No price hike during Ramadan: PM Hasina tells business
Dhaka, Apr 3 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the business community…
Browsing: Words of faith
Lailat-ul-Miraj Tuesday
DHAKA, April 2, 2019 (BSS) – The holy Lailat-ul-Miraj will be observed in the country…
New Zealand attack note left at fire at California mosque
Escondido, Mar 25 (AP/UNB) — A note referencing the recent terrorist attacks in New Zealand…
Christchurch attacks: Al-Noor mosque reopens to worshippers
Worshippers have returned to the Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch for the first time since a…
China’s treatment of Muslims a defining moment for OIC – HRW
Imagine a country where practicing Islam is treated as a crime. Where using the everyday…
Recent attacks on religious minorities protested
Dhaka, Feb 16 – Violent attacks on religious minorities in recent days have evoked popular…
Four-day Tablig Biswa Ijtema begins Friday
Gazipur, Feb 14 (UNB) – Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest Muslim congregations in the…
Saraswati idol vandalised in Narayanganj: 4 arrested
Narayanganj, Feb 11 (UNB) – Four youths were arrested on Monday for vandalising an idol…
Hajj to cost minimum Tk 344 thousand this year
Dhaka, Feb 11 (UNB) – The cabinet on Monday approved the draft Hajj Package, 2019,…
Saraswati Puja celebrated on RU campus
Rajshahi, Feb 10 – Saraswati Puja, the festival for worshiping Devi Saraswati, the Goddess of…
Hindu Community celebrating Saraswati Puja on Sunday
Dhaka, Feb 10 – Saraswati Puja, wworshipping the goddess of knowledge, wisdom and culture and…
Halal Accreditation Scheme to expedite Bd exports
DHAKA, Feb 8, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) is goingto introduce ‘Halal Accreditation…
Pope publicly acknowledges clergy sexual abuse of nuns
Aboard The Papal Plane, Feb 6 (AP/UNB) — Pope Francis on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the…
Pope Francis celebrates historic Mass on Arabian Peninsula
Abu Dhabi, Feb 5 (AP/UNB) — Pope Francis ministered on Tuesday to the thriving Catholic…
Home minister meets Hefazat chief Mufti Shafi
Chattogram, Feb 01 (UNB) – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal met with Hefazat-e-Islam Ameer Allama…
Grenade thrown into Philippine mosque kills two teachers
Zamboanga, Jan 30 (AP/UNB) — Authorities say a grenade was thrown into a mosque in…
Ethics for artificial intelligence
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 29 2019 (IPS) – Owing to our varied circumstances and experiences,…
19 dead as bombs target cathedral in southern Philippines
Philippines, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — Two bombs exploded outside a Roman Catholic cathedral on a…
Tablig Biswa Ijtema in one phase on Feb15-17
Dhaka, Jan 24 – The Biswa Ijtema will be held on Feb 15, 16 and…
HC calls grouping in Tablig Jamaat shameful
Dhaka, Jan 22 – The High Court yesterday felt ashamed over the grouping of Tablig…
Indian agency attaches Zakir Naik’s $23m assets
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 16.4 crore (US 23 million) in…
Madrasha Edu Dept asks for info on 1500 Ibtedayee Madrashas
Dhaka, Jan 18 – Directorate of Madrasha Education (DME) has sought information of the teachers…
Dr Kamal wants prompt legal action against Shah Shafi
Dhaka, Jan 14 – Denouncing Hefajat-e-Islam chief Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi’s recent anti-female education comments,…
Hefajat chief asks parents: Don’t send girls to high schools
Chattogram, Jan 11 – Hefajat-e-Islam Ameer Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi on Friday urged parents not…
The Uighur question: A civil society solution
By Chandra Muzaffar In the last few months, the International Movement for a Just World…
Bangladesh AL leader Syed Ashraf’s first funeral prayer held
The first namaz-e-janaza of Syed Ashraf was held at the South Plaza of the Jaitya…
Artificial Intelligence’s Ethical Implications
We cannot banalize the power and importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the modern economy.…
Case filed over Tabligh Jamaat’s factional clashes
Gazipur, Dec 3 – A case has been filed for obstructing police from performing their…
One killed, 200 injured in Tabligh’Jamaat factional clash
One person was killed and over 200 people were injured in a series of clashes…
Tabligh Jamaat factional clash jams Dhaka’s airport road
The vehicular movement on the western side of the busy Airport Road remained halted from…