Life & Religion

Banks to remain open after 5pm on Sunday

TDS Desk The initial registration period for those, who are wishing to perform Hajj in 2025, is going to be ended on Sunday (December 15). The Ministry of Religious Affairs Read More

How the success of combo offers reflects a shift in middle-class purchasing culture

Tension mounts over Tabligh Jamaat’s factional groups

‘Welcome back’: Trump, Biden shake hands in White House

NBR withdraws airfare excise duty, VAT for hajj pilgrims

Ulema threaten ousting govt, if Saad gets entry

A ‘million-dollar’ wedding and the death of an unpaid RMG worker

TDS Desk: This is a tale of two realities. In one, a “million-dollar” wedding of Bangladeshi businessman Javed Opgenhaffen dazzled Paris last year; in the other, a female worker’s life

Mezban: A tradition of Ctg

Mezban, or Mezzan as said in Chittagong, isn’t just simply about the food TDS Desk Sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with people I’d never met, I felt that old familiar warmth fill me—the

Hajj 2025: Govt announces packages slashing costs

UNB: The government has announced two hajj packages for 2025 reducing the costs significantly. This year the government fixed Tk 4,78,241 as minimum cost under package one, Tk 1,00,598 less

None will be allowed to perform hajj with govt finance: Rizwana

TDS Desk: Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Thursday said none will be allowed to perform hajj with the government finance this year. “A decision has