News and updates from Bangladesh
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Bangla Press Desk: President Mohammed Shahabuddin is likely to leave Dhaka for the United Kingdom on 9 May for medical treatment, a source at Bangabhaban told Daily Sun.This will be his first fo...
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Bangla Press Desk: Two student advisers of the interim government, Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan and Md Mahfuz Alam, may resign from the advisory council ahead of the 13th national parliamentary election.Political circles indicate that they...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) on Tuesday signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the Italy-based defence company Leonardo S.p.A. to procure Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role combat aircrafts, marking a major step in the modernisat...
Bangla Press Desk: Justice Syed Enayet Hossain took oath as a permanent judge of the High Court on Tuesday.Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath at the Chief Justice’s private chamber in the Supreme Court.The ceremony was conduc...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered the freezing of six bank accounts belonging to former member of parliament Ashim Kumar Ukil.Judge Mohammad Kamrul Hasan Khan of the Dhaka Additional Special Judge Court-3 passed the order foll...
Bangla Press Desk: Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports, has called an emergency press conference on Wednesday (10 Dec).The briefing wi...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent three individuals to jail in connection with the snatching of two death-sentenced Ansar al-Islam militants from the court premises.The individuals sent to jail are Abdus Sabur alias Raju, Khairul...
Bangla Press Desk: Currently active political elites facilitated the escape of corrupt individuals through the country’s borders in exchange for huge sums of money after 5 August 2024, said Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Dr Mohammad...
The government could extend the exemption of VAT on metro rail tickets by six months to June next year, according to NBR sources.The exemption was set to expire on 31 December, but officials are looking to extend it in public interest, sources told r...
Bangla Press Desk: Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has underscored the need for an engineering education system that upholds international accreditation standards while ensuring environmental and social responsibility.She made the remar...
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Bangla Press Desk: In the past year, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has received more than 12,000 complaints. Of these, the Commission has decided to carry out inquiries into 1,063 complaints. During this period, 541 cases were lodged and charg...
Bangla Press Desk: The United States has deported 31 more Bangladeshis, transporting them in handcuffs and body shackles. They arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday at 7pm on a special US military flight. Most of them are f...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday sent Shaukat Mahmood, former president of the Jatiya Press Club and secretary general of the Janata Party Bangladesh, to jail in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act with Shahbagh Police Station.D...
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