Dhaka, May 26 (UNB) – BNP on Sunday invited Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party’s presidium members to its iftar party to be held here on Tuesday. The party will host the iftar party…
Category: Words of faith
India’s Modi paints image of Hindu ascetic called to power
New Delhi, May 24 (AP/UNB) — The man in the saffron robe sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, back to the wall of a cave framed by the Himalayas. This was India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest production, traveling to…
Be active against drug addiction, terror: Zafarullah Khan
Moulana Zafarullah Khan, chief of Khelafat Andolan and chairman of United Islami Oikya Jote on Tuesday expressed his concern over the drug menace and militancy at national and international levels and called for united efforts of all to face those.…
Minimum Fitra fixed at Tk 70
Dhaka, May 16 (UNB) – This year’s minimum Fitra has been fixed at Tk 70 per person. The maximum Fitra has been set at Tk 1,980, said Mohammad Nizam Udin, assistant director of Islamic Foundation. The Islamic Foundation fixed the…
Gunmen attack Catholic church in Burkina Faso; 6 killed
Ouagadougou, May 13 (AP/UNB) — Authorities say gunmen have attacked a Catholic church in Burkina Faso, killing a priest and five worshippers. The attack on Sunday took place in Dablo, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the capital, Ouagadougou. Urbain…
Decisive victory for the persecuted Christians in India
In 2016, Pastor Balu, his wife, his son, and members of his congregation were violently attacked, later detained by the police and falsely accused of forcing conversions to Christianity. It brings me great joy to announce that, after a long…
BD minorities say attacks on them went up following election
Dhaka, May 10 — Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad (BHBCOP) on Friday expressed deep concern over the increased violence and oppression of minorities in the last four months after the national election. The BHBCOP, a non-profit aiming to protect rights of…
The burning of Notre Dame and the spirit of place
By Jan Lundius Stockholm/ROME, May 6, 2019 (IPS) – The catastrophic fire in Notre Dame produced a massive emotional reaction. In a Paris famous for its secularism tearful people knelt on the pavement, sang the Ave Maria and prayed to…
BNP hosts iftar for orphans, ulema
Dhaka, May 7 – In the absence of party chairperson Khaleda Zia, BNP hosted an iftar party on her behalf for orphan students and ulema (Islamic scholars) on Tuesday, the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan. The programme…
Holy month of fasting Ramadan begins
Dhaka, May 6 – The Holy Ramadan, the Islami month of self-restraint for self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begann in Bangladesh on Tuesday as the new crescent moon was sighted on Monday. Lailatul Qadr, the night of divine blessing and…
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…
শরীয়তের আইন পরিবর্তনের দু:সাহস দেখালে জবাব দেবে
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের সিনিয়র নায়েবে আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মাদ ফয়জুল করীম বলেছেন, সম্পত্তিতে নারী-পুরুষের সমান ভাগ নিশ্চিতকরণের নামে কুরআনের আইনের পরিবর্তনের পায়ঁতারা করলে তাদেরকে ছেড়ে দেয়া হবে না। শরীয়তের আইন পরিবর্তনের সাহস দেখালে তার দাঁতভাঙ্গা জবাব দেয়া হবে। তিনি বলেন,…
Massacre of the innocents: Whereto from here?
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Apr 30 2019 (IPS) – We have been here before. This blooded precipice is familiar, this looming abyss. What is unfamiliar, what renders the Easter Sunday massacre most vile and truly nightmarish is the total absence of any…
IS leader appears in video for first time in 5 years
Beirut, Apr 30 (AP/UNB) — The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group claimed to appear for the first time in five years in a video released by the extremist group’s propaganda arm on Monday, acknowledging defeat in the group’s…
Terror and religion
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Apr 29 2019 (IPS) – Just before nine o´clock in the morning of April 21st, Christians in Sri Lanka were in their churches peacefully celebrating Easter Sunday, while tourists were waking up in their hotel rooms. Suddenly explosions…
Ramadan office timing from 9 am to 3:30 pm
Dhaka, Apr 29 (UNB) – The government has rearranged the office timing for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan from 9 am to 3:30 pm for all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions. The decision was taken on Monday at…
As Sri Lanka mourns, Islamic State claims Easter bombings
Colombo, Apr 24 (AP/UNB) — As the death toll from the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 321 on Tuesday, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility and released images that purported to show the attackers, while the country’s prime…
Sri Lanka blasts: 2 Bangladeshi tourists unaccounted for
Dhaka, Apr 21 (UNB)— Bangladesh says two of its nationals have remained missing since blasts rocked three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. “Two Bangladesh nationals are unaccounted for. They went to Colombo as tourists…
Blasts in 2 Sri Lanka churches on Easter Sunday: 50 hurt
Sri Lanka, Apr 21 (AP/UNB) — At least 138 people were killed and hundreds more hospitalized from injuries in near simultaneous blasts that rocked three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, a security official told…
Shab-e-Barat Sunday night
Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB) -The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed in the country on Sunday with due religious fervour. According to Muslim belief, Shab-e-Barat is the night when Allah arranges the affairs of the…
No price hike during Ramadan: PM Hasina tells business
Dhaka, Apr 3 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the business community not to raise the prices of essentials, including sugar and edible oil, during the upcoming Ramadan. She made the call at a function arranged marking…
Lailat-ul-Miraj Tuesday
DHAKA, April 2, 2019 (BSS) – The holy Lailat-ul-Miraj will be observed in the country tomorrow night in religious festivity and befitting manner. Marking the holy night, Islamic Foundation (IF) will arrange a waz and milad mahfil on the importance…
New Zealand attack note left at fire at California mosque
Escondido, Mar 25 (AP/UNB) — A note referencing the recent terrorist attacks in New Zealand was found at the scene of a possible arson fire at a Southern California mosque, police said Sunday. Nobody was hurt, and members of the…
Christchurch attacks: Al-Noor mosque reopens to worshippers
Worshippers have returned to the Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch for the first time since a mass shooting there in which dozens of people were killed. The building had closed so police could investigate the attack but on Saturday small groups…
China’s treatment of Muslims a defining moment for OIC – HRW
Imagine a country where practicing Islam is treated as a crime. Where using the everyday greeting of “As-salaam alaikum” is punished. A place so repressive that even listening to a religious sermon at a mosque or reciting a funeral prayer…
Recent attacks on religious minorities protested
Dhaka, Feb 16 – Violent attacks on religious minorities in recent days have evoked popular protests at home and abroad. The situation of minorities in Bangladesh is a human rights issue. The Bangladesh Hindu-Buddha-Christian Oikya Parishad has called upon leaders…
Four-day Tablig Biswa Ijtema begins Friday
Gazipur, Feb 14 (UNB) – Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest Muslim congregations in the world, begins on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi here on Friday. The Ijtema to be held for four days this time will…
Saraswati idol vandalised in Narayanganj: 4 arrested
Narayanganj, Feb 11 (UNB) – Four youths were arrested on Monday for vandalising an idol of Hindu goddess Saraswati at Tingao village of Bandar Upazila. Police identified the youths as Sujon, 22, son of Abdul Karim Mia; Shafikul Islam, 25,…