Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today directed authorities concerned to find ways to make the country’s Zakat management system more effective and well organized. The Premier issued the detective at a meeting on Zakat management held at the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat here, Prime Minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Md Zahidul Islam Rony confirmed the matter. Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Houssain (Kaikobad), Secretary of the ministry Munshi Alauddin Al Azad and As-Sunnah Foundation Chairman Shaykh Ahmadullah attended the meeting. Rony said that during an iftar programme held on March 7 in honour of Islamic scholars and orphans, the…
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BNP standing committee member and Cumilla-1 lawmaker Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain today said Bangladesh will reach a new height of development and progress in the next five years under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. “To achieve this goal, the sincerity, efficiency and coordinated efforts of government officials are very important in implementing the development programmes taken by the government,” he said. Dr Mosharraf made the remarks while addressing a view-exchange meeting with officials of various departments of the local administration at Meghna Upazila Parishad auditorium in Cumilla as the chief guest. He said considering the current reality…
Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei who has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic republic, is a discreet figure who offers continuity of his father’s hardline leadership. The 56-year-old had no official post during his father’s rule, but was speculated to be acting behind the scenes to pull strings at the heart of power in Iran. He is regarded as close to conservatives, notably because of his ties with the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which swiftly pledged allegiance to the new leader. The Islamic republic’s third supreme leader also received endorsements…
Bahrain said Monday that an Iranian drone attack on the island of Sitra injured 32 people overnight, as Gulf nations reported new attacks with Tehran pressing its retaliatory strikes across the region. All of the wounded were Bahraini citizens and there were four “serious cases”, including children, the health ministry said in a statement carried by the state news agency. The wounded included a 17-year-old girl who suffered severe head and eye injuries, and a two-month-old baby, according to the ministry. Several explosions were also heard Monday in the Qatari capital Doha, AFP journalists said, as Qatar, Saudi Arabia and…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman began the first working day of the week today with a light yet symbolic remark- “Let’s go to war” – as he left his residence for office in the morning. Opening the door of his residence in the city’s Gulshan area around 8:42am and smiling at those present, the Prime Minister said, “Let’s go to war.” The unusual moment occurred as he stepped out to begin another day of official duties, similar to any other working day. Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman, who was present beside the premier as usual, later described the…
Faisal Karim Masud and Alamgir Hossain, two main accused in the Shaheed Sharif Osman bin Hadi murder case, were detained in West Bengal, India today. On information from defense intelligence, accused shooter Faisal and associate Alamgir were detained from Bangaon area of the West Bengal, according to multiple sources. It was learned that Faisal and Alamgir were staying in different places after entering India following the killing of Hadi. And they were trying to take shelter in the border area of Bangaon with an aim to return to Bangladesh. On information, an operation was conducted at early hours on March…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate a government programme to provide monthly allowances to imams and muezzins of mosques across the country on March 14. Prime Minister’s Adviser for Public Administration Md Ismail Zabiullah disclosed the matter while talking to journalists at the Religious Affairs Minister’s office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here today. He said that introducing an honorarium and training-based welfare system for religious leaders of all places of worship of all faiths to strengthen religious and social harmony was one of the election pledges of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Since the current government formed under the leadership of…
Iran launched waves of missile and drone attacks on its Gulf neighbours hosting US forces on Saturday and vowed no surrender despite threats from President Donald Trump to widen the conflict. Israel and the United States pounded Iran again, with one air strike setting a Tehran airport ablaze, but Iran demonstrated that it retained the capacity to retaliate. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had struck America’s Juffair base in Bahrain, adding that it had been used to attack an Iranian desalination plant earlier Saturday. There were air raid warnings and blasts in Jerusalem in Israel and Doha in Qatar, and…
Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood today said that there is no fuel shortage in the country and urged citizens not to panic-buy petroleum products, as the government maintains adequate fuel reserves, ensuring an uninterrupted supply. “There is no reason for people to worry about fuel oil,” the minister said during a media briefing outside the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the city. He had just emerged from a meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, where they discussed the global energy situation, particularly the growing concerns surrounding fuel supplies due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said playing an effective role in poverty alleviation would be possible within 10 to 15 years solely through the Zakat system by ensuring well-planned Zakat distribution. He said this while addressing an Iftar mahfil hosted by him in honor of orphan children and Islamic scholars (Ulama-Mashaikh) at the state guest house Jamuna here this evening. Tarique Rahman said Islamic teachings encourage Zakat to be distributed in such a way that a Zakat recipient should not need to receive Zakat again the following year after receiving it once. Experts say that if Zakat is distributed in…
