Bangladesh

The 55th World Standards Day will be observed Monday as the day is being observed every year for creating awareness on goods and services across the world. The theme of the day is ‘Our Shared Vision for a better world’. Bangladesh is also set to observe the day in line with the theme like other countries in the world with ...

Durga Puja, the largest religious festival for the Hindu community, has come to a close through the immersion of the goddess’s idols in the waters on the tenth and final day of the Puja — Dashami — on Sunday. As per tradition, members of the community bid farewell to Durga with oil, vermillion, and betel-sugar.  They believe that the goddess ...

International Crimes Tribunal’s chief prosecutor Advocate Tajul Islam has said judges will be appointed to the tribunal this week to try the mass murders happened in July centering the quota reform movement. He disclosed it to reporters on Sunday (October 13). Though it was a holiday, members of the International Crimes Tribunal held a meeting at its office at Dhanmondi ...

Former director (Border) of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) Commodore Monirul Islam has been sent to jail rejecting bail petition in a case filed over the killing of a teenager Bahadur Hossain Moni during the movement in Dhaka. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court Mosharraf Hossain passed the order on Sunday as investigative officer (IO) of the case produced Monirul before the ...

The government has asked the hajj aspirants to complete the primary registration by October 23. The Hajj Wing of the Ministry of Religious Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Sunday, said a media release signed by Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, public relations officer of the ministry. According to the notification, tent allocation and deals with the service providing ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday called on everyone irrespective of their religion and caste to work together to take the country forward. “Everyone irrespective of religions and castes should work together to advance the country forward”, he said while exchanging greetings with the Hindu community on the occasion of Durga Puja and Bijaya Dashami at Bangabhaban in the capital. The ...

The five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community and a few small ethnic groups, will end on Sunday with immersion of the idols of Goddess Durga and her children in water bodies across the country amid festivity. The idols of Goddess Durga and her offspring – Ganesha, Karitik, Laxmi and Saraswati – will be immersed ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday visited Dhakeshwari National Temple in the old part of the city. During his visit, he exchanged greetings with the members of Hindu community on the auspicious occasion of the Durga Puja, the largest Hindu religious festival in Bangladesh, said the chief adviser’s press wing.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested former lawmaker of Feni-3 constituency Rahim Ullah from Dhanmondi in Dhaka in a murder case. ASP Imran Khan of RAB Headquarters (media wing) said a team of RAB-2 arrested him in a case over killing of a three-wheeler driver Zafar Ahmed, 53, during the anti-discrimination student movement in Sonagazi of Feni. The RAB official said ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party aims to create a collective community ‘shield’, serving as a model to ensure the safety and security of all people, regardless of their identities or backgrounds. He said it in a post on his verified Facebook page on Saturday extending greetings to the people of Hindu community on the occasion of ...