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Bangladesh celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr with call for sharing joy

Bangladesh celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr with call for sharing joy

-- 2018-06-17 10:03:06

Muslims in Bangladesh have celebrated their largest religious festival, Eid-ul-Fitr, with a call for sharing the joy. Festivities began on Saturday morning with Eid prayers. Many devotees gathered at...

Police bar Moudud leaving home on Eid day

Police bar Moudud leaving home on Eid day

-- 2018-06-17 09:58:49

Police have barred senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed from leaving his home to exchange Eid greetings with supporters in Noakhali’s Companyganj. Police cars barricaded the road to his home in Manik...

Gor-e-Shaheed overtakes Sholakia to host largest eid congregation

Gor-e-Shaheed overtakes Sholakia to host largest eid congregation

-- 2018-06-16 22:45:08

DINAJPUR, June 16 : Although Sholakia in Kishoreganj district used to host the country's largest eid congregation in the past, Gor-e-Shaheed Baro Maidan in Dinajpur overtook it in terms of number this...

Floods hit 0.3m in Moulvibazar

Floods hit 0.3m in Moulvibazar

-- 2018-06-16 21:51:47

MOULVIBAZAR, June 16 : The flood situation in five upazilas of the district worsened further on Saturday with water inundating new areas, leaving around 0.3 million people of several hundred villages...

B Chy for constitution amendment to form caretaker or nat’l govt

B Chy for constitution amendment to form caretaker or nat’l govt

-- 2018-06-16 19:28:54

President of Bikolpo Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday urged the government to amend the Constitution for paving the way for formation of either a caretaker or a national...

Gazipur boat capsize kills four kids

Gazipur boat capsize kills four kids

-- 2018-06-16 18:58:09

Four children, including two siblings, were killed as a boat capsized in a beel (water body) of Bymile in the city on Saturday afternoon while they were having a boat ride on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fi...

President for ensuring Eid festivities for all

President for ensuring Eid festivities for all

-- 2018-06-16 18:08:30

President Abdul Hamid on Saturday urged all to ensure so that everyone can enjoy the festivities of Eid, reports UNB. “After a month-long siyam practice, Eid-ul-Fitr brings the messages of pure...

Eid joy ‘elusive’ in country, claims Ershad

Eid joy ‘elusive’ in country, claims Ershad

-- 2018-06-16 17:52:07

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Saturday said the joy of Eid is now elusive in the country as people are getting killed without any trial, even during Ramadan and ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB....

Democracy now well protected: PM

Democracy now well protected: PM

-- 2018-06-16 16:24:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said democracy in the country is now well protected while its economy is standing on a strong ground. “We have ensured the fundamental rights of people,...

BNP leaders fail to meet Khaleda on Eid  

BNP leaders fail to meet Khaleda on Eid  

-- 2018-06-16 16:06:37

BNP senior leaders and activists on Saturday failed to meet their chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Old Central Jail in the capital on the Eid day. Senior BNP leaders, including standing committee membe...

Road crashes kill seven in two districts

Road crashes kill seven in two districts

-- 2018-06-16 13:47:14

At least seven people, including a school teacher, were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram and Sylhet districts on Friday, reports UNB. In Chattogram, three people were killed in a head-...

Bangladeshi jumps to death in Makkah

Bangladeshi jumps to death in Makkah

-- 2018-06-16 13:27:51

A Bangladeshi man on Wednesday threw himself to death from the first floor into the Kaaba circumambulation area at the Grand Mosque (Haram Mosque) in Makkah where worshippers were circling the sacred...

Two siblings drown in Jashore

Two siblings drown in Jashore

-- 2018-06-16 13:23:33

Two siblings drowned in a pond in Sharsha upazila of Jashore on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Rezwan, 7, son of Kamarul Islam of Sikarpur village of Lakshanpur union in the upazila...

Sholakia hosts largest Eid congregation

Sholakia hosts largest Eid congregation

-- 2018-06-16 12:24:07

The largest Eid-ul-Fitr jamaat(congregation) of the country was held on the historic Sholakia Eidgah Maidan this morning with participation of over thousands of devotees from home and abroad amid stri...

Mashrafe celebrates Eid with family in Narail

Mashrafe celebrates Eid with family in Narail

-- 2018-06-16 12:19:39

Like previous years, Bangladesh One Day International (ODI) captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza on Saturday celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr at his hometown with his family and neighbours. Wearing a traditional white...

Eid-ul-Fitr being celebrated

Eid-ul-Fitr being celebrated

-- 2018-06-16 09:19:47

Holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, is being celebrated across the country on Saturday amid religious fervour and enthusiasm after a month-long fasting. The main Eid-ul-Fitr...

Eid-ul-Fitr tomorrow

Eid-ul-Fitr tomorrow

-- 2018-06-15 19:35:34

Holy Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the country on Saturday as the Shawwal moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Friday. The eid, , the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated a...

Two die in ‘gunfights’

Two die in ‘gunfights’

-- 2018-06-15 19:24:35

Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in reported gunfights in Gosairhat Upazila of Shariatpur and Shorsha Upazila of Jeshore on Friday, reports UNB. In Shariatpur, the suspected drug dealer was ki...

PM to exchange greetings on Eid day at Ganobhaban

PM to exchange greetings on Eid day at Ganobhaban

-- 2018-06-15 17:45:20

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will exchange greetings with the people from all walks of life, including party leaders and workers, judges and foreign diplomats at her official residence Ganobhaban...

Unknown assailants kill AL leader in city

Unknown assailants kill AL leader in city

-- 2018-06-15 16:49:18

An Awami League (AL) leader was shot to death by unknown assailants in the city’s Uttar Badda area on Friday afternoon, reports UNB. AB Siddique, officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station, sa...

Khaleda greets people on Eid from jail: Rizvi

Khaleda greets people on Eid from jail: Rizvi

-- 2018-06-15 16:24:51

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has greeted the country’s people and wished them ‘Eid Mubarak’ from jail on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB. “Our chairperson through thos...

Army deployment in polls as per constitution: Quader

Army deployment in polls as per constitution: Quader

-- 2018-06-15 16:02:31

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the army will be deployed in the next general election as per the constitution. “The Election Commission will request the government...

Muslims observe Jumatul Wida

Muslims observe Jumatul Wida

-- 2018-06-15 15:38:42

Muslims across the country observed Jumatul Wida, the last Friday of Ramadan, with due religious fervour and reverence, reports UNB. Jumatul Wida has a special importance as it is a prelude to the de...

Two die of ‘heatstroke’ while collecting Zakat clothes

Two die of ‘heatstroke’ while collecting Zakat clothes

-- 2018-06-15 15:27:06

Two people died of ‘heatstroke’ while collecting Zakat clothes at the residence of Sirajganj Zila Parishad Chairman Abdul Latif Biswas in Belkuchi upazila on Friday. They could not be ide...

30-km tailback on Dhaka-Mawa highway

30-km tailback on Dhaka-Mawa highway

-- 2018-06-15 15:07:46

A 30-kilometre tailback was created on the Dhaka-Mawa highway of Munshiganj district on Friday due to heavy pressure of vehicles and construction work on the expressway, causing immense suffering to c...

Gopalganj road crash kills HSC results seeker

Gopalganj road crash kills HSC results seeker

-- 2018-06-15 14:40:38

A college student who appeared in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination was killed and another injured when a bus ran them over on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Mandartala under S...

Suspected drug pedlar dies in Shariatpur ‘gunfight’

Suspected drug pedlar dies in Shariatpur ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-06-15 13:05:15

A suspected drug pedlar was killed in a reported gunfight with detective police at Bhadrachand under Gosairhat upazila in Shariatpur in the early hours of Friday. The deceased was identified as Ruhul...

Thousands of children at risk as rains hit Rohingya refugee camps

Thousands of children at risk as rains hit Rohingya refugee camps

-- 2018-06-15 10:05:15

Torrential rain and strong winds hit Rohingya refugee camps and makeshift settlements in the past week threatening the health and safety of thousands of children as the first major storm of the monsoo...

Eid-ul Fitr tomorrow, if moon sighted today

Eid-ul Fitr tomorrow, if moon sighted today

-- 2018-06-15 09:42:18

The holy Eid-ul Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be observed across the country tomorrow, if the Shawal moon is sighted today. A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committ...

Many more leave capital as eid exodus continues

Many more leave capital as eid exodus continues

-- 2018-06-14 20:56:38

The frenzied rush of home-goers reached its peak in the city on Thursday, the last working day before Eid-ul-Fitr as thousands of people headed for their village homes to celebrate the religious festi...