The Christian community in Bangladesh today celebrated the holy Christmas, marking the birth of their Prophet Jesus Christ amid festivity and religious fervour. Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ on the day. The day is a public holiday in…
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Christmas in the Jungle: It’s worst time for thousands of refugees in Calais
By Sally Hayden It’s a dark and chilly evening in the Jungle refugee camp in Calais, France. A young Afghan man has just picked up a gun. He loads it, cocks it, and peers down the barrel at the assembled…
Christmas greetings
GreenWatch Dhaka wishes its readers, patrons and well-wishers a fabulous Christmas.
Eid-e-Miladunnabi, Christmas and the unity of mankind
Mostafa Kamal Majumder Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the birthday of Prophet of Islam Muhammad (sm) is being celebrated by the Muslims in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world with religious fervor and solemnity. The day is of special significance to Muslims who know…
Prophetic model of Islamic da’wah
Shah Abdul Halim In the recent past on several occasions I have written on the question whether a dayee, caller of Islam, should be a paid whole-timer or he should be a professional. The question is whether one who calls…
Fragrance of Hajj and national chauvinism
Shah Abdul Halim In my book Hajj: Journey of a Lifetime which I wrote after performing pilgrimage in 2014, I explained about the significance of the various aspects of the hajj. During the hajj strikingly I observed fellow feeling among…
Demonising Islam
Afzal Ahmad Khan Perhaps, no religion of world permits destruction and violence; instead they all preach for peace and harmony among human beings. However, western countries belonging to a particular color of skin think themselves as superior from others, have…
Gun-toting protesters rally against ‘Islamization’ near Texas mosque
By Atoosa Moinzadeh A dozen protesters — some carrying weapons — lined up outside a mosque in Irving, Texas on Saturday to call for an end to “the Islamization of America.” David Wright, a member of a group called the…
An open letter to Indian leaders: (Retired) Admiral Ramdas
Honourable President and Honourable Prime Minister, It is with a heavy heart, that I write this open letter to you at a time when our beloved country and people are facing severe challenges and threats to our shared heritage. I…
One killed 100 hurt in crude bomb blasts at old Dhaka Shia gathering
Dhaka – Three successive explosions at a Shia Muslim gathering in Old Dhaka lef one dead and nearly 100 others wounded on early Saturday as they were preparing for a Tazia procession at the Husseini Dalan Road in Nazirabazar. Three…
Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols in waterbodies
Members of the Hindu community in colourful attires took to the streets of Dhaka and elsewhere on Friday beating drums and chanting mantras as five days of revelry and celebration ended in the afternoon with immersion of Devi Durga in…
The Hindu Comunity observed Kumari Puja on Wednesdaay
The Hindu Community on Wednesday obsered ‘Kumri Puja’ – worship of the virgin – at different Puja Pandels in Dhaka and elsewhee over the country. It was part of the 4-day Durga Puja they celebrated. The Durga Puja ends hrugh…
The forgotten princess
Sudhirendar Sharma Avoiding self-pity, the forgotten princess emerges as a woman of courage and conviction as she conducts herself independently for fourteen long years of separation from her husband. One wonders why Valmiki devoted only four lines in Ramayana on…
50 Muslim countries agree on ‘Declaration for Environmental Protection’
The 6th Islamic conference of Envronment Ministers held in Rabat, Morocco on 8 – 9 October 2015 (the largest convening of Muslim-world Environment Ministers), facilitates agreement amongst Environment Ministers on a number of steps to tackle climate change and challenges…
Vatican fires senior priest as he comes out as gay
Flanked by his boyfriend, Polish priest Krzysztof Charamsa says he wanted to speak out against church “hypocrisy”. The Vatican has fired a senior priest who publicly came out as gay on the eve of a major meeting of church leaders…
26 Bangladeshi pilgrims confirmed dead
Staff Reporter At least 26 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims have so far been confirmed dead in the stampede in Mina on September 24, the Foreign Ministry informed yesterday quoting report from the Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia.
First return Hajj flight comes Dhaka 11 hours behind time
The first return Hajj flight arrived in Dhaka nearly 11 hours behind its schedule putting the pilgrims in extreme suffering. Concerned relatives were also eagerly waiting at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to receive the pilgrims. They expressed their anger over…
Eid being celebrated across Bangladesh on Friday
The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, is being celebrated on Friday across the Bangladesh, as elsewhere in neighbouring countries, with due solemnity and religious fervor. The festival began in the morning with offering of Eid…
People extremely disturbed by extortionists: Charmonai Pir
The Pir Shabeb of Charmonai Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim on Tuesday urged the government to restrain its party activists and extortionists and help the people to observe the holy eid peacefully. In a statement issued to the press Mufti…
Eid-ul-Adha in Bangladesh on 25 September
Holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on September 25 as the new moon of the Arabic month of Zilhajj was not sighted in Bangladesh sky on Monday.
Crane collapse on Haram Sharif sends shock wave to Dhaka
The death of 107 pilgrims and injury of about 300 others in a crane collapse on Haram Sharif in Makkah on Friday has come as a great shock to the leaders in Bangladesh, and anxiety to the people who have…
KSA permits additional 5000 Hajj pilgrims from Bd
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has given permission to 5,000 more pilgrims in addition to its fixed quota for Bangladesh to perform hajj this time, according to sources of Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh. The permission came two days after Bangladesh’s…
Retired bishop says Vatican failed sex abuse victims
The Vatican and one of Australia’s top clerics had failed to properly deal with child sex abuse victims, a retired bishop has said. Bishop Geoffrey Robinson told a national inquiry the Church had failed to speak out strongly about the…
Tech faults in photo printing waived in issuing Hajj visa
The complication in issuance of e-visa for hajj pilgrims has been resolved giving a sigh of relief to the hajj performers at the Ashkona hajj camp. It was found yesterday that there was no frustration among the hajj pilgrims yesterday…
Hajj pilgrimage flights start
The first hajj flight carrying 418 Bangladeshi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Sunday morning. The flight ‘BG-1011’ of Biman Bangladesh Airlines departed from the airport at 8:55am, said a hajj…
What Prophet Muhammad gave humanity in 10 points
Dr. Adil bin Ali Ash-Shaddy Arabic calligraphy: Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah Some non-Muslim westerners wonder what Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) offered to humanity. This question is raised particularly after incidents of defamation targeting the…
Eid eelebraded
Despite rainy weather, Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated across the country with much enthusiasm and religious fervour. Eid prayers were offered at different mosques and eidgahs across the country in the morning. As usual, the largest eid congregation was held at Sholakia…
Eid Saturday
The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in Bangladesh on Saturday as the Shawal moon was sighted in the country’s sky on Friday. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at a meeting at…
Khaleda’s Eid greetings to people
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday greeted all the Muslims of Bangladesh and elsewhere across the world on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and wished them Eid Mubarak. In an Eid-ul-Fitr message, Khaleda, also a former Prime Minister said, “The Eid-ul-Fitr…
Khaleda leaves Dhaka Wednesday to perform Umrah
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves Dhaka on Wednesdasy for Saudi Arabia to perform the holy Umrah. She will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on an Emirates Airlines flight in the evening.