Interviews to be held at Gulshan at 7pm, BNP to pick its candidate for reserved seat today
The interviews of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) nomination seekers for the by-election to reserved women’s seat 23 of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, which has been declared vacant, are today. The interviews of the party’s nomination seekers…
Rizvi visits puja at Jagannath Hall: holiday of three days, rice allocation for mandaps raised to 600kg
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that Sharadiya Durga Puja returns again and again with the arrival of the mother. Destroying untruth in society and establishing truth and justice is the core…
Dhaka third on list of polluted cities with a score of 171, Lahore at the top
The level of air pollution in cities around the world keeps rising by the day. In this situation, Lahore in Pakistan is at the top of the list of cities with the world’s most polluted air, with an air quality score of 251. This quality of air is…
Fifty-three cases in a single day, highest 150 arrested in Mirpur division alone
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 484 people in the past 24 hours in regular drives in the capital. During this period 53 cases were filed over various offences. DMP Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Akter Hossain gave this information on…
Kumari Puja held at Ramakrishna Mission to the sound of conch shells and ululation, thousands of visitors throng in Habiganj
Kumari Puja has been held in Habiganj amid religious rites and solemnity. The puja was organised at the Ramakrishna Mission in Habiganj town at 9:30am on Monday. On the day, the Kumari Ma was seated in due time on a decorated seat and worshipped. The…
Mother and two children die in Chirirbandar, husband and in-laws in police custody
Police have recovered the body of a housewife along with those of her two young children from a room of a house in Mostafapur Balupara village of Amarpur union in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur at about 7pm on Sunday night. The dead are Swarna Akter…
Sixteen signs of the pre-eminence of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the light of the Quran and Hadith
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is not only the greatest of all prophets and messengers; rather, he is the most dignified of the entire creation and honoured in the sight of Allah. Some proofs of his pre-eminence are mentioned here in brief…
Zuhr in Dhaka today at 11:47am, sunset at 5:30pm
Today is Monday, 19 October 2026, 3 Kartik 1433, 7 Jamadiul Awwal 1448. The prayer times for Dhaka and its adjoining areas are as follows – Zuhr begins at 11:47am. Asr begins at 3:52pm. Maghrib at 5:33pm. Isha begins at 6:46pm. Fajr tomorrow begins…
Bajus to keep all jewellery shops across the country closed on Ashtami and Kumari Puja day
The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) has decided to keep all jewellery establishments across the country closed today, 19 October, for Sharadiya Durga Puja. The decision has been taken on the occasion of Ashtami and Kumari Puja. The information…
Banks and stock markets to stay shut for five days in a row during Durga Puja holiday, port branches to remain open
Normal operations of the country’s banks and financial institutions will remain suspended for five days in a row for Sharadiya Durga Puja. From tomorrow, Tuesday (19 October), trading on the country’s two stock markets, the Dhaka Stock…