A five-day vacation on the occasion of holy Eid-ul Fitr will begin tomorrow as the major festival of the Muslims is likely to be celebrated on April 22 or 23 based on the appearance of the Moon. The government has already prepared a public holiday list by fixing April 22 as the holy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government must hold the trials of the mass killings of military officials during the regime of military dictator Ziaur Rahman and the arson terrorism sponsored by the BNP-Jamaat clique from 2013 to 2015.     She said: "I have no

Police recovered two single-barreled guns, a rifle, a shotgun, a motorcycle, and 122 rounds of bullets from Lalpur in Natore. The weapons, bullets, and motorcycle were recovered from Bilmaria Stadium in the upazila around 3:30 am on Monday (April 17). Police Superintendent Saifur

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has allocated Taka nine crore as Eid gift for the shop workers, owners and traders of Bangabazar who were affected recently by a devastating fire. The beneficiaries have already received the money through their mobile phones, Prime Minister's Press Wing

The government has decided to allow motorcycles to ply the Padma Bridge from Thursday (April 20).  Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader confirmed the matter today (April 18). The motorcycles will be allowed to move through the service lane of the main bridge as

Like every year, five Eid jamaats (congregations) will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque to perform Eid-ul-Fitr prayers. The congregations will be held in phases from 7am. The Islamic Foundation said in a press release that the first Eid jamaat will be held at 7am while

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said severe heat wave is sweeping over the north and western part of the country and mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Dhaka, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and the rest part of north and southern region. According to the met office

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Tuesday (April 18) arrested 27 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

The fire that broke out at a building in the capital’s Wari area early today (April 18) has been fully doused.  Fire Service and Civil Defence duty officer Rozina Akhter confirmed the matter.  The fire broke out on the first floor of the six-storey building opposite

Holy Shab-e-Qadr, also known as Lailatul Qadr, will be observed in the country tonight with due religious solemnity. On this glorified night, the first verses of holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) to show mankind the path of worldly and eternal

The average life expectancy of the country's people has decreased to 72.3 years from 72.8 years, according to a survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). “The fall in life expectancy is very insignificant. The fall may be caused by Covid 19 deaths because the covid

Like previous years, the country's largest business conglomerate Bashundhara Group has gifted sharees to female members of the newspaper hawkers' families ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. As per directives of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, the authorities of the Bangladesh

A fire broke out on the second floor of the jewellery market adjacent to the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka on Monday (April 17). The fire broke out from a power line on the market's second floor and was reported at 2:53 pm, said Shahjahan Sikdar, an official from the

Bangladesh Railway has suspended four persons over Sunday's Sonar Bangla Express train collision. The four are guard Abdul Quader (Chattogram Division), Hasanpur station maintainer signal Wahid, loco master Md Jashim Uddin (Dhaka Headquarters) and assistant loco master Md Mohsin

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday detained a man and seized five pieces of gold bars, weighing 583 grams, along Darshana border in Chuadanga district. The detainee was identified as Md Salim, 33, son of Rawshan Ali of Nilukhi village in Homna upazila of Cumilla.

The historic Mujibnagar Day is being observed today marking the oath-taking ceremony of country's first government on April 17, 1971.   Following the Pakistan army's genocide on unarmed Bangalees on the black night of March 25 in 1971, senior leaders of Awami League

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted that weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, having chances of rain or thundershowers at one or two places over some divisions across the country. Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (April 17) urged the country's Allem, Ulema, Imam and Khatib to give sermons against the adverse impact of the militancy, drugs, corruption, women repression in their khutbas in the mosques. "As people respect Allem, Ulema, Khatib and

A fire that broke out at BGB Market in House Building area of Uttara in the capital this morning, has been brought under control. The fire broke out in BGB Market area around 10:25 am and was brought under control around 11:10 am today (April 17). Lima Khanam, duty

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Monday (April 17) arrested 45 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in