The second phase of the Biswa Ijtema, the world’s second largest Muslim congregation after the holy Hajj, began Friday on the bank of river Turag at Tongi on the outskirts of the capital. Tens of thousands of Muslim devotees from 32 districts of the country as well as from abroad joined the three-day Islamic event [...]

Cultural organisation Amra Shurjomukhi is going to hold a solo musical evening of singer Shakila Zafar on 21 January at the main auditorium of National Museum at 5:00pm. Titled Panchashey Anindo Tumi Shakila Zafar the programme is going to be attended by Lt Gen (retd) Harun-ur Rashid as the chief guest. The programme will be [...]

Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2012 saw an influx of visitors on Friday, the first public holiday since the fair kicked off Sunday. DITF at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city has now literally turned into a shopping and entertainment hub for people from across the country with a brisk sale. “Response is really very good [...]

All is set for the holding of the first-ever Comilla City Corporation election today (Thursday) where a neck-and-neck battle between the ruling Awami League backed candidate Afzal Khan and rebel BNP candidate Monirul Haque Sakku is expected by the political observers. The city corporation has 1,69,273 voters, including 86,074 females, to elect a mayor and [...]

by Tasneem Tayeb Kabir and Saba El Kabir 2011 has not been without its fair share of ups. Yet a review of the year’s headlines shows nation that was more preoccupied with the downs. Indeed many of the previous year’s concerns – prices of essentials spiralling, rent, utilities, fuel all becoming costlier, power sector still [...]

Bangladesh looks set to get its first TV reality show for transgender people, which programme makers hope will end taboos associated with gender and sexual issues. The show will go out on ATN Bangla, a Bengali-language digital cable channel, which transmits from Dhaka. Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/image/101957#ixzz1gEtMi2s6 According to the news agency AFP, “Across South Asia, [...]

 The Muslims will observe the Holy Ashura on Tuesday marking the 10th day of Muharram, the 1st month in the Hijri calendar, with due religious solemnity and in a befitting manner, reports UNB. The day will be observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the Muslim world as a symbol of ‘sacrifice and mourning’ recalling the [...]