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: Today (20 January) is the final day for withdrawing candidacy for the 13th National Parliamentary Election. On this day, the final list of contesting candidates will be finalised. Rebel independent candidates backed by p...
Bangla Press Desk: The charge-framing hearing in the sensational murder case of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif is set to take place today against 39 accused, including former ISKCON organiser Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, in Chattogram.The hearing will...
Bangla Press Desk: The University Teachers Association of Bangladesh (UTAB) paid tribute to BNP founder and martyred President Ziaur Rahman by laying a wreath at his tomb at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka on Monday on the occasion of his 90...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has ordered the deposition of all licensed firearms at the nearest police stations by 31 January, ahead of the national election scheduled for 12 February.The directive was issued through a notification by the Minist...
Bangla Press Desk: A four-member delegation led by Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman visited the state guesthouse Jamuna on Sunday to hold a meeting with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to discuss contemporary political issues.The delegation ar...
Bangla Press Desk: The Secretary of the Bridges Division and Executive Director of the Bangladesh Bridge Authority, Mohammad Abdur Rouf, on Thursday inspected the construction progress of the Jamuna Bridge and the SASEC-2 project, also known as...
Bangla Press Desk: International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Md Tajul Islam on Sunday cautioned against the indiscriminate use of the term “mob,” saying that such usage often reflects an underlying mindset aimed at questioning or discredit...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rafiqul Islam on Sunday strongly condemned the incident of vandalism, violence and harassment of a female doctor at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, calling it a grave threat t...
Bangla Press Desk: Amid a gentle winter veiled in drifting clouds and soft mist, nature rested in quiet serenity. In that tranquil, almost poetic setting at Bagbari in Bogura, Ziaur Rahman was born on 19 January 1936, destined to rise as one o...
Bangla Press Desk: Passengers buses will start operating under an electronic-ticketing system in the capital from Tuesday, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) announced in a press release on Saturday night.The buses will take up and drop passen...
Staff Reporter: Journalists, editors and owners of media outlets in Bangladesh on Saturday demanded that authorities protect them following recent attacks on two leading national dailies by mobs.They said the media industry in the South Asian country...
Bangla Press Desk: More than 3,000 helpless and destitute people in Paikgachha upazila of Khulna have been provided with high-quality blankets, like in previous years, amid biting cold and dense fog.Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banglad...
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