Kathmandu, Sep 14 (AP/UNB) — Devotees pulled a girl believed to be a living goddess, Kumari, around Nepal’s capital on a wooden chariot as tens of thousands of people lined the streets to get a glimpse and receive a blessing.
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Guidance for Muslims on the Holy Ashura
Muslims around the world mourn the assassination of Imam Husayn, the second grandson of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) on the Holy Ashura, 10th of Muharram (Al-Hijra month). Ancient River, Euphrates which cradled the world’s earliest civilizations, still flows down the Karbala.…
Tajia procession marking Holy Ashura brought out in Dhaka
Dhaka, Sept 10 (UNB)- Members of the Shia community brought out Tajia processions in the city on Tuesday amid tight security, marking the holy Ashura.
Holy Ashura on martyrdom of Imam Hussain Tuesday
Dhaka, Sept 9 – Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), is being observed in the country on Tuesday with due religious fervour and solemnity.
Hindu Community celebrates Janmashtami Friday
Dhaka, Aug 22 – Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna of the Hindu Community, will be celebrated in the country on Friday with due religious fervour.
Cardinal Pell loses appeal against sexual abuse convictions
Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse, has failed in a legal bid to quash his convictions in Australia.
Two Assemblywomen organise Eid-ul-Adha reuinon in New York
From Mahfuz Adnan, US Correspondent New York, (USA) – An Eid reunion was held in New York’s Bronx park Chester organised by two Women of the Assembly on August 14. Assembly Member Carinus Reyes (Assembly District-87) and Assembly Member Nathalia…
Eid-ul-Adha celebrated in BD amid festivity, enthusiasm
Dhaka, Aug 12 – The holy Eid-ul-Adha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country today with due solemnity and religious fervour and amid tight security. On the occasion, the Muslims across the country offered…
Stoning at Jamarat marks first day of Eid of Hajj pilgrims
Mina: On the first day of Eid al-Adha – the third day of Hajj – hundreds of thousands of Hajj pilgrims walked together to Jamarat Al-Aqaba in Mina.
Eid-ul-Azha in Bangladesh on Monday
DHAKA – The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on Monday with due solemnity and religious fervour.
More than two million Muslims begin hajj pilgrimage
Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Aug 9, 2019 – More than two million Muslims begin the annual hajj on Friday as the Saudi hosts seek to deter politicisation of the pilgrimage against a backdrop of simmering Gulf tensions. The hajj, one of…
Biman’s outgoing Hajj flights conclude operations
Dhaka, Aug 05 – The hajj flights run by Biman Bangladesh Airlines concluded on Monday operating all 189 flights while the last Hajj flights of Saudi Arabian Airlines will fly on Tuesday with rest of the pilgrims. On the last…
Case against SC lawyer for remarks against Hindu religion
Dhaka, July 22- A case was filed on Monday with the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal against Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Sayedul Haque Suman on charge of making derogatory remarks about the Hindu community in a Facebook post.
Hindu groups take strong stance against family law reform
Dhaka, July 13 – Hindu community groups on Saturday strongly opposed the demand raised by some rights groups to reform their family law and urged the government to refrain from doing so.
Notre Dame of Gaza: Our Mosques, Churches are also burning
By Ramzy Baroud 24 Apr 2019 – As the 300-foot spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television, my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat Refugee Camp, my childhood home in the Gaza Strip. Then,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
HC calls grouping in Tablig Jamaat shameful
Dhaka, Jan 22 – The High Court yesterday felt ashamed over the grouping of Tablig Jamaat into the two factions for establishing control over the Ijtema Maidan on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi of Gazipur.
‘ফিলিস্তিন ও চীনের মুসলিম নির্যাতন বন্ধে সোচ্চার হতে হবে’
সৈয়দ মোসাদ্দেক বিল্লাহ মাদানী ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের প্রেসিডিয়াম সদস্য প্রিন্সিপাল সৈয়দ মোসাদ্দেক বিল্লাহ আল মাদানী বলেছেন, বিশ্ব মোড়ল দাবীদার কমিউনিষ্ট চীন উইঘুরের মুসলিমদের সাথে মানবতা বিরোধী অপরাধ করছে। প্রায় বিশ লাখ মুসলিম নারী, পুরুষ ও শিশুকে বিশেষ বন্দীশালায় আটকে রেখে…
Case filed over Tabligh Jamaat’s factional clashes
Gazipur, Dec 3 – A case has been filed for obstructing police from performing their duties and attacking them during clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi on Saturday.
Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed
Dhaka, Nov 21 – Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), was observed across the country on Wednesday with due religious solemnity.
Protesters stop females ages 10 to 50 from entering temple
New Delhi, Oct 18 (AP/UNB) — A temple in southern India and one of the world’s largest Hindu pilgrimage centres opened its doors to females of menstruating age on Wednesday to comply with a Supreme Court ruling, but women weren’t…
Crude bomb blasts in Satkhira temple in Southwestern BD
Satkhira, Oct 14 – A crude bomb exploded in front of a temple in Harinagar Bazar in Shyamnagar Upazila on Saturday night.
Algeria building record-breaking mosque
Algeria could soon be the envy of the Muslim world given the news that the nation’s record breaking, ultramodern Great Mosque is nearing completion. The Djamaa el Djazair, or Great Mosque of Algiers, has been under construction since 2011 and…
Eid-ul-Fitr Thursday
Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Thursday as the moon of Shawwal month was not sighted in Bangladesh sky on Tuesday. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision in a…
Blast deaths near Islam’s holiest Saudi sites concern Bangladeshis
The suicide bomb attacks near the Madinah Masjid-e-Nababi mosque and in Jeddah have created serious concern among the Muslims in Bangladesh as many of their compatriots are now performing the Umrah at the holy sites, and tens of thousands others…
National moon sighting committee meets Tuesday
Dhaka – The National Moon Sighting Committee will meet on July 5 at the conference room of Islamic Foundation in the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque complex in the capital. The meeting will review information about moon sighting of the holy…
Lailatul Qadr observed
Dhaka – The holy Lailatul Qadr or Shab-e-Qadr, the holiest and most blessed night for Muslims, was observed across the country Saturday night with due solemnity and religious fervour.