The first phase of Bishwa Ijtema concluded on Sunday with the final prayer (Akheri Munajat). Several lakhs of devotees from all over the country joined the Akheri Munajat held on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi. Maulana Zubair, the top cleric of Shuray-e-Nezam of Bangladesh, conducted the munajat which started around 9:10AM. Many attendees broke down seeking the ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman today called for holding trial of those involved in genocide. “Those who committed genocide must be tried to free the human society from stigma. Persons involved in forcibly disappearing people should be tried on priority basis,” he said while addressing the Jamaat workers’ conference at Sunamganj Government Jubilee High School ground here as chief guest. ...

The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025, the largest literary event in Bangladesh, has been officially inaugurated at the Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises. The event was inaugurated by the Chief Advisor of the interim government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, on Saturday, at 4:00 PM. The ceremony was attended by Special Guest and Cultural Affairs Advisor, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, while ...

Indian daily Ananda Bazar has published a report about the Bangladesh army. But, later, Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said that the news was baseless. Following that, Anandabazar authorities removed the news from its website, a day after it was published. “The story about the Bangladesh army has no more basis in reality than a Bollywood romantic comedy,” the press wing ...

The interim government has ordered an urgent investigation into the death of Touhidul Islam. Chief Adviser’s deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said this in a statement on Saturday. Police took Touhidul, 42, to Cumilla Medical College Hospital early Saturday with injuries allegedly caused by joint forces after they picked him up from his house early Friday based on ...

A government taskforce has suggested creating a Regulatory Reform Commission (RRC) to address the pervasive issues of over-regulation and red tape in the bureaucracy, governance, businesses and tax regime. “Over-regulation and bureaucratic red tape hindering business growth and foreign investment. To address the pervasive issue a Regulatory Reform Commission (RRC) is imperative,” the taskforce report said, reports BSS. Education and ...

US President Donald Trump will impose tariffs on Saturday of 25% on Mexico, 25% on Canada and 10% on China, says the White House. But Trump said on Friday that Canadian oil would be hit with lower tariffs of 10%, which could take effect later, on 18 February. The president also said he planned to impose tariffs on the European ...

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A brick kiln was fined Tk 50,000 for damaging a road by carrying bricks at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday morning. The upazila administration conducted a drive, led by the Assistant Commissioner (land) and Upazila Nirbahi Magistrate Shah Jahrul Hossain, in the Duloipara area in the upazila and fined Surma Brikfiled. Shah Jahrul Hossain said that the fine ...

The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) has laid off over 1,000 employees after the United States government decided to halt funding for foreign programs. AKM Tariful Islam Khan, senior manager of communications at icddr,b, confirmed the layoffs on Friday, stating that the affected employees were working on various research projects funded by the US Agency for International ...