A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held on Thursday to fix the date of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims.The meeting will be held in the office of the Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mukarram at 7.15p…
The Ministry of Railways has decided to run a special cattle train for ferrying sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.Asim Kumar Talukder, general manager of Western Railway (Rajshahi), told UNB that Bangladesh Railways will operate the train from J…
No one without a mask will be allowed to enter the cattle markets to be set up ahead of Eid-ul-Azha across the country, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday.This year, a total of 4,407 eid cattle markets will be set up where everyone must fol…
Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday signed an agreement for $41.4 million in grant to help improve infrastructure and manage the basic needs of displaced persons from Myanmar sheltered in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.The additional as…
The second phase of the ambitious Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project is fast gaining momentum.Inner containment (IC) dome metal structures have been installed in the reactor building of Power Unit 2 of the plant recently, according to Rosatom.Ac…
A delegation of BGMEA comprising leading garment manufacturers and exporters will participate in the Apparel Sourcing Week 2022 in Bengaluru, India.The two-day exhibition will begin on July 1, 2022 at Sheraton Grand Whitefield in Bengaluru.The trade fa…
More rains are likely to drench Bangladesh in the next 24 hours, with monsoon being fairly active over the country and moderate over the North Bay, the weather department has said.According to the regular weather bulletin, “Light to moderate rain or th…
In Barishal, Tufan is the talk of the town ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.Tufan isn’t any other ordinary bull, technically a steer, a neutered male popular for its meat — the 5ft tall cattle weighs around 25 maund.Emdadul Haque Raihan, its owner, said that he r…
Prepaid meter recharging of Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (Desco) will remain suspended for 50 hours from Thursday night.According to a Desco public notice, all kinds of prepaid meter recharging of its consumers will remain suspended from 9.59 …
Police arrested Uzzal Hossain, father of the prime accused in college teacher Utpal Kumar Sarker murder case, from Kushtia district on Wednesday, four days after the teacher was beaten to death in broad daylight in Savar .The prime accused of the case …
A fire that broke out in Chattogram’s Bakalia power substation on Tuesday was doused.Four units of fire service managed to douse the fire at around 7 pm, fire service sources said.Shahidul Islam, a senior official at Chattogram Fire Service Station con…
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Tuesday opposed the proposal to whiten black money, or legalising smuggled money by paying tax on it in the proposed budget.”The finance minister has recognised money laundering as a good deed,” he said.Quader, also D…
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