Jamiat Ulema e Islam Bangladesh has expressed deep worry and objection over a part of the President’s speech at a religious event of Sanatan Dharma followers. The group said the words of a person in the highest constitutional post of the state must give the highest care to religious Continue Reading
Two religious organisations, including Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and the National Ulama Alliance, have expressed strong objections and protests regarding recent remarks made by Bangladesh’s President at a Hindu religious event. The leaders claimed that presenting any deity as the saviour or protector of the world directly contradicts the core Islamic creed of Tawhid and Continue Reading
Limited operations at the airports in Saudi Arabia have kept 126 flights suspended on direct and transit routes. This has put 19,377 passengers in trouble. Of the suspended flights, 59 are on direct routes and 67 are on transit routes. The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) confirmed this information yesterday evening. Among the direct […]Continue Reading
Locals have accused some powerful people in Kashiani, Gopalganj, of closing the mouth of a bridge of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) to grab government khas land. Water can no longer drain under the bridge, so a large wetland may soon face waterlogging. The crop land of several thousand farmers is also at risk. […]Continue Reading
Jahangir Kabir Mridha, from Barguna Fishing bans at sea, one after another, and special drives to protect hilsa breeding have not given the expected benefit. Coastal fishers say illegal and harmful nets and indiscriminate trawling still put the breeding and growth of fish at risk, because nobody acts strongly against them. The numbers at Patharghata […]Continue Reading
Doctors run treatment services at risk in the decaying building of Raipur Government Hospital in Lakshmipur district. Yesterday at noon, plaster fell from the ceiling again while Dr. Raisa, the medical officer on duty, was seeing patients in Room 1 of the hospital. She and four patients narrowly escaped with their lives. Earlier this month, […]Continue Reading
The Khairabad River Erosion Prevention Committee held a press conference and a protest rally yesterday at 11 am. They demanded effective steps to stop the river erosion. More than 100 men and women from the affected area joined the event. Locals say the strong erosion in the past week took a large part of the […]Continue Reading
The bodies of two Bangladeshis sentenced to death in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, will be brought back to Bangladesh once air connectivity resumes and the situation returns to normal, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury has said. He made the remarks at a press conference on Monday (October 19) after a ceremony […]Continue Reading
The Armed Police Battalion (APBN) recovered gold worth Tk 8.53 crore, 862 lost mobile phones and six missing children during operations in September. It also seized drugs, weapons and stolen goods, recovered money obtained through fraud and arrested a large number of people on various charges. Additional DIG (Operations and Intelligence) Nurul Islam disclosed the […]Continue Reading
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh has warned that failure to restore law and order quickly will hamper new domestic and foreign investment and undermine the government’s overall development plans. The party said the recent deterioration in law and order could erode investors’ confidence and willingness to make new investments. Party leaders made the remarks at a meeting […]Continue Reading





















