Bangladesh

The first phase of Bishwa Ijtema concluded on Sunday with the final prayer (Akheri Munajat). Several lakhs of devotees from all over the country joined the Akheri Munajat held on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi. Maulana Zubair, the top cleric of Shuray-e-Nezam of Bangladesh, conducted the munajat which started around 9:10AM. Many attendees broke down seeking the ...

The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025, the largest literary event in Bangladesh, has been officially inaugurated at the Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises. The event was inaugurated by the Chief Advisor of the interim government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, on Saturday, at 4:00 PM. The ceremony was attended by Special Guest and Cultural Affairs Advisor, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, while ...

Indian daily Ananda Bazar has published a report about the Bangladesh army. But, later, Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said that the news was baseless. Following that, Anandabazar authorities removed the news from its website, a day after it was published. “The story about the Bangladesh army has no more basis in reality than a Bollywood romantic comedy,” the press wing ...

The interim government has ordered an urgent investigation into the death of Touhidul Islam. Chief Adviser’s deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said this in a statement on Saturday. Police took Touhidul, 42, to Cumilla Medical College Hospital early Saturday with injuries allegedly caused by joint forces after they picked him up from his house early Friday based on ...

A government taskforce has suggested creating a Regulatory Reform Commission (RRC) to address the pervasive issues of over-regulation and red tape in the bureaucracy, governance, businesses and tax regime. “Over-regulation and bureaucratic red tape hindering business growth and foreign investment. To address the pervasive issue a Regulatory Reform Commission (RRC) is imperative,” the taskforce report said, reports BSS. Education and ...

BNP leader and former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar has been admitted to a hospital in Dubai after falling critically ill and experiencing breathing difficulties during his Umrah flight. Zakir Hossain, the convener of United Arab Emirates BNP unit, confirmed the information. “Babar along with his wife and three children left Dhaka on Thursday afternoon to perform umrah in Saudi Arabia. ...

Chief Adviser’s Press Wing has said the news story of Indian daily Ananda Bazar published today is false one. “Its (Ananda Bazar) story about the Bangladesh army has no more basis in reality than a Bollywood romcom,” the press wing said in a statement posted on its verified Facebook account – CA Press Wing Facts – today. Indian media is ...

A devotee, who came to participate in the Biswa Ijtema, died at the Ijtema venue on Friday. The dead was identified as Abdul Kuddus Gazi, 60, a resident of Dumuria Bazar in Khulna district. Bishwa Ijtema’s coordinator for media cell Habibullah Raihan confirmed the matter and said that Gazi died due to his old age complications.

The students of Government Titumir College have been continuing their hunger strike in front of the college’s main entrance in Mohakhali for the third consecutive day on Friday, demanding university status along with six other demands. Some students from different departments joined the hunger strike on Thursday night with the five students who started the strike on Wednesday afternoon. Joint ...

The first phase of the Bishwa Ijtema has begun with Aam Bayan on the banks of the Turag River in Gazipur’s Tongi. The formalities of the Ijtema began after dawn on Friday (January 31). In the meantime, lakhs of devotees from home and abroad have arrived at the main pandal of the Ijtema ground on the banks of Turag. According ...