Bangladesh

Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated on Saturday in Bangladesh as Shawal moon has been sighted this evening. The National Moon Sighting Committee sat at the Islamic Foundation’s board room at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Maghrib prayers on Friday evening. State Minister for Religious Affairs and chairman of the National Moon Sighting Committee Md ...

The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest Muslim religious festival, is being celebrated in some upazilas of Dinajpur and Lalmonirhat districts amid religious fervour in line with Saudi Arabia on Friday. The early celebration comes a day before the nationwide celebration of Eid in Bangladesh on Saturday. Our Dinajpur Correspondent adds: the Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were held in Sadar, Chirirbandar, Biral, Kaharole, Birampur ...

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

Around 15,000 motorcycles crossed the Padma Bridge in 26 hours from 6am on Thursday to 8:30am on Friday on the third day of the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. The Padma Bridge authorities have collected Tk 3.7 crore in tolls in the last 24 hours, said Padma Bridge Additional Director Amirul Haider Chowdhury. He said this year’s Eid journey on this route has ...

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said this year holiday makers have been enjoying safe and traffic jam free journey compared to the last few Eids. Quader, also general secretary of the ruling Awami League, told this to reporters on Friday. The minister said people had not been suffering on buses, trains and launches on their trips home for ...

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 ...