Thailand, July 13 (AP/UNB) — Farmers in eastern Thailand have celebrated the start of the sowing season by racing their buffaloes, whose usual duty is to plow the fields.
Category: Festivals
London to host Miss World final,130 contestants for crown
The world’s largest annual international event returns to London for its 69thyear London, 2 July 2019 – The Miss World Organisation, led by Julia Morley, Chairman and CEO, has today announced exciting plans to bring 130 incredible women from all…
PM greets all on Eid-ul-Fitr
Dhaka, Jun 5 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now on a four-day visit to Finland, urged all to pray for Bangladesh’s continued socio-economic development. “I’d like to tell all to pray so that the country’s socioeconomic uplift and its dignity…
Rain dampens Eid celebrations
Dhaka, June 5 — The celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival of Muslims in Bangladesh, was dampened by incessant rainfall since Wednesday morning. On this day, people usually go out in a festive mood but the downpour forced many to…
Eid Wednesday says Minister Abdullah in revised decision
Dhaka, June 4 – Holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Wednesday as the Shawwal moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Tuesday. The decision was taken at the second meeting of…
Dhaka dwellers crowd markets for last-minute Eid shopping
Dhaka, June 3 (UNB) – With the Eid-ul-Fitr only one or two days away, shoppers on Monday crowded all the shopping malls, markets and makeshift shops in the city as many left it for the eleventh hour. Visiting different shopping…
‘Missing’ BNP leaders’ families given Khaleda’s Eid gifts
Dhaka, Jun 2 (UNB) – BNP, on behalf of its jailed chairperson Khaleda Zia, on Sunday provided eid gifts to the relatives of its leaders who remain ‘missing’ for a long time. Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir handed…
Dhaka’s wayside shops attract fixed-income people
Dhaka, June 2 – A large number of vendors have set up makeshift shops on the capital’s footpaths and lanes along major streets and markets to claim their stakes in the frenzied Eid shopping. These shops, offering goods at cheaper…
Unfit motor Launch back to service makes Eid trips risky
Keraniganj, May 31 (UNB) – Workers of some 30 dockyards in and around Keraniganj are passing a busy period in their respective dockyards in refurbishing the old and unfit launches to earn extra money ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr. One of…
ঈদে গ্রামমুখো মানুষের নিরাপদে যাতায়াত নিশ্চিত করুন -পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
পবিত্র ঈদুল ফিতর উপলক্ষে নাড়ীরটানে বাড়িফেরা মানুষের নিরাপদে ও নির্বিগ্নে যাতায়াত নিশ্চিত করার দাবি জানিয়েছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই। আজ এক বিবৃতিতে তিনি বলেন, রাজধানীসহ শহরে বসবাসরত অধিকাংশ মানুষ গ্রামমুখি। তাই বিভিন্ন…
Minister Mozammel to join Modi’s swearing-in: FM
Dhaka, May 26 (UNB) – Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque will represent Bangladesh at the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi is likely to take oath as Indian Prime Minister for the second term on…
BD railway faces huge crowd for advance Eid Festival tickets
Dhaka, May 25 – A massive crowd was seen at Kamalapur Railway Station and Airport Railway station as Hundreds of ticket-seekers thronged the ticket counters. Everyone needed a ticket of June 3. Ticket seekers gathered at the stations in huge…
Eiffel Tower’s 130th birthday: Laser show for Iron Lady
Paris, May 16 (AP/UNB) — Paris wished the Eiffel Tower a happy birthday Wednesday with an elaborate nighttime laser show retracing the monument’s 130-year history. Earlier in the day, the monument invited 1,300 children to a giant “snack time” beneath…
Huawei unveils Y Max phablet in BD on the occasion of Eid
Dhaka, May 8 – Huawei has unveiled its new attraction Y Max phablet in Bangladesh with extra facility for gaming and watching features. The hybrid fabulous device, combining the size format of smartphone and tablet, is equipped with super large…
e-shopping booms in Bangladesh ahead of Eid
Dhaka, May 7 – Online shopping has started gaining momentum in Bangladesh ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr amid its growing popularity with the boom in internet access across the country. An increasing number of people, mostly city dwellers, choose e-shopping to save…
Pahela Baishakh being celebrated across Bangladesh Sunday
Dhaka, Apr 14 – Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar, is being celebrated across Bangladesh on Sunday amid traditional festivities and enthusiasm. The festivities began at dawn with the artistes from Chhayanaut welcoming the day with Tagore’s famous…
Boisabi Utsab begins in Rangamati
Rangamati, Apr 12 (UNB) – Boisabi Utsab, the biggest traditional festival of tribal people, began in Rangamati through floating flowers in the Kaptai Lake at Chakma Rajbari ghat here early Friday. The first day of the festival is called ‘Phulbijhu’,…
Pahela Baishakh in fashion
Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year turned out to be one of the best festivals in Bangladesh. As the Bangladeshi people began celebrating the day as their prime festival, the fashion houses of the country leave…
Francophonie prize-winning ceremony Friday
Every year, the Francophone community celebrates and promotes worldwide the use of the French language as well as cultural and linguistic diversity. In the framework of the 2019 edition, Alliance Française de Dhaka with the Francophone diplomatic missions in Bangladesh…
Boishakhi Utshob 1426 at Amari Dhaka
Dhaka, April 2019 – A colourful and effervescent Boishakhi Utsob awaits guests at Amari Dhaka bringing special offerings along. The start of the Bengali New Year will see distinctive offerings from both Amaya Food Gallery and Cascade Lobby Lounge –…
‘Pahela Baishakh celebrations must end by 6pm’
Dhaka, Apr 3 – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said programmes to celebrate Pahela Baishakh must end by 6 pm and traditional masks cannot be used during Mongol Shovajatra (procession of good wishes). He came up with the remarks…
Lalan Festival on at BD mystic lyricist Lalon Shah Shrine
Kushtia, Mar 21 – A three-day Lalon festival, which began on Wednesday at Lalon Shah Shrine at Chheuria village in Kushtia will end Friday. Every year, the Lalon Academy and Kushtia district administration jointly organise the festival in memory of…
Rain damages a huge quantity of Ekushey book fair books
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – An early morning shower on Sunday caught the book publishers at the Amar Ekushey book fair off-guarded as it damaged huge books at the fair venue. Jalal Ahmed, member secretary of the book fair…
Awkwafina, Tina Fey, Jennifer Lopez to present at Oscars
New York, Feb 5 (AP/UNB) — Tina Fey, Whoopi Goldberg and Brie Larson will be presenters at the 91st Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Monday announced its first slate of presenters. Also among the…
33rd Bangladesh Poetry Festival 2019 begins
Dhaka, Feb 1 – The 33rd edition of ‘Jatiya Kobita Utshab’ (national poetry festival) started on Friday at the Dhaka University’s Central Library square. This year’s slogan of the two-day festival is ‘Bangalir joy kobitar joy’ (the victory of Bangali…
A sky full of kites becomes a death trap for birds
by Manon Verchot on 16 January 2019 • Every year around festivals like Makar Sankranti, when kites soar in the sky competing with each other, conservation organisations continue to rescue thousands of birds entangled or injured by these kite strings.
Dhaka International Trade Fair begins Wednesday
Dhaka, Jan 8 – The 24th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) begins at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city on Wednesday.
Young visitors thronged the Rooppur Nuclear Power stalls
Dhaka, Oct 8 – To create awareness about the safety and eco-friendliness of the under-construction Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, modern nuclear technology and its versatile use Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) actively participated in the Jatiya Unnayan Mela 2018 held from…
Eid-ul-Azha celebrated across Bangladesh
Muslims throughout the country are celebrating Eid-ul-Azha with the sacrifice of animals and the distribution of the meat among neighbours, family members, and the poor.