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Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will issue its formal reaction to the speech of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following its Standing Committee meeting scheduled for Saturday night. Opposition BNP on Friday night said there is nothing new in the Prime Minister’s address to the nation calling for an all-party polls-time government with

Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country on Wednesday. After offering prayers at Eid congregations in the morning, Muslims sacrificed animals commemorating devotion of Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) to Allah as illustrated by his readiness to give up his beloved son Hazrat Ismail (AS). The country’s largest

The prices of raw hides and skins are comparatively higher this year than the prices of those items were in the last couple of years in Dhaka while in Chittagong, the prices are low this year although the collection is high, market sources said. The prices shot up mainly due to strong demand of the finished ... Read more

It is in the middle of nowhere. Located in the forested hills on the remote south-western edge of Bandarban district in Chittagong division, Thanchi upazila is 90 km from the district headquarters. The journey involves traveling on dirt roads, partly herringboned, and crossing hills and streams, as well as a bridge spanning the fast-flowing Sangu ... Read more

Moni Mia earns his living by pulling rickshaw and he can barely run his family — wife, three children and his mother — with what he earns. Having beef, which sells for Tk 300 a kilogram at kitchen markets, at a meal in a day is a dream he can hardly dream of. But even then ... Read more

Law enforcement agencies have planned a massive crackdown against Opposition leaders and activists across the country, ahead of the BNP-led Opposition rally in the capital on October 25. According to police sources, in some parts of the country, they have already started arresting Opposition leaders and activists. On Friday afternoon,

At least 20 people were killed and 85 people injured in three days of the eid vacation from Tuesday to Thursday, showing a severe deterioration of law and order situation. But the police administration claimed that the law and order situation was under control. Inspector general of police Hassan Mahmood Khandkar

As many as 450 houses, including 24 shanties at a slum, burned down in the city’s Hazaribagh area on Thursday night. No casualty was reported as most of the slum dwellers had left for village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims. The fire that broke out around 11:30pm was

Next JS Polls Prof Yunus for participation of all parties Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged the government to hold the upcoming general elections with the participation of all political parties. “We do not want chaos in the country. We want to cast our votes in a peaceful environment. We will not allow ... Read more

Bangladesh goes 10 steps up in the Global Hunger Index this year to the 58th position from the 68th last year. But the country’s hunger situation still remains ‘serious,’ as defined by the index. The October 2013 Global Hunger Index, jointly prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe,

Over 3.14 lakh people in Bangladesh are today living in conditions of modern slavery, according to Australian-based Walk Free Foundation’s Global Slavery Index. The Index that gives the comprehensive measure of the extent and risk of modern slavery, country by country, currently available revealed that over 29 million

At least 30 people were killed and 66 injured in 22 road accidents in 18 districts across the country during Eid holidays from Tuesday to Friday. In Sylhet, five people — Lekhon Mia, 35, Khwaja Abdur Razzak, 65, Ojiur Rahman, 35, and two unidentified ones were killed when a bus drove into a CNG

Dhaka Medical College Hospital received a large number of patients injured in traffic accidents during the Eid vacation. A number of people injured while slaughtering sacrificial animals were also admitted to the hospital on the Eis day, DMCH sources said. The hospital officials said they had

The first return flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Jeddah will arrive in Dhaka today after the completion of Hajj, said Biman officials. According to Biman fight schedule, flight BG0038 will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3:45pm today. A Boeing-777 of Biman will fly from

Home-goers on their way to the outlying areas continued suffering in tailbacks on different highways as the six-day long holidays, including the four-day official Puja and Eid vacation, began on Monday with hundreds of thousands of people already leaving Dhaka to celebrate the festivals. Many passengers alleged that extra fares

The two Dhaka city corporations have taken massive preparations to carry out special drives to clean cattle wastes from the capital within 48 hours of slaughtering of sacrificial animals on the day of Eid-ul-Azha on Wednesday, according to officials. The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) have appointed

Holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country, on Wednesday, with due solemnity and religious fervour. The well-off Muslims will sacrifice animals on the day, to commemorate Hazrat Ibrahim’s (AS) devotion to the almighty Allah, as illustrated by his readiness to give up his dearest son

After last couple of days’ downtrend, the sale of sacrificial animals picked up in the capital’s cattle markets on Monday, one day before the Eid-ul-Azha. The demand for medium-sized animals made the sellers too happy. The supply of cattle increased matching

Separate law needed to deal with culprits The central committee for resisting counterfeit currency in circulation urged the government for enacting a separate law for swift disposal of huge number of pending cases related to currency forgery and ensure proper punishment to the forgers. Members of the body while talking to The New Nation yesterday highlighted ... Read more

FAO representative stresses sustainability of food security Bangladesh can deservedly bask in the glory of tripling its rice output in a span of four decades, but its aspiration to become a middle-income country by its 50th birthday remains hard to achieve until nutrition concerns are addressed. Speaking exclusively to The Daily Star ahead of the World ... Read more