News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh sets an ambitious target of creating 21.94 million jobs in the tourism sector alone by 2040 as part of a broader strategy to transform tourism into a major co...
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Bangla Press Desk: Thirteen army officers are set to appear before the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday in two separate cases related to enforced disappearances and killings allegedly carried out during the long rule of the Awami League....
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Bangla Press Desk: Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay paid tributes to the Liberation War martyrs by placing a wreath at the National Memorial in Savar on the outskirts of the capital shortly after his arrival here on a two-day stat...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Shramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP), Chattogram, has announced a blockade of the Chattogram Port on Wednesday (26 November) protesting the government’s move to lease port facilities—including the New Mooring Contain...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Sada Dal, a Dhaka University teachers' platform aligned with Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has voiced strong concern over the damage caused to several DU residential halls in Friday’s earthquake and expressed condolence...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Saturday said the party is determined to win the ongoing struggle to establish democracy in the country."We must win the fight to establish democracy by confronti...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Mohammad Yunus on Friday held a one-on-one conversation with BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia during a programme at Senakunja, the Bangladesh Armed Forces’ convention centre in Dhaka Cantonment.According t...
Bangla Press Desk: The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said at least three people have been confirmed dead and more than a hundred injured after a powerful earthquake struck Dhaka and surrounding districts on Friday. Many of the...
Bangla Press Desk: With the 13th National Parliamentary Election approaching, registration has begun for Bangladeshi voters living abroad to cast their votes through IT-supported postal ballots.To facilitate this, the Election Commission (EC)...
Bangla Press Desk: A one-year-old child was killed and two women were injured when a roadside wall collapsed during Friday morning’s earthquake in Rupganj of Narayanganj.The deceased, Fatema (1), was the daughter of Abdul Haque of Islamab...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said on Friday that the government is closely monitoring the situation after an earthquake and instructed all the offices concerned to immediately move to the field level and asses...
BanglaPress Desk: A terrible earthquake was felt in various parts of the country, including the capital Dhaka. The earthquake was felt at 10:39 am on Friday (November 21). Its magnitude was 5.7. It was felt in both Bangladesh and India. There has bee...
Bangla Press Desk: Over 100 people were injured in Narsingdi as a 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh on Friday morning.Most of the injured sustained injuries while rushing out of their homes, said witnesses.The...
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