At least 15 people, including six women, were killed and 11 others injured in road accidents in Sunamganj, Tangail, Barguna, Chittagong, Brahmanbaria and Dinajpur districts on Wednesday. In Chittagong, three people were killed and six others injured when a Kathgarah-bound...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left London for New York after making more than a three-hour-stopover at Heathrow International Airport in the British capital. A British Airways flight carrying the Bangladesh prime minister and her entourage took off from Heathrow International...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at many places over the country, incuding Dhaka city, on the Eid day, Friday, meteorologists said on Wednesday. "It is raining in most parts of the country in this monsoon, there may...
A suspected top leader of an outlawed party was shot to death by some miscreants at Sharshunadah Bazar in Jessore Sadar upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mofzel alias Bere Mofzel alias Naxal Mofzel, 54, reportedly Jessore...
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), district administration and all others concerned have chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha in the city with due fervour and enthusiasm. The main Eid jamaat will be held on Shahmukhdum Central Eidgah Maidan at 8am....
Two people were killed when a wall collapsed on them at Purbo Gubrakura in Haluaghat upazila of Mymensingh district on Wednesday. The victims were Monindra Mankin, 90, and his wife Romila Ritchil, 80, resident of Kalakuma village under Nalitabari upazila...
Four state-owned commercial banks will give Tk7 billion in loans to facilitate the purchase of raw cattle hide coming from animals sacrificed during the Eid-ul-Azha. The Board of Directors of Sonali, Agrani, Janata and Rupali banks decided to increase the...
Made to wait long hours to catch buses at terminals, Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers are facing yet more sufferings as the slow-moving traffic is tailing back for several miles on the highways. It took several hours to cross Narayanganj's Kanchpur Bridge through...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said had the traffic management at the exit points of Dhaka been better the holidaymakers would have suffered less. “It was apprehended that there would be huge tailbacks on the highways...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New York on Wednesday night on an 8-day official visit to the United States to attend the 70th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A British Airways flight carrying the Bangladesh prime minister and her...
The United States is willing to have the next meeting of Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement (Ticfa) soon with Bangladesh so that the two countries can boost economic ties in ensuring mutual respect and benefit. "I hope we’ll be...
A Bangladeshi businessman was gunned down by miscreants in his shop in Bloemfontien area of Free State province in South Africa on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Masud, 35, son of Hazi Mofiz Ullah, a resident of Betuadev...
Eid ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, is being observed in Saudi Arabia and several other Middle Eastern Arab countries on Thursday. Thousands of Muslims started going to the Eidgah in Riyadh, Jeddah and other cities of...
Like previous Eid, authorities have made entry to the National Museum free for students and physically challenged people on occasion of Holy Eid-ul-Azha. The museum authorities posted a notice on its website letting people know that students, under privileged children...
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is now in New York to attend the 70th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), will hold a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday morning (New York time). Narendra Modi is...
At least 150 people, mostly Hajj pilgrims, have been killed and scores injured in a crash of people at Mina outside the Saudi Holy city of Mecca on Thursday, Saudi TV says. The TV, in a breaking news, also said...
Two minor boys were electrocuted in Kamlakanda upazila in Netrakona district on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Arif, 12, son of Abbas Ali and Arman, 7, son of Hazrat Ali, residenta of Delua village. The two boys died...
At least 717 people have been killed and 805 hurt in a stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia's civil defence directorate said. The directorate said Thursday's stampede took place in Mina, on the outskirts of the holy city...
When High Commissioner Pankaj Saran leaves Bangladesh by year-end, he will likely be replaced by Harsh Vardhan Shringla, currently Indian ambassador to Thailand, a highly-placed source in the Ministry of External Affairs said. Shringla, who hails from the Darjeeling hills...
The main Eid-ul-Azha Jamaat (congregation) is scheduled to be held at National Eidgah near High Court in Dhaka at 8am on Friday. But, in case of adverse weather, it would be shifted to Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. In that case,...
The Volkswagen emissions scandal has rocked Germany's business and political establishment and analysts warn the crisis at the carmaker could develop into the biggest threat to Europe's largest economy. Volkswagen is the biggest of Germany's carmakers and one of the...
A head-on collision between two buses in Bogra left three dead on Thursday. The accident on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway at the district’s Shibganj Upazila left at least 10 others injured. Shibganj police OC Ahsan Habib said that all of the...
About 30,000 people of 25 villages under five upazila of Bhola district are celebrating the Holy Eid-ul-Azha on Thursday in line with Saudi Arabia. The first Jamaat (congregation) of Eid-ul-Azha in the villages was held at Khanka Sharif of Maznu...
President Md Abdul Hamid has expressed deep shock at the death of 453 people in a stampede during Holy Hajj rituals in Mina, outside Saudi Holy city of Mecca. In a condolence message on Thursday, the President prayed for the...
Bangladesh officials in Saudi Arabia await the details of the casualty as the international media reported that at least 310 pilgrims were killed in a crush at Mina, outside the holy Saudi city of Mecca during a Hajj ritual, state...
Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hassan has officially announced the women cricketers’ tour of Pakistan. The Ministry of Youth and Sports had earlier cleared the tour. The team will fly to Pakistan either on Sunday or Monday, Hassan told reporters...
Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hassan has officially announced the women cricketers’ tour of Pakistan. The Ministry of Youth and Sports had earlier cleared the tour. The team will fly to Pakistan either on Sunday or Monday, Hassan told reporters...
A launch (passenger ferry) with around 1,000 on board ran aground in Meghna Rivers in Mehendiganj Upazila of Barisal district on Thursday. BIWTA’s Barisal Launch Terminal and Coast Guard officials said ‘MV Tutul’ – the overloaded triple-decked launch carrying about...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is now in New York to join the 70th United Nations General Assembly, expressed deep shock at the loss of lives and injuries in a stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca on Thursday. She...
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