Year in Review: As It Happened

Apr 1: Inter-Parliamentary Union assembly in Dhaka
International Parliamentary Assumedly began in Dhaka for first time where some 1,350 delegates, including 45 Speakers, 37 Deputy Speakers, 896 MPs attended.
Apr 21: Sayem Sobhan gets Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir has received India’s most prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards-2017. He has been accorded the award for the outstanding contribution of of East West Media Group Ltd, a concern of the country’s leading business conglomerate, to the mass media, social service and sports.