The government will build a total of 560 model mosques across the country soon, a press release of Islamic Foundation (IF) said.
Day: July 27, 2018
Buddhists celebrate Ashari Purnima
The Buddhists in the city and elsewhere in the country today celebrated Ashari Purnima, one of their major religious festivals, with solemn devotion and traditional enthusiasm.
RMG workers to observe 2-hr hunger strike July 31
Readymade garment (RMG) workers will observe a two-hour hunger strike in front of the office of the minimum wage board for the RMG sector on July 31 to press home their demand for fixing Tk 16,000 as minimum wage.
People responsible for coal scam to face music: Secy
Energy and Mineral Resources Division Secretary Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem on Friday said those responsible for the disappearance of 1.44 lakh tonnes of coal from Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) will be brought to justice.
Sara Hossain in Inquiry Body on occupied Palestine
Barrister Sara Hossain, a Supreme Court lawyer, has been named as one of the three members of the ‘Commission of Inquiry’ on the 2018 protests in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Rohingyas: Dhaka for holding perpetrators accountable
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said the perpetrators of heinous crimes against Rohingyas in Rakhine State of Myanmar must be held accountable.
Elections to cities to be a farce, fears BNP
BNP on Friday feared that the elections to three city polls will turn into a farce as the Election Commission (EC) could not yet create a proper election atmosphere.
Cricket star Imran Khan wins in Pakistan but needs coalition
It’s official: Pakistan’s Election Commission on Friday declared former cricket star Imran Khan’s party the winner of Pakistan’s historic third consecutive election of a civilian government, but he didn’t win an outright majority and must form a coalition.
BNP-Jamaat clique to destroy country if returns to power: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the BNP-Jamaat clique will just destroy the country with their unbridled looting and corruption if they return to power as they did in the past.
Extrajudicial killings’ for holding lopsided general election: BNP
BNP on Friday alleged that the government has long been engaged in ‘extrajudicial killings’ in the name of anti-narcotic drive to hold another one-party lopsided general election.
10 million people infected with hepatitis virus
Nearly one crore people in the country are infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, said a study report recently.
Silence of Judiciary increases self-censorship: Pak journos
When it comes to the military and the judiciary, Pakistan’s journalists are “between a rock and a hard place,” Zohra Yusuf, of the independent non-profit Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, told CPJ.
Einstein was right: astronomers confirm key theory
A consortium of astronomers said Thursday they had for the first time confirmed a prediction of Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity by observing the gravitational effects of a supermassive black hole on a star zipping by it.
Short film Ghraan to be screened tomorrow
Culture Desk Ghraan that won the Best Short Film award at the 41st Bangladesh National Film Awards will be careened at Alliance Francaise de Dhaka (AFD) in Dhanmondi in the capital.
Pyongyang returns US troops slain in Korean War
North Korea has returned remains believed to be of 55 US troops killed during the Korean War, bringing renewed hope to families who have waited decades for closure. The return of the remains, brought to a US base in South…
ইমরান খানকে সন্দেহের চোখেই দেখছে দিল্লি
ক্রিকেটার থেকে রাজনীতিবিদে পরিণত হওয়া ইমরান খান ইসলামাবাদে ক্ষমতায় আসার ফলে ভারত-পাকিস্তান সম্পর্কে ঠিক কী ধরনের প্রভাব পড়তে পারে, তা নিয়ে দুদেশের পর্যবেক্ষকরা যে একমত তা কিন্তু বলা যাচ্ছে না। যেমন, ইমরানের মতো ব্যক্তিত্ব পাকিস্তানের প্রধানমন্ত্রী হওয়ার ফলে ভারত-পাকিস্তান সম্পর্ক…
হেপাটাইটিস সংক্রমণ বাংলাদেশে কতটা ভয়াবহ রোগ?
বাংলাদেশে হেপাটাইটিস সংক্রমণকে এক নীরব ঘাতক হিসেবে দেখা হচ্ছে। বিশ্ব স্বাস্থ্য সংস্থার হিসেবে দেখা যায়, বাংলাদেশে হেপাটাইটিস বি ও সি ভাইরাসে প্রায় এক কোটি মানুষ আক্রান্ত। বেসরকারি হিসেবে হেপাটাইটিসে প্রতি বছর ২০ হাজারের বেশি মানুষের মৃত্যু হয় বাংলাদেশে। হেপাটাইটিস নিয়ে…
Duterte OKs bill creating Muslim autonomous region in south
Manila, Jul 27 (AP/UNB) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed legislation creating a new Muslim autonomous region aimed at settling nearly half a century of Muslim unrest in the south, where troops crushed an attempt last year by Islamic…
IOM official found dead in Cox’s Bazar hotel
Cox’s Bazar, July 27 – Police recovered the body of an official of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN agency on migration, from a hotel in the Cox’s Bazar district town on Thursday night.
3 robber, one extremist suspects killed in ‘gunfights’ in 3 dists
Dhaka, July 27 –Three suspected robbers and an ‘outlaw’ were killed in separate gunfights with police and Rab in Comilla, Sirajganj and Rajbari districts early Friday.
Sushma Swaraj praises JP’s ‘rare role in govt, opposition’
Dhaka, July 26 – Jatiya Party secretary general Ruhul Amin Hawlader on Thursday said India External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj hailed their party’s role — both in government and opposition — and hoped many democratic countries will follow the example.
Mercury Prize: Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen,Jorja Smith on shortlist
Arctic Monkeys, arguably Britain’s biggest rock band, are among the 12 nominees for the 2018 Mercury Prize.
Custody battle after Briton Michael Simpson murdered in China
In a rural town in China, two young children are living, completely unaware that their British father is dead after being murdered by their Chinese mother. Seven-year-old Jack and his six-year-old sister Alice are also unaware they are now at…
Operator ready to offer MNP service to users
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) operator, Infozillion is set to offer the much awaited service to the country’s mobile phone users.The company has completed interconnectivity and other related process with three private mobile network operators -Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink while state-owned…
Heatwave grips northern Europe as Greece burns
Scorching hot weather set the conditions for Greece’s wildfires — Europe’s deadliest this century with scores killed — while record temperatures in the north of the continent have also sparked blazes causing widespread damage in recent days.Ten EU countries have…
Govt to set up flower research center in Jashore
The government has initiated a move to set up a ‘Flower Research Center’ at Jhikargachha in Jashore in a bid to tap the growing flower market in the country through researches and thus facilitating the commercial flower farmers.
Islami Bank opens its 338 th Branch at Birganj of Dinajpur
Dhaka, July 26 – The Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its 338 th Branch at Birganj of Dinajpur on 26 July 2018, Thursday.
Globalization, inequality, convergence, divergence
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jul 26 2018 (IPS) – Economic divergence among countries and regions was never pre-ordained. According to the late cliometrician Angus Madison and other economic historians, the great divergence between the global North and…
তিন সিটি নির্বাচন নিয়ে জনমনে শঙ্কা বিরাজ করছে – পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, দলীয় সরকারের অধীনে অবাধ, সুষ্ঠু ও গ্রহণযোগ্য নির্বাচনের নজির এদেশে নেই। এজন্য নিরপেক্ষ সরকারের অধীনেই জাতীয় নির্বাচন হতে হবে।
প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয়ে অবিলম্বে ধর্মীয় শিক্ষক নিয়োগ দিতে হবে।
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