News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad is returning home on Friday after cutting short his visit to Bangkok amid growing speculation about the possible resignation of Presid...
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to remove obstacles hindering the growth of the country's garment industry as soon as possible.He gave the instruction at a meeting with a delegati...
Bangla Press Desk: Miscreants set fire to the country's first July Martyrs Memorial in Narayanganj early Tuesday, prompting police to launch an investigation.The memorial, located in the Hajiganj area on the Chashara-Adamjee Road, was inaugurat...
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is presiding over a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at the Bangladesh Secretariat here today.The meeting began at 10:00am at the Cabinet Division's con...
Bangla Press Desk: Dubai police have sought clarification on several issues before extraditing former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed.The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says the request includes case documents following his ar...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh's passport has climbed three places in the latest global passport ranking, but it remains among the world's weakest travel documents, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to only 35 destinations.The passpor...
Bangla Press Desk: The Teesta River was flowing just 1 centimetre below the danger level at the Dalia point on Wednesday morning following heavy upstream flow and persistent rainfall, raising fears of flooding as water began entering several lo...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman could reshuffle the present cabinet or include new members if he thought that one or more ministers were failing to perform, said his Adviser Zahed-ur-Rahman at a briefing in the Secretariat on Tu...
Bangla Press Desk: The death toll from measles and related complications in Bangladesh has reached nearly 800 since authorities began recording cases and fatalities four months ago, with the outbreak showing no sign of subsiding.The country recorded...
Bangla Press Desk: A coordination meeting on security in Bashundhara Residential Area was held between representatives of Rapid Action Battalion-1 (RAB-1) and EWPD Land on Monday (20 July).The meeting, held in the Bashundhara Residential Area,...
Bangla Press Desk: Three people, including a child, were killed after being electrocuted in Chapainawabganj's Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning, police said.The fatal incident occurred in the Baroghoria-Badurtala area, according to Ekramul Hossa...
Bangla Press Desk: The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has warned airlines and service providers against engaging in unauthorized ground handling and other operational services at the country's airports, saying violations will invite le...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking why directives should not be issued to appoint female morgue attendants (doms) to conduct autopsies on the bodies of women.A High Court division bench of Justice Fahmida Quad...
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