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Shahidul Alam returns home

Bangladeshi photographer and rights activist Shahidul Alam on Saturday said that he and the other Gaza flotilla participants were subjected to various forms of torture, mainly psychological ones, by the Israeli defence forces after...

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Plane carrying Shahidul Alam departs Israel for Turkey

A flight carrying renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam, among other passengers, departed from Israel for Turkey on Friday afternoon, according to the CA press wing.

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Bangladesh, UN stress sustained collaboration, innovation

United Nations resident coordinator in Dhaka Gwyn Lewis on Tuesday praised chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus for his ‘highly successful’ visit to New York during the United Nations General Assembly as he paid a farewell call on him at the state guest house Jamuna...

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Brahmaputra dam not to hurt Bangladesh, says China

Chinese authorities have assured that its hydropower project over the Yarlung Tsangpo River flowing through India and Bangladesh as Brahmaputra would not affect Bangladesh, a lower riparian country already hit hard by unilateral withdrawal of water from cross-border rivers upstream...

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FIDH chief praises govt’s human rights commitment

International Federation for Human Rights president Alice Mogwe on Monday commended the interim government, led by chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, for its commitment to upholding human rights and democratic principles...

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Dhaka seeks stronger ties with Netherlands

Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday sought deeper cooperation with the Netherlands in water management, agriculture and technology, acknowledging the European nation’s globally recognised expertise in these sectors...

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Vessel Conscience waiting for smaller boats to join: Shahidul

Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, the lone Bangladeshi aboard the flotilla vessel Conscience, on Monday said that they were waiting for smaller and slower boats to join them on their way to Gaza in a bid to break the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory...

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Hasina’s stay in India is legal matter to engagement, says Misri

Explaining deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s presence in India and its impacts on bilateral relations, Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Monday said that it was a ‘judicial legal process’ and required ‘engagement and consultations’ between the two governments...