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  2. List of newspapers in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Most Bangladeshi daily newspapers are usually printed in broadsheets; few daily tabloids exist. Daily newspapers in Bangladesh are published in the capital, Dhaka, as well as in major regional cities such as Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet, and Barisal. All daily newspapers are morning editions; there are no evening editions in ...

  3. Bengali language - Wikipedia

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    The Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987, made it mandatory to use Bengali in all records and correspondences, laws, proceedings of court and other legal actions in all courts, government or semi-government offices, and autonomous institutions in Bangladesh. [10] It is also the de facto national language of the country.

  4. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami - Wikipedia

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    Upon the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the new government banned Jamaat-e-Islami, along with all religion-based parties, Following the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, In 1979, the ban on Jamaat was lifted and Jamaat was reallowed to participate in politics by the Government of Ziaur Rahman [13] [5] and the new party Jamaat ...

  5. Dhaka - Wikipedia

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    The city became the seat of government for Eastern Bengal and Assam, with a jurisdiction covering most of modern-day Bangladesh and all of what is now Northeast India. The partition was the brainchild of Lord Curzon , who finally acted on British ideas for partitioning Bengal to improve administration, education, and business.

  6. India - Wikipedia

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    India, officially the Republic of India, [j] [20] is a country in South Asia.It is the most populous country in the world and the seventh-largest by area.Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; [k] China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the ...

  7. Bangladesh genocide - Wikipedia

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    The paper also denies based on statistical evidence that there was a coordinated attempt to exterminate the Bengali intelligentsia stating: "if one accepts the data published by the Bangladesh propaganda ministry, 4.2 per cent of all university professors were killed, along with 1.4 per cent of all college teachers, 0.6 per cent of all ...

  8. Muhammad Yunus - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad Yunus [a] (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, entrepreneur, politician, and civil society leader, who has been serving as Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. [1]

  9. Awami League - Wikipedia

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    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.