Bangladesh

The first hajj flight from Bangladesh will leave Dhaka on Tuesday (April 29) with 419 pilgrims after Religious affairs adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain inaugurated it officially on that day. A total of 87,100 Bangladeshi pilgrims will perform hajj this year. Of them, 81,900 have registered through private agencies. Around 2:15AM, the first flight will depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International ...

Poet Daud Haider, known for penning ‘Jonmoi Amar Ajonmo Paap’, passed away in Germany’s Berlin early Sunday. He breathed his last around 1:30AM (Bangladesh time) at a retirement home in Germany at the age of 73, his niece Shawonti Haider, an associate professor at the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Dhaka University, confirmed. He added, “We can provide ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that China wishes to see a strong, stable, and democratic Bangladesh. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with a visiting delegation from the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturday evening, Fakhrul stated that China consistently emphasizes the importance of stability and prosperity for Bangladesh, alongside fostering a ...

More than 1,000 Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested from India’s western coastal state of Gujarat during a massive overnight operation conducted jointly by security forces in Ahmedabad and Surat. Gujarat’s Minister of State for Home Affairs, Harsh Sanghavi, confirmed the arrests on Saturday, according to a report by India’s state-run news agency Press Trust of India (PTI). According to the ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus attended the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday at St. Peter’s Square, paying his final respects to the late pontiff. The solemn ceremony, which began at 10:00am Vatican time, was attended by numerous world leaders, including US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Thousands gathered at the historic square to honor the memory ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has proposed the establishment of a bicameral parliament with a five-year tenure for each term, said the party’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher on Saturday. Speaking at a press briefing during the lunch break of discussions with the National Consensus Commission at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad Complex, Taher confirmed, “We have agreed on the matter ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus Thursday paid tribute to late Pope Francis at Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City. The mortal remains of Pope Francis were lying in state there ahead of Saturday’s funeral, reports BSS. His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, Vicar General of His Holiness for Vatican City, offered an official greeting to the Chief Adviser and ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has said that the party is committed to building an inclusive Bangladesh, free from all sorts of discrimination and corruption. “We want to build a Bangladesh which will be free from oppression, corruption, and discrimination. We aim to establish a generous nation guided by Islamic principles, where the rights of all people, irrespective of ...

The interim government has decided to set up a land-based LNG terminal to ensure smooth gas supply to the country’s factories., reports BSS. “Many are saying that they are unable to set up factories due to lack of gas. So, we want to set up a land-based LNG terminal as quick as possible so that enough gas could be brought ...

A Dhaka court has granted a five-day remand for Mehraj Islam, 20, the prime accused in the murder of Zahidul Islam Parvez, a student of Primeasia University. Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub issued the order after police sought a 10-day remand for Mehraj, who was arrested by RAB-13 from Gaibandha Sadar on April 23. He is the son of Nurul Islam ...