Bangladesh

A total of 1,04,08,918 animals were sacrificed across the country on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha this year. As many as 3, 67, 106 more animals were slaughtered this year compared to previous year, the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock said in a press release on Tuesday. This year the highest number of animals were sacrificed in Dhaka division ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Delhi on June 21 on a two-day state visit at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. This will be the first bilateral visit by any head of government to India after the the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed its government for the third consecutive time. This will be Sheikh Hasina’s ...

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Monday exchanged Eid greetings with her party leaders on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Azha. Sheikh Hasina exchanged the greetings with the leaders of Awami League and associate organisations of the party at her official residence Ganabhaban this morning. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and other top leaders of the party greeted ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, conveying his warmest greetings on the occasion of the holy festival of Eid-Al-Azha. In his letter, Prime Minister Modi highlighted that the festival reminds all of the values of sacrifice, compassion and brotherhood, which are essential in building a peaceful and inclusive world, reports UNB. He ...

The outgoing Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Sunday expressed special gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina saying that the Bangladesh Army has turned into a modern and smart force with head high before the world under the dynamic leadership of the Premier. Speaking at a farewell parade at the East Bengal Regimental Centre at Chattogram Cantonment, ...

Residents of 15 villages under Sadar and Sirajdikhan upazilas of Munshiganj district celebrated the Eid-ul-Azha on Sunday in coordination with Saudi Arabia. Eid congregations were held at Mizhikandi Jame Masjid and Uttarkandi Majhibari Eidgah Ground in Sadar upazila at 8:30am and 9:00am respectively on Sunday. Imam Mufti Moinul Haque, who led the Eid congregation at Uttarkandi mosque, said since the ...

All preparations have been completed to celebrate the holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, Monday across the country with due solemnity and religious fervor. Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th day of Zil Hajj month of the Hizri calendar as Hazrat Ibrahim (AS), on this day, some 4,500 years ago, offered to sacrifice his beloved son ...

Residents of 40 villages in Chandpur district are celebrating Eid-ul-Azha on Sunday amid much enthusiasm and religious fervour. The villagers of Hajiganj, Faridganj, Matlab North, Kachua and Sharasti upazilas are celebrate Eid on Sunday following Saudi Arabia and its neighbours. The main congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr was held at 9am at Peer Mawlana Ishaque Saheber Darbar Sharif Jame Mosque in Shadra ...

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today called upon the countrymen to make a “Green Bangladesh” by planting trees in large numbers. “We have to plant trees as much as we can across the country to make a “Green Bangladesh,” she said while inaugurating the three-month long tree plantation programme of Bangladesh Krishak League (BKL) at a ...

The Eid holidaymakers have expressed satisfaction over their train journey because of this year’s arrangement of special train-service by Bangladesh Railway (BR) side by side regular ones. Considering the Eid-ul-Azha which will be celebrated on Monday, Eid journey by train started from June 12. Besides, the ‘Eid Special’ trains are also operating in the country. Today, on the fourth day ...