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The Bangladesh Observer, an English-language daily published between 1949-2010 and last edited by Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury. [7] Kishore Bangla, a Bengali juvenile weekly published between 1977 and 1983. Daily Banglar Bani, a Bengali-language newspaper. The Kohinoor, a Bengali-language monthly published from 1898 to 1912.
Dhaka is home to national newspapers, including Bengali newspapers like Prothom Alo, [268] Ittefaq, Inqilab, Janakantha, and Jugantor; as well as English language newspapers The Daily Star, [269] The Financial Express, The Business Standard, Dhaka Tribune, and New Age.
Bangladeshi media and reference books in English have published casualty figures that vary greatly, from 5,000 to 35,000 in Dacca, and 300,000 to 3,000,000 for Bangladesh as a whole. [71] Independent researchers, including the British Medical Journal , have put forward figures ranging from 125,000 to 505,000. [ 72 ]
Muhammad Yunus [a] (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, entrepreneur, politician, and civil society leader, who has been serving as Chief Adviser (interim head of government) of the interim government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. [1]
Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976) is an Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats of the game.During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world.
Amitabh Bachchan (pronounced [əmɪˈt̪ɑːbʱ ˈbətːʃən] ⓘ; né Srivastava; [1] 11 October 1942 [7]) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema.He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. [8]
In English, the terms "Tiananmen Square Massacre", "Tiananmen Square Protests", and "Tiananmen Square Crackdown" are often used to describe the series of events. However, much of the violence in Beijing did not actually happen in Tiananmen, but outside the square along a stretch of Chang'an Avenue only a few miles long, and especially near the ...
In July 2001, the second AL government stepped down, becoming the first elected government in Bangladesh to serve a full term in office. The party won only 62 out of 300 parliamentary seats in the elections held in October 2001, despite winning 40% of the votes, up from 36% in 1996 and 33% in 1991.