Obituary

Obituary

Adventurer and bestselling spy novelist Frederick Forsyth dies

A former correspondent for Reuters and the BBC, and an informant for Britain's MI6 foreign spy agency, Forsyth made his name by using his experiences as a reporter in Paris to pen the story of a failed assassination plot on Charles de Gaulle

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Team Group MD, Biman pilot die in Canada canoe capsize

The victims are Abdullah Hil Rakib, managing director of Team Group and ex-BGMEA VP, and Captain Md Saifuzzaman, who flew Boeing 787 for Biman

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Justice Latifur Rahman’s death anniversary today

To mark the occasion, prayers and milad mahfils will be held at various locations, including his residence in Jashore

4d ago

A guardian of Bangladesh’s folk music

In the quiet hours of early Saturday morning, Bangladesh bid farewell to one of its most cherished cultural figures. Mustafa Zaman Abbasi—eminent musicologist, author, singer, and television personality—passed away at the age of 87 at a hospital in Banani.

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In Loving Memory: Shahina Islam

Her Namaz-e-Janaza was held after ASR prayers on Tuesday (April 29)

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Senior lawyer MI Farooqui no more

Senior lawyer MI Farooqui passed away in Dhaka last night.

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Death anniv of Sher-e-Bangla today

Today is the 63rd death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq.

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Jahanara Abedin, wife of painter Zainul Abedin, dies at 94

'She has been suffering from old-age related complexities including dementia,' said her son Mainul Abedin

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Adventurer and bestselling spy novelist Frederick Forsyth dies

A former correspondent for Reuters and the BBC, and an informant for Britain's MI6 foreign spy agency, Forsyth made his name by using his experiences as a reporter in Paris to pen the story of a failed assassination plot on Charles de Gaulle

1d ago

Team Group MD, Biman pilot die in Canada canoe capsize

The victims are Abdullah Hil Rakib, managing director of Team Group and ex-BGMEA VP, and Captain Md Saifuzzaman, who flew Boeing 787 for Biman

1d ago

Justice Latifur Rahman’s death anniversary today

To mark the occasion, prayers and milad mahfils will be held at various locations, including his residence in Jashore

4d ago

A guardian of Bangladesh’s folk music

In the quiet hours of early Saturday morning, Bangladesh bid farewell to one of its most cherished cultural figures. Mustafa Zaman Abbasi—eminent musicologist, author, singer, and television personality—passed away at the age of 87 at a hospital in Banani.

1m ago

In Loving Memory: Shahina Islam

Her Namaz-e-Janaza was held after ASR prayers on Tuesday (April 29)

1m ago

Senior lawyer MI Farooqui no more

Senior lawyer MI Farooqui passed away in Dhaka last night.

1m ago

Death anniv of Sher-e-Bangla today

Today is the 63rd death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq.

1m ago

Jahanara Abedin, wife of painter Zainul Abedin, dies at 94

'She has been suffering from old-age related complexities including dementia,' said her son Mainul Abedin

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27th death anniversary of Shazneen today

Today is the 27th death anniversary of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman.

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Ekushey Padak winning scholar Prof Ahmad Shamsul Islam passes away

He breathed his last in the early hours of today

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