. Five of the killers, including Mosleh Uddin, who was sentenced to death, are on the run. Four of them were recipients of the freedom fighter gallantry awards, which the High Court in a ruling on Dec 15, had also suspended.
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For representation: A lady stands next to a picture of Bangladesh founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. (Reuters)
A gazette notification was issued on January 5 cancelling their certificates, Huq told IANS, adding that the notification is available on the ministry s website.
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The Bangladesh government has cancelled freedom fighter certificates of 52 persons, including Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman s fugitive killer Risaldar (suspended) Moslehuddin Khan, Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Huq said on Sunday.
A gazette notification was issued on January 5 cancelling their certificates, Huq told IANS, adding that the notification is available on the ministry s website.