Bangladesh

Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar to have passenger and cargo transport through land route The exciting life of Bangkok, serenity of Nepal and exotic food of Bangladesh could be a road trip away. Not to forget Myanmar and Bhutan that can also be reached by road in the foreseeable future, reports the Times of India. Accelerating the plan to ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received the “Champions of the Earth” award in New York, the US in recognition of Bangladesh’s far-reaching initiatives to combat climate change affects. The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Achim Steiner handed the award over to the prime minister at a gala reception in at Hotel Cipriani Le Specialita on Sunday evening, the ...

Police on Wednesday allegedly arrested 16 of the agitators who were demanding retake of admission test for entry into medical colleges on the 12th day of their agitation. While trying to disperse the demonstrators, police also beat up “a large number” of the agitators inside Shahbagh Police Station, according to the agitators. Abdul Baten, deputy commissioner of Ramna zone of ...

Individual taxpayers have received two months more to submit their returns for the current fiscal year. The current deadline for returns submission ended on Wednesday, but it has been extended to November 30, said Syed A Momen, spokesperson of NBR. The move comes as many found it difficult to gather tax-related documents on time due to the Hajj and holidays ...

Ruling out existence of Islamic State (IS) in the country, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Wednesday said both Bangladesh and Italy primarily are of the opinion that militant outfit was not involved with the killing of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella. A gang of three gunned down, Tavella, an official of Netherlands-based organisation ICCO Cooperation, while he was jogging on ...

On the second day of Eid-ul-Azha, animals were sacrificed in different areas of the city as per the Islamic rule that one can sacrifice animal on Jilhaj 10, 11, 12. Shipon Ahmed, a resident of Malibagh, said he had to sacrifice two animals – one for his mother, another for him. “It becomes difficult to handle the sacrifice of two ...

Eighteen people, including six members of a single family, were killed and 29 others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Gopalganj, Chuadanga, Magura, Comilla and Munshigannj districts on Saturday, reports UNB. In Gopalganj, six members of a family and another person were killed in a head-on collision between a microbus and a battery-run three-wheeler, Easy-bike, on Gopalganj-Kotalipara road in ...

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will start selling tomorrow (27 September) advance return tickets for October 1 for the return journey Eid holidaymakers under special arrangements from Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur, Dinajpur, and Lalmonirhat stations, reports BSS. A railway source told BSS today that each buyer will be allowed to purchase maximum four tickets and the sold tickets will not be taken back. ...

Muslim devotees offer munajat seeking divine blessings for peace, progress and prosperity of the country. The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country with due solemnity and religious fervour. On the occasion, the Muslims across the country offered prayers in congregations and sacrificed animals in the name of Almighty Allah. They offered ...

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday greeted the countrymen on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated on Friday. In a message, the President urged all to expedite the national development being imbued with the spirit of sacrifice of Eid-ul-Azha and the country’s tradition of secularism in their personal and social life. Terming Bangladesh ...