Bangladesh

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 ...

A total of five congregations (jamaat) were held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday. The first Eid jamaat was held at 7:00 am while the next four jamaats were held at 8:00 am, 9:00 am, 10:00 am and 10:45 am in phases. Baitul Mukarram National Mosque’s senior Pesh ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday urged the affluent people of the society to stand by the poor as well as the oppressed people of Palestine. The Head of State, in a congratulatory speech delivered on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr at the Credentials Hall of Bangabhaban, called upon the countrymen to enjoy the joys of Eid together with all, irrespective of ...

During the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations at her official residence Ganabhaban, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday reiterated the Awami League’s enduring commitment to the welfare of the Bangladeshi people. The Prime Minister exchanged Eid greetings with a diverse group of citizens including party leaders, workers, judges, and foreign diplomats, reports UNB In her address, Sheikh Hasina expressed her gratitude towards Awami ...

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 ...