Leicester City midfielder Hamza Choudhury has officially received clearance from FIFA to represent Bangladesh in international football.
The 26-year-old becomes the first player from the English Premier League to don the red and green jersey.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) confirmed the news in a statement on Thursday, expressing their excitement about Hamza inclusion.
Internationally renowned architect Marina Tabassum has agreed to become the chairperson of the governing body of Bangladesh National Museum, according to an announcement by the Cultural Affairs Adviser to the interim government, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, on Thursday.
“We are glad Time magazine one of the 100 most influential people of 2024 Marina Tabassum has agreed to be the chairperson of Bangladesh National Museum governing body,” the adviser wrote.
Farooki shared the news on his Facebook page, expressing optimism about the celebrated architect leadership and vision for modernizing the museum. "We have been looking forward to someone who can lead the governing body of our National Museum. Someone who is aware of what happening with museums in the rest of the world, who has an unbiased understanding of our history and heritage, who has a keen interest in arts and who is aware of our present and can offer a vision to modernize museums," he wrote.
The Bangladesh government today refuted attempts to distort the history of its 1971 Liberation War, referencing a book written by the late J.N. Dixit, a former Indian Foreign Secretary, diplomat, and National Security Adviser.
“We celebrate our glorious Victory in 1971; we celebrate the Truth,” the foreign ministry stated in a post on its verified Facebook page, citing Dixit observations on the events of December 16, 1971.
The ministry post, titled “Facts in History”, reiterated that Bangladesh emerged as a sovereign, independent country on December 16, 1971, following a prolonged struggle and a nine-month-long brutal war.
It quoted Dixit book Liberation and Beyond: Indo-Bangladesh Relations, which detailed the surrender ceremony marking the end of the war.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has consented to provide Bangladesh $ 750 million loan as the third tranche of a $4.7 billion loan.
“IMF and Bangladesh have reached staff-level agreement on the policies needed to complete the 3rd review of IMF supported Extended Credit Facility (ECF), Extended Fund Facility (EFF), and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF),” said an IMF press release.