Bangladesh

An estimated 6 lakh Muslims offered Eid-ul-Fitr prayers at the Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj. The 197th Eid congregation at the ground was held on Thursday morning. The vast Eidgah ground was filled to capacity with devotees by 9 am, well before the Eid prayers, amid tight security arrangements. The prayer, which began at 10 am, was conducted by Shoaib bin ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin offered the prayers of Eid-ul-Fitr along with hundreds of people from all walks of life at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises on Thursday. Country’s noted personalities, including chief justice of Bangladesh, cabinet members, upreme Court judges, lawmakers, senior political leaders, diplomats and, high civil and military officials also offered prayers at the main Eid ...

Some upazilas of Dinajpur, Chandpur, Chapainawabganj, Barisal and Jhenidah districts are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, amid religious fervour in line with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. In Dinajpur, the Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were held in Sadar, Chirirbandar, Biral, Kaharole, Birampur upazilas of the district in participation with several thousand Muslim devotees in the morning. In Chandpur, residents of ...

The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the greatest religious festivals of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Thursday as the moon of Shawwal month of 1445 Hijri was not sighted in the sky of Bangladesh on Tuesday. President Mohammed Sahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will issue separate messages greeting the countrymen as well as the Muslims across ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will exchange greetings with mass people, including party leaders and workers, as well as judges and foreign diplomats, at her official residence Ganabhaban on Thursday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Hasina, also the Awami League chief, will first exchange Eid greetings with the party colleagues, poets, litterateurs, writers, journalists, teachers and intellectuals from 10am. Later, she ...

Hijri Shawaal moon has not been sighted in the skies at anywhere of the country. The 30th day of the month of holy Ramadan will fall on Wednesday (April 10) and the month of Shawaal will begin on Thursday (April 11). So, the Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the country on that country. The decision was taken at a meeting ...

The US Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller has denied an accusation reportedly made by a former Indian ambassador to Bangladesh that the US ambassador in Dhaka, Peter Haas, was in hiding just before Bangladesh’s immediate past general election due to alleged Indian pressure. The State Department spokesperson made the denial in response to a question at the department’s regular ...

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, announced today that the upcoming NAP Expo 2024 Bangladesh aims to highlight the nation’s achievements in addressing climate change impacts. Scheduled for April 22-25 at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu International Conference Center, the expo will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on April 22. The event will serve as a platform for ...

The number of vehicles is increasing on the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Expressway on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga route as the government holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr commencing Wednesday. However, vehicular movement on the highway remained normal even though there were long queues of vehicles at the toll booths. Meanwhile, a significant number of motorcycles were seen on the highway, as many commuters opted ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given special directives to prevent crimes of teenage gangs, said Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain. The premier also gave directives to check teenage gangs with different viewpoint instead of traditional way of combating criminals, he said. She urged the guardians, teachers and local representatives to engage themselves with this task, said Mahbub Hossain. The cabinet ...