President of the Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Wednesday visited the National Martyrs’ Memorial and Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhaka as part of his ongoing three-day state visit to Bangladesh. First Lady Fazna Ahmed accompanied him.

Bangladesh's Shaheen Akhtar has won the 3rd Asian Literary Award for her novel "Talaash".

Bangladesh's Shaheen Akhtar has won the 3rd Asian Literary Award for her novel "Talaash."

The Cabinet on Wednesday declared March 7 as ‘Historic Day’ instead of the ‘National Historic Day’ in a bid to observe the day nationally and internationally, commemorating the historic speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep shock at the death of former Principal of Notre Dame College and a US national Father Richard William Timm, saying that Bangladesh will forever miss him.

The young generation has to learn from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s nationalism, wisdom and internationalism to progress in the unprecedented times of 21st century, Professor Dr Haider A Khan has said.