Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers at Kamalaupur Railway Station have faced bedlam and harassment alongside a schedule disaster a day before the celebration. The passengers blamed the irresponsibility and indifference on the part of the authorities for the chaos on Thursday. People began...
Detectives arrested a man along with 34 gold bars weighing 2.6 kg from Nishinta Bazar of Khetlal upazila in Joypurhat on Thursday. The arrestee was identified as Ehsanul Haque of Atpara Wapda area of Bogra district. Tipped off, a team...
Two ‘robbers’ were killed and seven people injured in crude bomb explosions during a robbery at Majhirghat under Sadarghat Police Station in the port city of Chittagong on Wednesday night. Quoting locals, police said a band of 7-8 armed robbers...
Some Bangladeshis were among the 805 pilgrims injured in a stampede during a ritual of Holy Hajj in Saudi Arabia’s Mina on Thursday. Identities of the injured Bangladeshis could not be known yet, said an official at the Bangladesh Consulate...
Some 12,000 additional police personnel, including 2,000 plainclothes ones, have been deployed in the capital to ensure all-out security of city dwellers during the three-day Eid vacation. All the eidgahs (open space for eid prayers), including National Eidgah on the...
BENAPOLE, Sept 24: The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has issued a red alert along the border at Benapole in Jessore for a month so that the rawhide collected during Friday's Eid-ul-Azha cannot be smuggled out of the country. The BGB...
Karnataka beat Bangladesh ‘A’ by four wickets on the third and final day of the 3-day cricket match at the Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground in Mysore, India, on Thursday. Bangladesh, resuming on their overnight score of 188 for 3,...
The decks have been cleared for Sourav Ganguly to take charge of the Cricket Association of Bengal, with the state's chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, announcing on Thursday that the association's senior officials had taken the decision. He will replace Jagmohan...
Australia’s national cricket team will arrive in Dhaka on Monday (September 28). The Aussies will play a two-Test series against Bangladesh. After arriving in the city, the visitors will have their practice from September 29 to October 2 at the...
JAMALPUR, Sept 24: A Bangladesh woman was among the 717 pilgrims who were found dead during a Hajj ritual on the outskirts of the holy city of Makka in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. The victim was identified Feroza Khanam, 60,...
Sheikh Hasina has met Narendra Modi in New York where both leaders are currently staying to attend the 70th UN General Assembly. The Indian prime minister announced Thursday’s meeting in his official Twitter handle, @PMOIndia. Modi described his Bangladesh counterpart...
The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on Friday with due solemnity and religious fervour. On the occasion, the Muslims across the country will offer prayers in congregations and sacrifice...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank has the rare distinction of being the only central bank in the world that has pursued inclusive growth as a consistent policy in recent years. It has assumed this role on its own volition without prodding from any...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
Eid ul-Azha, celebrated after two months and ten days of Eid ul-Fitr, is known as the Feast of Sacrifice, as animals are sacrificed in commemoration of willingness of Hazrat Ibrahim (pbh) to sacrifice his dearest son Ismail as an act...
Of the two greatest festivals of the Muslims, Eid-ul-Azha perhaps poses a challenge to an objective interpretation. It is because of the oversimplification of a highly spiritual experience any mortal has ever gone through. In his total submission to Allah...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh now appears set to overcome the supply-side constraints that were widely speculated upon this year about sacrificial animals during the Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated on September 25, thanks to some timely efforts by the government. Such fears loomed large...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
Pope Francis on September 22 arrived in the US on a week-long visit following a two-day visit to Cuba from September 19. It would be worth noting that the Pope helped broker restoration of relations between the US and Cuba....
I was really impressed by the high quality service in the recently- concluded tax fair. I went to get an e-tin certificate for a foreigner and to my pleasant surprise it took only 20 minutes to complete the job. The...
Why should Dhaka city get flooded in just a little rain? It's monsoon and so it is normal that it will rain. But that does not mean that the rain should cause agony to the people walking on the streets...
Day by day complaints against the mobile service providers is growing in number and we see a lack of transparency in this sector. Poor frequency, call drops and over charging have become common. When a customer lodges a complaint it...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
The United Nations Millennium Declaration, which set Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), was adopted in 2000 and endorsed by heads of government and states of 189 UN member countries. It covers eight goals, twenty targets and about sixty five indicators. The...
writes Abdul Bayes while discussing Dr. M.S. Swaminathan\'s seminal book titled Combating Hunger and Achieving Food Security | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
Agriculture and food systems worldwide are passing through a difficult time. Climate change, environmental degradation, profit hunting motives, urban-bias etc. allegedly bedevil the process of sustainable agricultural development. Unfortunately, the upcoming challenges and the solutions are rarely put in layman's...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
PABNA, Sept 23: Demand for cutters, including knives and choppers in different sizes, has recently risen in Pabna as Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, is drawing near. Many people are crowding different shops, even the houses...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
BOGRA, Sept 23: Off-seasonal cucumber cultivation has brought smile in the face of farmers in all twelve upazilas of Bogra district. The weather condition is favourable and appropriate agri-impute is also provided to them. The products are sold at high...
KHULNA, Sept 23 (UNB): The 2.62-billion Kapotakkha River dredging project is now nearing completion, raising hope among the people living in its vicinity that there will be a better life for them soon. Once implemented fully, it will lead to...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
SYLHET, Sept 23: The traders of rawhide in Sylhet apprehend smuggling of the item to India during Eid-ul-Azha, set to be celebrated Friday. If strict vigilance was not ensured by the lawmen and administration about 30 to 40 per cent...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
BOGRA, Sept 23: Over 500 students of Mortuzapur Multiplex High School in 11 class rooms of Zianagar union under Dupchanchia upazila of Bogra district are attending classes taking life risk under a canopy as their school buildings have been declared...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 23: Rajshahi Water and Sewerage Authority (RWASA) will set up a water purification plant at a cost of Tk 30 billion (Tk 3,000 crore) to ensure supply of pure drinking water for city dwellers. According to RWASA sources,...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
PABNA, Sept 23: Production of bamboo dropped drastically in the district of Pabna. Once famous it, the bamboo resource of the district is almost on the verge of extinction now. Sources said that everyday a good number of bamboo-laden trucks...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 23 (BSS): Speakers at a workshop here Monday said the traffic victims need access to family and social integration in order to eradicate their plights and vulnerabilities in the society besides getting back to the normal life. They...
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