Bangladesh

Bangladeshi cargo ship MV Abdullah and its 23 crew members, who were held hostage by Somali pirates, have been released. KSRM media advisor Mizanul Islam confirmed this at 3:45 am on Sunday. He told UNB that, “We received the good news a while ago. Our ship with 23 sailors has been released. All 23 sailors are unharmed and in good ...

Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year-1431, was celebrated across the country today with festivity, upholding the rich cultural values and rituals of the Bangalees A huge number of people are expected to join the “Nabo Barsho” festivities across the country, particularly in the capital city. Pahela Baishakh is one of the most colourful festivals through which the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday issued a message greeting the countrymen on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year 1431, to be celebrated tomorrow. In her message, the premier said Pahela Baishakh is first day of Bengali New Year and it is universal festival. It is the day of harmony and the great reunion ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General M Khurshid Hossain, in a briefing on Saturday, reassured the public of comprehensive security arrangements for Pahela Boishakh celebrations on Sunday. Following a detailed review of intelligence, cyber monitoring data, and other sources, the RAB has not identified any specific threats targeting the festivities, he said. Although no imminent threats have been pinpointed, RAB ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman has said that there is no threat of militant attack on the Pohela Boishakh ceremony at Ramna Park Botomul in the capital on  Sunday. He said comprehensive precautionary measures have been taken at Ramna. The DMP Commissioner told the media on Saturday after visiting the venue of Pohela Boishakh at Ramna Park marking ...

The country is set to celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year-1431, tomorrow upholding the rich cultural values and rituals of the Bangalees. A huge number of people are expected to join the “Nabo Barsho” festivities across the country, particularly in the capital city. Pahela Baishakh is one of the most colourful festivals through which the Bangalees ...

    Gokul Chandra Biswas:     The recently concluded ‘Harlow Open 2024’ art exhibition at the Gibberd Gallery in Harlow, UK, featured the works of acclaimed British painters alongside those of Bangladeshi artist Ashis Mitra. In an exclusive interview on 10th April, Professor Dr Gokul Chandra Biswas, former Principal of Government Fazlul Haque College in Bangladesh, shed light on ...

Six members of a family, including women and children, sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in the Bhashantek area of the capital. The burn victims were rescued and admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute at 4:45 am. The victims are: Meherunnesa (80), Md Liton (52), Surja Banu (30), Sujan (8), Lamia ...

A three-day long Boisabi festival, the traditional New Year festival of different ethnic communities living in the hilly districts of Khagrachhari, Rangamti and Bandarban, began on Friday morning, floating flowers in Kaptai Lake in Rangamati. This Boisabi festival is known as Baisu in Tripura language, Sangraing in Marma language and Biju in Chakma-Tanchangya language. With this festival, the people of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged every citizen to work together in the upcoming Bangla New Year to build a beautiful future leaving behind the failures of the past. “Let’s leave behind all the failures of the past in the new year and work together to build a beautiful future,” she said in a video message on Friday ahead of ...