Dhaka May 20, 2026, 8:12 pm
A total of 606 people could not fly to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year for various reasons, including illness, death and negligence of hajj agencies, said Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman on Wednesday
Golam Sarwar, Editor of Bangla daily Samakal who passed away in Singapore on Monday night, will be buried at the Mirpur martyred intellectuals graveyard after Asr prayer today (Thursday).
Bangladesh Mohila Awami League on Wednesday arranged a milad and doa mahfil in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 in the capital after Asr prayers marking the 43rd martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nati
Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on Tuesday.
The HC bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Kashefa Hussain passed the order after hearing on a petition filed by Khaleda’s counsel.
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The prime Minister will also inaugurate Fatehpur Railway Overpass on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Feni at the same meeting.
The programmes will begin with hoisting of the national flag at half-mast and raising of black flags atop public and private buildings, including Bangabandhu Bhaban as a mark of respect to the martyrs of August 15, 1975 carna
Their demands are: Immediate release of the activists, who were detained during movement, from jail, punishment of the attackers involved in assaulting teachers and students and publish a gazette notification of quota reform
"This is completely unforgivable because the driver was driving the bus defying all the [traffic] rules, resulting in the loss of two lives…many students were also injured," she said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay the foundation stone of an underpass adjacent to Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College on the Airport Road in the capital on Sunday.
Police have tried to make them aware of their duties, the IGP said while talking to reporters at a programme at Chandpur police lines.
Police has taken legal action against 1,13,423 vehicles and collected around Tk 3.78 crore as fines in separate drives against traffic rule violators across the country in last six days till Friday.
Though a significant number of women workers came back home from the oil-rich country due to exploitation, not a single case was filed against their employers, they said.
The accident took place around 8:20am when he slipped and fell while crossing the rail tracks, said Md Shahabuddin, stationmaster of Sholoshahar station.
The nation is being observed the 88th birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in a befitting manner today (Wednesday).
The advance ticket of August 18, 19, 20 and 21 will be available on August 9, 10, 11 and 12 respectively.
“The Sri Lankan premier phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at 3:30 pm and talked for nearly 10 minutes,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said.
The sale of advance bus tickets on long routes for the upcoming holy Eid-Ul-Azha started from today (Tuesday).
The 77th death anniversary of the Bard of Bengal Rabindranath Tagore is being observed on Monday.
