The Religious Affairs Ministry has announced that applications for Hajj visas for the current year will open on February 8 and continue until March 20. The Religious Affairs Ministry issued a notice in this regard on Thursday. All registered Hajj pilgrims both through government and private channels are currently undergoing health check-ups at government hospitals, it said According to the ...

A fire broke out on Friday night in the women’s ward on the fourth floor of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, spreading panic among patients, attendants, and hospital staff, officials said. The incident occurred around 8:30pm, reportedly due to an electrical short circuit. Smoke spread quickly, prompting people to move to safer areas. Fire service units responded promptly and ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said his party wants to eliminate extortion and corruption at their roots, vowing a tough stance against those involved in such practices. “We want to uproot extortionists and the corrupt. There is nothing to fear in this,” he said, adding that those engaged in corruption and extortion would still have a chance to ...

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will not use any lethal weapons to maintain law and order during the upcoming national elections saidBGB Dhaka Sector Commander Col SM Abul Ehsan on Saturday. He shared this information at a press conference held at the National Swimming Complex in Mirpur. Abul Ehsan said, more than 37,000 BGB personnel will be deployed across the ...

The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has announced new gold prices after reducing the price by Tk 15,746 per bhori. BAJUS took the decision at a meeting of the standing committee on Price and Price Monitoring on Saturday (January 31). According to the new rates, the price of the highest quality gold– 22-carat hallmarked gold– has been set at Tk 21,915 ...

A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has died while bathing at Lalakhal, a tourist spot in Sylhet. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon at Lalakhal Zeropoint, according to Jaintapur Police chief Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman Molla. The drowned, identified as Musab Amin, was a student of the 2022-23 academic year in the Department of Electrical and Electronic ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman has officially called on voters to vote ‘Yes’ in the upcoming national referendum alongside the general election. Addressing a massive divisional rally at Rangpur Collectorate Eidgah field on Friday evening, Rahman framed the vote as a vital tribute to the sacrifices made during the 2024 mass uprising. His urge marks the first time ...

The women’s Muratti Vase will be held on a separate day from the men this year. The 2026 edition of the inter-island football match will be hosted by Jersey at Springfield Stadium in May after Guernsey staged and won the most recent contest 2-1. The women’s event, which began in 1997, returned in 2022 after a break from 2018 when ...

A growing body of research suggests that everything from the shape of your lungs to how you enunciate your Ts and Ks could make you a flu superspreader. In January 2020, British businessman Steve Walsh began an international trip which would take him to Singapore and France before returning home to Brighton in the UK. Walsh’s travels – which saw ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expelled 17 more leaders and activists of its Kamalganj upazila unit in Moulvibazar district on charges of defying party decisions and engaging in activities deemed harmful to the organisation. The decision was announced in a press release issued by Kamalganj upazila BNP on Thursday night, stating that the disciplinary action has taken immediate effect. According ...