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Rain dampens Eid celebrations

Rain dampens Eid celebrations

-- 2019-06-05 13:01:44

The celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival of Muslims, was dampened by incessant rainfall since Wednesday morning, reports UNB. On this day, people usually go out in a festive mood but the...

Road accidents kill nine in two districts

Road accidents kill nine in two districts

FE Online Desk 2019-06-05 12:10:26

At least nine people have killed in two separate road crashes in Faridpur and Lalmonirhat districts on Wednesday. Of them, six were killed as a passenger bus hit  a tree on Dhaka-Khulna highway...

Six die as bus hits tree in Faridpur

Six die as bus hits tree in Faridpur

-- 2019-06-05 10:48:40

At least six people were killed after a passenger bus rams into a roadside tree in Faridpur Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The identities of the victims could not be known immediately. The accident occ...

Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr countrywide

Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr countrywide

-- 2019-06-05 10:26:29

Muslims in Bangladesh are celebrating their biggest religious festival, Eid-ul-Fitr, on Wednesday as Ramadan, the month of reflection and building bridges, has come to an end. Millions of them have l...

President, PM greet countrymen on Eid-ul-Fitr

President, PM greet countrymen on Eid-ul-Fitr

-- 2019-06-04 23:39:57

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted the countrymen as well as the Muslims across the world on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festivals...

Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday, not Thursday: Committee

Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday, not Thursday: Committee

-- 2019-06-04 23:29:54

Holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Wednesday as the Shawwal moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Tuesday. The decision was taken at the...

Dhaka, Helsinki to work together on climate issue

Dhaka, Helsinki to work together on climate issue

BSS 2019-06-04 22:06:53

Bangladesh and Finland agreed on Tuesday to work together on the issue of climate change as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Finland President Sauli Niinisto held a meeting in Helsinki.  At the...

Stuck in tailback, woman gives birth on road in Tangail

Stuck in tailback, woman gives birth on road in Tangail

-- 2019-06-04 19:35:12

Stuck in long gridlock for hours, a woman gave birth to a baby girl on the road in Tangail on Tuesday morning on her way to Kurigram from Gazipur to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with her near and dear ones,...

Cox’s Bazar abuzz with holiday-makers

Cox’s Bazar abuzz with holiday-makers

-- 2019-06-04 18:19:54

Holidaymakers are thronging the sandy beaches of Cox’s Bazar to enjoy themselves over the nine-day holiday that started Friday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Many of them have already reached...

Sholakia ready for 192nd Eid jamaat, 0.3m to 0.35m devotees expected to join

Sholakia ready for 192nd Eid jamaat, 0.3m to 0.35m devotees expected to join

-- 2019-06-04 17:34:35

The country’s largest Eidgah ‘Sholakia Maidan’ in Kishoreganj has been prepared for holding the 192nd Eid jamaat on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. “Unprecedented security measur...

40km tailback on Dhaka-Tangail Highway

40km tailback on Dhaka-Tangail Highway

-- 2019-06-04 16:39:12

A huge tailback was created on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway on Tuesday morning causing acute suffering to the homebound Eid holidaymakers. The 40km jam stretched from Bangabandhu Bridge to Korotia. Tan...

Eid being celebrated in Chandpur, Jhenaidah villages

Eid being celebrated in Chandpur, Jhenaidah villages

-- 2019-06-04 15:29:48

People of some villages in Chandpur and Jhenaidah districts are celebrating the Eid-ul-Fitr with much enthusiasm and religious fervour, in conformity with Saudi Arabia. In Chandpur, the main congrega...

Rain likely on Eid day

Rain likely on Eid day

-- 2019-06-04 13:52:21

Parts of Bangladesh, including the capital, will likely be battered by rain in the next two days, when majority of the country’s Muslims will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, their biggest religious festi...

Govt scraps transfer order for DNCRP official

Govt scraps transfer order for DNCRP official

-- 2019-06-04 13:30:53

The government has reversed the transfer of Manjur Mohammad Shahriar, deputy director of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP), who made the headlines for ordering the shutdow...

Two ‘robbers’ die in Ctg ‘gunfight’

Two ‘robbers’ die in Ctg ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-06-04 13:28:59

Two suspected robbers were killed in an alleged gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Sitakunda Upazila on early Tuesday. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet. RAB said its...

Sirajganj road crash kills four

Sirajganj road crash kills four

-- 2019-06-04 13:17:42

SIRAJGANJ, Jun 04 (UNB): At least four people were killed and 27 others injured after a Gaibandha-bound bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Shimla area of Raiganj Upazila on Tuesday. The deceased we...

Water transport services on Shimulia-Kathalbari resume

Water transport services on Shimulia-Kathalbari resume

-- 2019-06-04 12:08:19

River transport services along the Shimulia-Kathalbari water route have resumed after an hour’s stoppage when the weather conditions in the area improved. Authorities suspended the operation of...

Six foreigners on three-day remand over ATM forgery

Six foreigners on three-day remand over ATM forgery

-- 2019-06-03 20:02:55

A Dhaka court has granted three-day remand to interrogate six Ukraine nationals over their alleged connection with recent ATM booth forgery. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dhiman Chandra Mondol passed...

PM reaches Finland

PM reaches Finland

-- 2019-06-03 19:26:16

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reached Helsinki, the capital of Finland, as the third and final leg of her tri-nation visit. The flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed at...

Huawei distributes relief among Natore underprivileged people

Huawei distributes relief among Natore underprivileged people

-- 2019-06-03 17:45:12

Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd recently distributed relief among the destitute people of Singra upazila in Natore as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) activity. State Minister fo...

Devotees allowed to carry only Jainamaj, umbrella at Jatiya Eidgah

Devotees allowed to carry only Jainamaj, umbrella at Jatiya Eidgah

-- 2019-06-03 17:42:47

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah on Monday said none will be allowed to enter Jatiya Eidgah with vanity bags, bags, trolleys, explosives, adding that devotees with only ja...

Dhaka, Islamabad to dispose of all pending visa applications  

Dhaka, Islamabad to dispose of all pending visa applications  

-- 2019-06-03 17:36:31

Bangladesh and Pakistan have decided to settle all the pending official visa applications soon after Eid vacation and drawing an end to visa-related complexities between Dhaka and Islamabad, said an o...

Last tributes paid to Momtazuddin Ahmed

Last tributes paid to Momtazuddin Ahmed

-- 2019-06-03 17:24:49

People from all walks of life paid their last respects to prominent play writer and theatre personality Prof Momtazuddin Ahmed as his body was taken to Dhaka University Central Mosque for the second n...

Mango trading gains momentum in Rajshahi, C'nawabganj

Mango trading gains momentum in Rajshahi, C'nawabganj

-- 2019-06-03 17:16:27

Mango trading has started gaining momentum in different markets of Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts with appearing varieties of the seasonal fruit along with rushing buyers from across the count...

Holidaymakers to enjoy hassle-free journey: Quader

Holidaymakers to enjoy hassle-free journey: Quader

-- 2019-06-03 16:47:42

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said Eid holidaymakers will enjoy their most comfortable journey this time. Obaidul Quader came up with the remarks while talking to repor...

Japanese version of Bangabandhu's historic 7th March speech published

Japanese version of Bangabandhu's historic 7th March speech published

-- 2019-06-03 16:40:56

The Japanese version of the historic 7th March speech delivered by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the then Race-Course Ground in 1971 has been published by the Embassy o...

Manpower shortage disrupts medical services at Bagerhat Sadar Hospital

Manpower shortage disrupts medical services at Bagerhat Sadar Hospital

-- 2019-06-03 16:38:07

Although upgraded into a 100-bed hospital from a 50-bed one in 1992, Bagerhat Sadar Hospital is still running with its previous manpower as no new post has been created for the upgraded hospital in th...

Moon sighting committee to meet Tuesday

Moon sighting committee to meet Tuesday

-- 2019-06-03 16:34:56

The National Moon-Sighting Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday evening to decide the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims. The meeting will be held at the Islamic F...

BGMEA forms bodies to expedite activities

BGMEA forms bodies to expedite activities

-- 2019-06-03 14:55:13

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has formed 25 committees to expedite its activities transparently ensuring better coordination in key areas for the industry's smooth...

AC bus catches fire in Manikganj

AC bus catches fire in Manikganj

-- 2019-06-03 14:36:50

An air-conditioned bus caught fire  at Noyadingi on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Saturia upazila in Manikganj district on Monday morning. However, no casualties were reported as the passengers manage...