Bangladesh

Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma and his spouse Manu Verma on Thursday visited Bidyananda Foundation office in Dhaka and presented food items, books and gifts to the underprivileged children being supported by the Foundation. The high commissioner visited the Bidyananda office and gave the items to mark the celebration of the holy month of Ramadan and the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, said ...

The National Moon Sighting Committee will hold a meeting on Friday evening at the Islamic Foundation (IF) conference room at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque to fix the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims. President of the National Moon Sighting Committee and State Minister for Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan will chair the meeting, said a ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s two grand-daughters have arrived in Dhaka to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their grandmother. Zafia Rahman and Zahia Rahman arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on early Thursday afternoon. They are the daughters of Khaleda Zia’s younger son late Arafat Rahman Koko and Sharmila Rahman Sithi. Mother Sharmila Rahman Sithi received them at the airport, said BNP Media ...

Four people were killed in a collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Mawa expressway on Thursday morning. The accident that also left at least 19 other passengers injured took place around 8:45am at Shologhar area under Sreenagar upazila in Munshiganj. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Eyewitnesses said Shariatur-bound bus of Padma Travels hit a standing ...

All necessary preparations have almost been completed for holding the country’s largest Eid congregations at Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj district. This year, the authorities concerned are preparing to hold the 196th jamaat at Sholakia Eidgah Maidan. Four-tier security measures have been taken in and around the Eidgah to ensure foolproof security, said Deputy Commissioner of Kishoreganj Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad ...

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the party leaders and activists to highlight the development activities of the government during the holy Eid-ul-Fitr vacation alongside inquiring about the beneficiaries of the government projects. The premier gave the instruction in a video call at the party’s joint meeting held at the political office of the Awami League ...

Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun has urged the city dwellers to be extra cautious about their belongings before leaving for their home districts for the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation. “You need to be extra cautious . . . you either take your cash, jewellery and other valuables with you or leave those with your relatives staying in the city before ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that BNP is once again planning to carry out arson terrorism ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. “Evil forces are out to destabilise the country’s stability and started ill-efforts centering the polls again. The incidents of fire in several places in a row are similar to arson terrorism. This is most ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said trial of a false case filed against the party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman begins to keep them out of politics. He made the remarks while addressing a press conference at the BNP Chaiperson Khaleda Zia’s political office at Gulshan in the capital early this (Wednesday) afternoon. ...

Four women including a mother and her daughter were killed after being hit by a train in Tangail’s Kalihati upazila early Wednesday. The accident took place at Mirhamjani area in the upazila around 5:30am. The deceased were Bashonti, 60, Rani Das, 55, Shanti Rani, 45, and her daughter Shilpi Rani, 30. They met the tragic end of their lives while ...