News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has called for equitable and cooperative management of transboundary water resources at the first Session of the 6th Joint Meeting of the Working Groups on Integrated Wat...
Bangla Press Desk: Abul Kalam Biswas, 50, Naib-e-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami in Raiganj upazila, Sirajganj, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Monday night.The accident occurred around 8 pm on the Dhaka-Bogura highway near Chonka Bazar in Sher...
Bangla Press Desk: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has expressed his interest in visiting Bangladesh in the coming months, hoping it would strengthen ties between the two nations.President Lula made the announcement during a meeti...
Bangla Press Desk: Three more deaths from dengue were reported in the 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the total number of deaths from the mosquito-borne disease to 233 this year.During this period, 857 more patients were hospitalised with...
Bangla Press Desk: The government is imparting training to around 7.68 lakh law enforcers that include, police, BGB and Ansar aimed at holding a free, fair, peaceful and neutral parliamentary election slated for next February. “The t...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has officially declared Cox’s Bazar Airport an international airport through a gazette notification.The notification, signed by Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Joint Secretary Ahmed Jamil, was issued on...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has been suspended after the allegations of corruption against him surfaced.The matter of the suspension came to light on Monday, though the Ministry of Law and Jus...
Bangla Press Desk: Students from seven Dhaka-based government colleges launched a sit-in demonstration in front of the Shikkha Bhaban on Monday morning, demanding the issuance of ordinance on the combined “Dhaka Central University.”Earlier, the stude...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to establish a social business fund aimed at supporting young agricultural entrepreneurs, women, farmers, and food processo...
Bangla Press Desk: To avoid lobbying and political recommendations, Khulna Divisional Commissioner Mohammad Firoz Sarkar has posted 15 assistant commissioners (land) through a lottery system.The posting ceremony was held on Sunday (October 12) aftern...
Bangla Press Desk: Tension gripped the capital’s Nilkhet and New Market areas as students of Dhaka University and Dhaka College engaged in fierce clashes around midnight, leaving several people, including a journalist, injured.Witnesses said the area...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 17 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, for allegedly causing the government a financial loss of over Tk309 crore through irregularities in the M...
Bangla Press Desk: The Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DESCO), a state-owned power distribution entity, has reported losses for three consecutive years despite multiple electricity price hikes.According to its latest audit report, the company in...
