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    Terming her government’s decision to build the Padma Bridge with the country’s own fund a challenge, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh wants to show the world by implementing this dream project that it has acquired the capacity to implement any mega project. “The heroic Bangalee nation who had earned Independence through an armed struggle raised its head high to-day…they now want assistance from their development partners, not alms,” she said. She came up with the remarks while addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project and River Training work at Janzira. The premier first opened the river training work at Naodoba in Janzira by unveiling a plaque and later inaugurated the groundbreaking of the main bridge at Mawa point by unv...

Ananta Yusuf: Those who had experienced the trauma of the war and the exhilaration of freedom in 1971 know exactly how the broadcasts of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, the radio station of the Bangladesh Government in exile, and the songs it played over the air, inspired millions of souls. For some of the memorable songs we will forever be in-debted to Gobinda Haldar, the lyricist of Mora Ekti Phul Ke Bachabo Bole Juddho Kori, Purbo Digonte Shurjo Utheche and Ek Shagor Rokter Binomoye. On March 25, 1971 - the war broke out in every corner of the country. With limited resources and abilities, people from all walks of life joined the struggle for freedom. By the end of May, Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, a clandestine radio station of the resistance, started its second phrase, as it aired revolu...

    The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the inspector general of police (IGP) not to present crime ac-cused before the media until they are produced in court. The HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain came up with the ob-servation while delivering a verdict in a case relating to a bomb blast case. The bomb was blasted by a member of Jamaa'tul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) at a press conference in Gazipur six years ago. In its order, the HC bench observed that the IGP should take initiatives so that an accused is not pro-duced before the media prior to producing them before the court. This is the second directive from a High Court bench to the police for not bringing any crime accused before the media until they are produced in court. Earlier, o...