Having failed to reach its target of recruiting one crore new members, BNP yesterday extended its member collection and membership renewal drive by another month, reports UNB. Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the announcement at a press conference at the party’s…

Against the backdrop of last year's militant attacks, the country's largest Eidgah Sholakia has been brought under four-tier security arrangements with the deployment of a large number of law enforcers, including police, RAB and BGB, reports BSS. "We have brought the Sholakia Eidgah under…

BNP is going to celebrate its 39th founding anniversary today with a low-key programme due to the Eid-ul-Azha that falls on Saturday, reports UNB. The party will place wreaths and offer fateha at the grave of its founder Ziaur Rahman at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on the occasion. Besides, a discussion will…

The body of Jakia Sultana Rupa, who was killed after being gang raped in a running bus, was exhumed and handed over to her family for burial in proper manner yesterday, reports UNB. The body was exhumed at about 4 pm in presence of assistant commissioner (land) Abdur Rahim and then handed over to victim's…

On the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the Muslim Ummah including country people in their separate messages yesterday, reports UNB. In his message, the President said, the exemplary love and sacrifice of Prophet Hazrat Ismail (As)…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in London, yesterday sent an eid greeting card to her arch rival Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, reports UNB. Sheikh Hasina also sent Khaleda a similar card on Wednesday on the occasion. On behalf of Khaleda, three…

A resurgent monsoon is likely to make the day of Eid-ul-Azha (Saturday) wet and dank. Rain, which is expected across the country, may mar the holidays and continue the next day, the Met Office said. The weather may improve later on, but the active monsoon may return with more showers later. There was…

The United States yesterday ordered Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco as well as two annexes in Washington and New York in two days, in a tit-for-tat response to Moscow's drastic reduction of US diplomatic staff in their country, reports AFP. The State Department said the decision was…