Bangladesh

Banks will keep their branches open on a limited scale in the industrial areas on Sunday (April 7). Besides, the clients will be able to do banking transactions as usual on Monday (April 8) and Tuesday (April 9). Eid-ul-Fitr’s three-day vacation will start from Wednesday (April 9). The banks will remain close on April 13 as Saturday is a holiday. ...

    Dr. Anthonie Holslag:     Memories and trauma The title of this article is really a misnomer and misleading. There is no such thing as “old” pain. There is relief of pain. And people stuck in a trauma can relive this suffering over and over again. I had to think of this when I went on my fact-finding ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the armed activities of Kuki-Chin in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is a sporadic incident, while the government has taken a cautious and rigid stance to this end. “Kuki-Chin will not be able to create unrest in the whole CHT. The government has taken a strong stance. This is an isolated incident. ...

Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed has said law enforcers have detained some suspects and recovered two firearms during raids in the hill districts. The army chief told this to media during a visit to Bandarban at the Bandarban Cantonment on Sunday following the robberies, kidnapping, and gunfire in Ruma and Thanchi Upazilas in Bandarban’s two days ago. ...

Like other years, five Eid congregations (jamaats) will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital on the day of the Eid-ul-Fitr. The first Eid jamaat will be held at 7am, while the next two, three and fourth jamaats will be held at 8am, 9am, 10am and 10.45am respectively. Baitul Mukarram National Mosque senior pesh Imam Hafez Mawlana Mizanur ...

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira arrived in Dhaka on Sunday morning. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen received Mauro Vieira at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport upon his arrival. The Foreign Minister of South America’s most influential country will have a bilateral meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Hasan Mahmud this afternoon apart from his engagement with business leaders during his two-day official visit. He ...

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has said none will be evicted without rehabilitation of slum dwellers. He said this while inaugurating a water-pump adjacent to Bhashantek Jamia Islamia Arabia Madrasah Masjid after visiting Bhashantek BRP Project on Saturday, reports BSS. Later, the state minister distributed Eid gifts among slum dwellers, according to a press release. Arafat ...

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday said Bangladesh is being turned into a ‘battle corridor’ of neighboring countries due to ruling Awami League (AL) government’s ‘knee-jerk foreign policy’. “Keeping the borders unprotected, the government has deployed hundreds of thousands member of law enforce agencies in the capital to suppress oppositions movement,” he said at a press ...

The Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) has announced six-day holidays  from April 9 to 14  on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival of the Muslims, and Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year. In a letter issued on Saturday NOAB announced that no newspapers would be published from April 10 to April 15. The holiday period ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Saturday that stern action would be taken against those involved in Bandarban bank robberies and looting firearms of police and Ansar. “Law enforcers along with army and border guards will launch a crackdown against the criminals in the district from Saturday. If there is found any failure of Detective Branch of police, action ...