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High probability of skirmishes over raw skin trade Law enforcement agencies have planned foolproof security measures across the country, to ensure peaceful celebration of Eid-ul- Azha, one of the biggest festivals of the Muslim community. “We will take very strong security arrangements before, during and after the Eid, for smooth celebration of the festival in ... Read more

The Eid day weather on Wednesday in Dhaka and the northern region is going to be wet with light rains, met office sources said on Monday. Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions may experience some rains mostly due to the influence of a land depression formed over Jharkhand in north western India with the remains of super ... Read more

The five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, ended on Monday with the immersion of the goddess Durga in the capital and elsewhere across the country. In the morning, devotees celebrated Bijoya Dashami, the last day of the festival, at some 28,000 Puja mandaps, including 212 in the capital. Devotees in their ... Read more

A large number of patients were released from hospitals in the last couple of days as many doctors and nurses already went on leave for celebrating Durga Puja and Eid-ul-Azha. The patients and their relatives at different hospitals said that the doctors asked them to get released from hospitals as many of the doctors were ... Read more

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide over USD 900 million in average annual assistance to Bangladesh under the development agenda of its Strategy 2020, which envisages inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. The ADB will help the government address constraints to growth while

Bangladesh achieved remarkable absolute progress in improving its Global Hunger Index (GHI) score as it has been able to reduce hunger since 1990, reports UNB. Bangladesh’s score in GHI was 36.7 in 1990, 35.1 in 1995, 24.0 in 2000, 20.2 in 2005 and 19.4 in 2013, according to the 2013 Global Hunger Index, released for

Litigants continue to suffer as AD hardly hears new cases Litigants continue to suffer as more than 14,000 cases were pending with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Sources in the Supreme Court said that 4,700 cases, of which 400 are appeal matters, had been fixed earlier for hearing on different dates but the cases ... Read more

Two children were injured and 100 houses damaged as a tornado hit four villages under Bholahat and Nochole upazilas in Chapainawabganj district Sunday night. Sources in the local administration said that the tornado hit Pirgachhi and Ghaibari villages in Bholahat upazila and Gopalnagar and Ghion villages

Hits century, takes hattrick in a Test Even though the first Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand ended in a draw, the incredible performance of Shohag Gazi— to hit a century and take a hat-trick— breathed life into the match. Shohag, in fact, attained a singular place in cricket history as no one before him ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that the current parliament would stay until January 24 and its session could be prorogued a day before the declaration of poll schedule by the Election Commission. Her announcement came in the wake of the recent debate whether or not the parliament session can be prorogued after October ... Read more

Private entrepreneurs now setting up shipyards, RMG and other industries near the forest The government is virtually helping industrialists and businesspersons to transform villages around the Sundarbans into an industrial as well as commercial area, grossly violating environmental laws. Government agencies like the Department of Environment and the district administration, which are supposed to be ... Read more

Govt, tanners, exporters agree to complete job by Dec next year The government yesterday signed a deal with two tannery associations to speed up the relocation process of the hazardous tanneries from the capital’s Hazaribagh to Savar. The relocation process would be completed by December next year, said Industries Minister Dilip Barua. “Construction of a ... Read more

Many poor farmers of Rampal area migrating to other places after selling their land, homesteads Small farmers and poor villagers are made scapegoats for the Rampal power plant and other government projects as they are apparently forced to move away after selling up their land to big industrialists. A recent visit to 25 villages in Mongla ... Read more

Some two million Muslims poured out of the holy city of Makkah Sunday to begin the annual hajj, their numbers reduced on fears of the MERS virus. Saudi Health Minister Abdullah Al-Rabia told reporters late Saturday that authorities had so far detected no cases among the pilgrims of the virus which has killed 60 people ... Read more

With advanced tickets of buses, trains and other vehicles having been sold out, home-bound passengers are left to suffer in the port city. Many people were seen waiting at the Chittagong Railway Station for tickets, but the rail authorities could not provide them with tickets as there were none. According to sources, the Bangladesh Railway

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament Khaleda Zia on Sunday exchanged Eid greetings by swapping cards on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha. Prime Minster’s protocol officer Sk Aktar Hossain handed over an Eid card on behalf of the Prime Minister to the Opposition Leader’s assistant personal secretary (APS) M ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the Hindus to live in Bangladesh with full rights, being the ‘children of the soil’. “You’re the children of the soil. You’ll live here with your full rights,” she said, while visiting the Ram Krishna Mission and Dhakeswari Temple to see the Puja Mandaps there. Hasina also said ... Read more

Durga Puja Bijoya Dashami today  The five-day Durga Puja, the greatest of all Hindu festivals, ends today with solemn immersion of the goddess Durga in the capital and elsewhere in the country. In the morning, devotees will throng the puja mandaps to celebrate Bijoya Dashami, the last day of the festival. The beating of drums and ... Read more

Readymade garments workers in Gazipur and Narayanganj on Sunday held protests and blocked road, demanding payment of their arrears and festival bonus. In Gazipur, the workers observed strike demanding payment of their wages and bonus in the Barabari and Maleker Bari area of the city on Sunday.

Workers held him hostage at office for Eid bonus Garment workers of Tuba Group finally drew out their Eid bonus yesterday after holding the owner, Delwar Hossain, hostage for over 17 hours. They released Delwar around 2:30am from his office at North Badda’s Hossain Market in the presence of policemen, said Iqbal Hossain, officer-in-charge