The Qur'anic Treasures hidden in the Surah Faatihah
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,(1:1)
The Beneficent, the Merciful.(1:2)
Owner of the Day of Judgement.(1:3)
Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help. (1:4)
Show us the straight path,(1:5)
The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; (1:6)
Not (the path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray. (1:7)
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Cyclone Mahasen has begun crossing Bangladesh’s southern coast, as people packed into evacuation shelters. The storm hit Patuakhali district on Thursday with winds of up to 100 kph (60 mph), and was heading for the ports of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar. One person has been reported dead, Bangladeshi officials say. Thousands of people have been…
At least 20 people were killed and over 200 others injured as a tornado tore through three upazilas in Brahmanbaria yesterday evening. The tornado wrecked havoc in Brahmanbaria district over a 15-minute period, authority said, uprooting thousands of trees and flattened hundreds of tin and mud-built houses in the area, and snapping road and rail…
Bangladesh’s Goverment-run Petrobangla has signed a deal with Russian energy giant Gazprom to drill 10 onshore wells. The $193 million deal was signed in Dhaka on Thursday amid hopes that Bangladesh will be able to add up to 300 million cubic feet of gas to the national grid per day. Gazprom would have to complete…
Changing from one religion to another is a complex process where often material and spiritual interests are confused. Islam is the state religion, but the constitution guarantees freedom of religion and the conversions are generally accepted. Legal pressures for Muslims who convert to Christianity. Among the tribal at least 10 years of catechumenate, to ensure…
Bangalore based IT services firm – Kalki Communication Technologies Pvt Ltd is raising $4.50Mn from IFC and GEF South Asia Clean Energy Fund, L.P for new product development and to grow the company’s business development capabilities in new and existing markets. IFC may invest $1.35Mn through quasi-equity or convertible instruments, while the balance $3.15Mn will…
US company Chevron has found no additional gas in the eco-sensitive Lawachhara forest under its existing Moulavibazar gas field. This means an expected solution to the gas crisis by next year with additional supplies from three of Chevron’s gas fields has become uncertain. Failing to strike additional gas in Moulavibazar, Chevron has revised its two-year-old…
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon asked governments to reach a compromise on the Kyoto Protocol at Durban climate conference and to make a broader comprehensive climate agreement possible in the future.“Durban must complete what was agreed last year in Cancun,” he said at the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)-2011 conference in the capital on Monday. The…
Bangladesh has built its first disaster-resilient settlement, designed to minimize damage during natural disasters. “The houses, built on 2m concrete stilts, are designed to withstand a tidal surge of up to six feet [2m] and winds of up to 150mph [235kph],” said Aminul Islam, assistant director at the country’s UN Development Programme office, which initiated…
Bangladesh’s state energy firm said it expected to enter a joint venture with Chinasoon to explore for gas in southeastern Chittagong, which could help ease acute gas shortages that have forced many Bangladeshi industries to shut or delay operations. The Energy Ministry has approved the joint venture between Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited…
The International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR)- 2011 was observed today in the country as elsewhere across the world in a befitting manner. The theme of this year’s IDDR was “Children and Young People as Partners in Disaster Risk Reduction”. The disaster management bureau drew up an elaborate programme that included essay and art competitions,…
The suspected toxic ship MV Asia Union, which last week sought to enter Bangladesh, left the country’s waters in the last few days, officials say. The ship’s agents wanted permission for the Chinese-owned vessel to be dismantled in Bangladesh. But officials last week told the coast guard to turn it back after complaints that it…
Paintings by Bimanesh Chandra Biswas. Bimanesh’s solo exhibition at Bengal Gallery. Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in Dhanmondi, Dhaka is hosting a solo art exhibition, titled “Rural Nature”, featuring the works of Bimanesh Chandra Biswas. Most of Biswas’ artworks on display are watercolours, and capture the simplicity of rural Bengal in all its diversity. Biswas…
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