Vows Hasina on 2004 grenade attack anniversary Accusing the previous BNP-Jamaat coalition government of being behind the 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that those who conspired, masterminded and executed the attack would be brought to book. No one can escape punishment the way the killers of ... Read more
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Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated
Solemnity and religious fervour marked the celebrations of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival of the Muslims, in the country on Monday after a month of fasting. Heavy showers in the capital and many places across the country on the Eid day and the following day could not mar the festivity; people rather welcomed the rain after ... Read more
Sholakia shows it again
The historic Sholakia Eidgah of the district hosted the country’s biggest congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday upholding its tradition. Muslims from India, Pakistan and almost all parts of the country joined the 185th congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr at the historic Eidgah, said Deputy commissioner Md Siddiqur Rahman who
Eid festivity envelops nation
Country’s biggest Eid congregation held at Solakia Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, is being celebrated amid gaiety, feasting, family reunions and boisterous festivities across the country on Monday. The day’s programme began with offering Eid prayers by millions of Muslims who thronged at mosques and eidgahs braving light rains in the capital After ... Read more
Eid on Monday
Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Monday as the Shawal moon was not sighted in the Bangladesh sky on Saturday. The National Moon Sighting Committee decided the date of the Eid at a meeting held on Saturday evening at the Islamic Foundation’s Baitul Mukarram
National Eidgah ready for Eid jamaat
Preparations have been made to hold the main Eid-ul-Fitr jamaat at National Eidgah in the capital on Eid day. Necessary arrangements including waterproof shed, fans, sitting place, toilets and ablution facilities have been set up at the Eidgah where more than 1 lakh devotees including the president, ministers, judges, lawmakers and diplomats will say their
Eid special programmes on TV channels
All the TV channels have chalked up Eid special programmes with different types of shows. Most of these channels will air Bangla films, TV plays, musical shows, magazine programmes and talk shows for five days. Like the previous years’ programmes TV plays dominate Eid fanfare. Selected programmes of the first three days scheduled to be ... Read more
Eid brings no joy to the poor
In Arabic Eid means ‘festivity’. Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, is observed after a month-long ‘siam’ (fasting). Although Eid is all about feast and festivity, it does not carry the same meaning for the poor and homeless. On the day of Eid, people traditionally wear new clothes, eat delicacies, and enjoy the ... Read more
Nation set to celebrate Eid
Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Sunday if the Shawal moon is sighted on Saturday. If the moon is not sighted on Saturday, the Eid will be celebrated on Monday, ending a month-long fasting. Thousands of people have already left the capital to celebrate Eid with ... Read more
Heavy dose of formalin poses health hazard
Merchants of death go scot free Formaldehyde (formalin), used for preserving human bodies and animals in hospital mortuaries and laboratories, is reportedly being used indiscriminately during the holy month of Ramzan for preserving milk, fish, fruit and other perishables, including vegetables. The government has virtually no control over the sale and use of formalin, a ... Read more
This Eid that was
The pattern of Eid celebrations has been changing with time. To get a glimpse of the Eid festivity more than half a century ago, New Age talked with four cultural personalities. They had almost the same observation that they do not find that enthusiasm and emotion for celebrating the day together with all relatives and ... Read more
Star gazing Eid plans
Joya Ahsan I plan to spend Eid in Dhaka. It is always a joyous occasion for me. I only dress up as much as needed to give adda a festive look. However, this Eid is very different and sorrowful for me. I lost my father this year and this will be the first Eid without ... Read more
Midnight shopping gains popularity
It was almost midnight on Wednesday and still a long tailback of vehicles carrying Eid shoppers could be seen outside the city’s Bashundhara Shopping Mall. At the shopping centre, the queue for entry does not seem to shorten, with the constant stream of shoppers. Meanwhile, on the staircase leading to the centre, many were
Novo Air to spread wings in November
The local carrier plans to launch domestic flights on three routes A new airline — Novo Air — will spread its wings by end-November on the domestic routes with promises of better services and competitive fares. Initially, the carrier will operate passenger flights from Dhaka to Sylhet, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar. The airline will later ... Read more
Extortion rampant in capital before Eid
Extortion by some high-profile criminal networks continues unabated in the capital before Eid-ul-Fitr although various measures have been taken against such crimes by law enforcers, alleged traders in different city areas. Intelligence sources admitted that extortion was rampant in all types of business
3 killed, 35 injured in stampede in capital
Zakat garment distribution 3 killed, 35 injured in stampede in capital Three poor women were killed and 35 others injured in a stampede in the capital’s Fakirerpul when several hundred people, mostly women, were trying to attend an iftar followed by a Zakat distribution programme. The victims, Sajia Akhter Moyna, 30, of Laxmipur, Jarina Begum, ... Read more
BUET agrees to transfer EVM technology to EC
EC officers would be trained on EVM operation The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology has decided to transfer the electronic voting machines, it developed, to the Election Commission. To this end, BUET’s Institute of Information and Communication Technology would also train nine IT Department officers of the Election Commission from September 2 to 5, ... Read more
Fresh funds pour into shoemaking
Significant export prospects bring a growing number of local and foreign entrepreneurs into the shoe and leather goods industry. In the past several years, more than a dozen of local firms have signed up for making footwear and leather goods. The investors put the money in the
Income tax revenue exceeds NBR target in July
The National Board of Revenue exceeded its revenue collection target from income tax in the first month of the current fiscal year by Tk 86 crore with a 32.48 per cent growth, NBR officials said on Tuesday. In July, the revenue board collected Tk 1,434 crore in income tax, which is Tk 352 crore higher ... Read more
People rush out of capital to celebrate Eid
60km tailback in Comilla Thousands of people on Wednesday huddled at bus, railway and launch terminals in the capital to head home in outlying areas to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, to fall on either August 19 or August 20. Passengers crowded Gabtali, Sayedabad and Mohakhali inter-district bus terminals, Kamalapur railway station and Sadarghat launch terminal frantically trying ... Read more