News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The government has decided to rename the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) as the Special Intervention Force (SIF).The government has also decided to redesign the force’s uni...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Armed Forces War Course (AFWC) Wing was formally inaugurated at its newly-established campus in Dhaka Cantonment on Monday.The AFWC wing would continue its academic and training activities at the new campus while remainin...
Bangla Press Desk: Election candidates of the 11-party alliance are coming under attack from BNP and the banned political party, Awami League, alleged NCP, a member of the alliance, during a meeting with the Chief Election Commissioner on Monda...
Bangla Press Desk: High Court justice Mamunur Rahman on Monday sent his official resignation letter to the government from his current residence in Canada, saying he cannot continue his duties due to “personal reasons.”Mamunur stayed absent fro...
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Bangla Press Desk: A protest rally and a symbolic “broom procession” were held at the University of Dhaka on Sunday in protest against what demonstrators described as a “demeaning” comment about working women posted from the verified X (formerly Twit...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Sunday put special emphasis on performing duties through professionalism, impartiality, discipline, patience and citizen-friendly behaviour in the 13th parliamentary election and the re...
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Bangla Press Desk: Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said steps would be taken as per the law if anyone tries to disrupt internet services during the election period.“If anyone is found trying to disrupt the internet ser...
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Bangla Press Desk: Students of Jagannath University (JnU) held a protest rally on Sunday against remarks made by Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman about working women on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter).The protest took place at noo...
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Bangla Press Desk: Another accused, Rubel Ahmed, on Saturday (31 Jan) gave a confessional statement before a Dhaka court in a case filed over the murder of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Bin Hadi.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbubur Ra...
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Bangla Press Desk: UNDP Resident Representative for Bangladesh Stefan Liller on Sunday said the election reporting today extends far beyond national borders and laid emphasis on maintaining three essential things - accuracy, neutrality and ethical ju...
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Bangla Press Desk: Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday expressed optimism that the upcoming parliamentary election, scheduled for 12 February, will be held in a fair and peaceful manner, and voter turnout to cross 55%.He expressed the...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 157,798 expatriate ballots cast via the “Postal Vote BD” mobile app for the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the Referendum have so far arrived in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, 461,604 overseas voters have a...
Bangla Press Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Sunday set 5 February for pronouncing its verdict in a crimes against humanity case filed over the killing of seven youths and the subsequent burning of six of their bodies i...
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