News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman today (Tuesday) said 300 megawatts of electricity will be added to the national grid from the first un...
Bangla Press Desk: Rail communication between Dhaka and Mymensingh resumed early Thursday after remaining suspended for nearly four hours due to a fallen tree on the railway track.The disruption occurred around 9:30 pm on Wednesday near Jabbar...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today sought US$ 2.0 billion fund from development partners to meet the Bangladesh's immediate energy needs and safeguard its economic stability."The situation before us demands urgency, solidar...
Bangla Press Desk: New York-based Time magazine has featured Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on its list of 100 most influential people of the world for 2026, according to a feature published on the magazine’s website on Wednesday.Alo...
Bangla Press Desk: National Citizen Party (NCP) lawmaker Abul Hasnat has urged parliament for the urgent widening of the Debidwar section of the Cumilla-Sylhet Highway.Taking the floor on a point of order during Wednesday’s session, Hasnat des...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire that broke out at a high-rise building in the capital’s Banani area on Wednesday evening was brought under control after nearly two hours.The fire originated on the top floor of an 11-storey building near Kacha Bazar...
Bangla Press Desk: The home ministry on Wednesday transferred 17 police officers having the rank of supernumerary additional deputy inspectors general (Addl-DIGs) to new stations.“The transfer order will take immediate effect,” said a circular...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday informed the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) that the five-year-term ‘Fifth Primary Education Development Programme’ is set to begin from 1 July.“The five-year-term ‘Fifth Primary Education Deve...
Bangla Press Desk: Two more vessels carrying some 68,000 tonnes of diesel arrived at Chattogram port on Tuesday. With this, a total of four vessels carrying diesel arrived in the country this month, amid concerns over supply of fuel oil du...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the freezing of 10 bank accounts of Kazi Inam Ahmed, a director of Gemcon Group, in a case filed over allegations of acquiring assets inconsistent with known sources of income.Of the account...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday informed the parliament that the present government has a specific commitment to develop Bangladesh’s tourism sector in sustainable and planned manner.The Civil Aviation and Tourism...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today sought US$ 2 billion fund from development partners to meet the Bangladesh's immediate energy needs and safeguard its economic stability."The situation before us demands urgency, solidarity...
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Bangla Press Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain on Tuesday said health cards will be distributed across the country by June this year."We expect to move the nation forward in the new year. Overall, allocation for the...
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