Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said steps have to be taken from the families to tell the young generation about the true history of the country’s independence.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he will do his best to ink a treaty with Bangladesh on water-sharing of Teesta and other common rivers.

At least 60 people, including two photojournalists of The Daily Star, were injured in a clash between police and demonstrators who tried to bring out a procession after Jummah prayer at Dhaka's Baitul Mukarram National Mosque area today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today released a commemorative postage stamp, a first-day cover and a data card, marking the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's independence.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulated the people of Bangladesh on the momentous occasion of its golden jubilee of independence today.

“May every visitor to this revered ground honour the sacred memory of the millions who were slain but not silenced,” wrote Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Visitors’ Book, in a touching tribute at the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar today.

Prince Charles of Wales congratulated Bangladesh on the golden jubilee of its independence in a video message today and said the UK also celebrates its shared values with Bangladesh.

Amjad Ali, a dramatist, actor and producer of Bangladesh Betar, who retrieved war-time documents from an Al Badr camp in Rajshahi in 1971, passed away last night.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar, marking the 51st Independence and National Day.

Bangladeshis across the globe need to raise their voices to earn global recognition of the genocide committed by Pakistani occupation forces and their collaborators during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971, speakers said during a webinar today.

Two Bangladeshi organisations in Paris organised a poster exhibition near Eiffel Tower square on Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the country's independence.

All secondary schools and colleges across the country will reopen on May 23, after the Eid-ul-Fitr, Education Minister Dipu Moni said this evening.

German Ambassador in Dhaka Peter Fahrenholtz today called on Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad at the latter’s office.

Presenting various statistics of the country’s development, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said, “This is the achievement of the people of the country… My government created a congenial environment, giving only policy support. You (people) proved that if people of Bangladesh get favourable environment, they can make the impossible possible.”

The government today published a partial list of freedom fighters, containing 1,47,537 names.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the country’s independence.

Bangladesh turns 50 this week as an economic success story but also an increasingly repressive de facto one-party state where a cartoon or Facebook post can land you in jail, or worse.

In-person classes at all schools and colleges across the country may resume after Eid-ul-Fitr if the surge in coronavirus cases continues, Education Minister Dipu Moni said today.

Pope Francis has offered his heartfelt greetings to Bangladesh leadership and people of the country.

Japan has extended a grant of approximately Tk 70 lakh to Kumudini Welfare Trust of Bengal (BD) Ltd and Tk 20 lakh to JAAGO Foundation Trust through Grassroots Human Security Projects.