News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: A petition has been filed at a Dhaka court asking for a case to be taken up over the death of doctor Nafisa Tabassum Dhipra in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi against four people, including her d...
Bangla Press Desk: A mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping across 21 districts, while rain clouds are building over northeastern Bangladesh, the Met Office says.In a special warning issued on Friday, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BM...
Bangla Press Desk: Another child has died with measles-like symptoms at Sylhet’s MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, taking the number of such deaths at the facility to seven.The child, 10-year-old Arif, died around 10am on Friday while underg...
Bangla Press Desk: Four elected leaders of the Jagannath University Central Students’ Union (JnUCSU) have accused Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) of exploiting the student body as a tool to further its political agenda.They have also accused ICS, t...
Bangla Press Desk: A major controversy has emerged in Bangladesh cricket following allegations that the country’s decision to withdraw from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was influenced by a hardline stance taken by interim government adviser Asif...
Bangla Press Desk: A new chapter in the recognition of Bengali heritage has begun as the New York State Senate adopted a significant resolution calling for April 14 to be officially declared as "Bangla New Year Day".The resolution, adopted on A...
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Bangla Press Desk: City-dwellers brace for greater power outage as the government decides to go for a trial 110-megawatt load-shedding in the capital for uninterrupted electricity supply for irrigation in rural areas amid nationwide heatwave an...
Bangla Press Desk: The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday instructed all the government hospitals not to refuse patients with measles or measles-like symptoms due to bed shortage.The instruction came as some public...
Bangla Press Desk: India’s Border Security Force (BSF) is reportedly divided over a proposal to deploy crocodiles and snakes in unfenced riverine stretches along the Bangladesh border to deter “infiltration and smuggling”.Many senior BSF offici...
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Bangla Press Desk: Electricity generation at the Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant in Dinajpur has come to a complete halt from Wednesday night after a mechanical fault shut down its last operational unit, officials said.According to plant source...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 174 Bangladeshi nationals detained in various centres in Libya were repatriated today (Thursday) through a joint initiative involving Bangladesh authorities, the Libyan government and the International Organi...
Bangla Press Desk: Joy has quickly turned into devastation for a Bangladeshi couple in Malaysia, as a road accident involving an allegedly intoxicated driver cut short their holiday just after they had arrived in Kuala Lumpur.The husband was ki...
Bangla Press Desk: A dispute over control of a transport workers’ union office in Rajshahi has intensified into violent clashes, including a crude bomb explosion and widespread vandalism near a busy bus terminal.Two groups clashed at the Rajsha...
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