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: Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has reiterated his deep determination to develop the Army as a trained, disciplined and professional force equipped with modern weapons. He came up with this call while sp...
Bangla Press Desk: The government is ready to provide any support needed for BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s security, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Tuesday.Talking to reporters after a meeting...
Bangla Press Desk: Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday said they do not have any specific information regarding BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s return to home, mentioning that he has not yet sought any travel pass.“Travel...
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Bangla Press Desk: A mild earthquake rattled Cox’s Bazar and parts of the Chattogram Hill Tracts and Chattogram city just before 1am on Monday. Residents of Cox’s Bazar town, Ukhiya, and Chakaria reported feeling the tremo...
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Bangla Press Desk: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul yesterday said the government would extend maximum cooperation to facilitate BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to return home.“I am not aware of any legal bar pr...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Vice-President Shadik Kayem has filed a complaint with the Detective Branch (DB) of police against a number of Facebook pages and personal IDs, accusing them of conducting a sustaine...
Bangla Press Desk: The teachers of government primary schools would continue their work abstention movement on Tuesday, halting the students’ final exams for the second consecutive day.Abul Kashem Mohammad Shamsuddin, convener of the Primary Teachers...
Bangla Press Desk: A CNG-run autorickshaw driver was shot to death in Dhaka’s Jurain area on Monday evening.The deceased was Pappu Sheikh, 27, son of Mantu Sheikh of Aamgram in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur.Hridoy, the victim’s younger brother, alleged...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch a formal investigation against its former chairman, Iqbal Mahmood.Confirming the development on Monday, a senior ACC official said that this is the first time in the countr...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has officially declared BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia a “Very Very Important Person” (VVIP) and has assigned the Special Security Force (SSF) to provide her with enhanced protection.A gazette...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh and Germany signed two separate loan agreements worth 160 million euros for a project titled “Climate Change Adapted Drinking Water Resources Management Dhaka II (Saidabad WTP Phase III)” at the Economic Relations Divisi...
Bangla Press Desk: Teachers of seven government colleges in the capital have threatened that they would observe indefinite work abstention if their demands are ignored in the upcoming ordinance on combining the colleges.They issued the threat at a pr...
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