News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Continuous rainfall over the past few days has submerged thousands of hectares of ripened and semi-ripened Boro paddy across 12 upazilas in Sunamganj, while a leak in an...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Police has promoted 273 officers to the rank of inspector, according to three separate notifications issued Monday.Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam signed the notifications.As per the notifications, 148...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the seizure of tax files former housing and public works minister SM Rezaul Karim, his wife Feroza Parveen and former lawmaker Shamim Osman.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz pass...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast that at least 10 cold waves including three sever may sweep different regions of the country between November and January.In its long-range weather forecast released on Sunday...
Bangla Press Desk: Mohammad Yasin (22), who sustained critical gunshot wounds during a clash between rival groups over local dominance in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, died early Monday after fighting for his life for two days.Yasin, son...
Bangla Press Desk: Today is Jail Killing Day, marking the assassination of four top Awami League leaders in jail.The leaders — Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain M Mansur Ali, and AHM Quamaruzzaman — were assassinated inside the Dhaka...
Bangla Press Desk: Dr Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, former principal secretary of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, passed away early Monday.According to a government statement issued in the morning, he breathed his last at Gulshan residence.He will...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has issued a major reshuffle at the top bureaucratic level, appointing new secretaries to four key ministries.Among them, three additional secretaries were promoted and assigned to three different ministries,...
Bangla Press Desk: The government on Monday urged the anti-fascist political parties to reach an agreement through discussions within a week on disputed issues such as the implementation of the July Charter and the proposed referendum.“Regardi...
Bangla Press Desk: A high-level expert panel under the Power Division has uncovered extensive irregularities and corruption in numerous power sector contracts, including deals with India’s Adani Group. The committee found that during the tenure...
Bangla Press Desk: Nobel laureate and Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus has once again been featured in the list of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims for 2026.The annual ranking, titled “The Muslim 500: The W...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Justice of Nepal Prakash Man Singh Raut held a bilateral meeting with Chief Justice of Bangladesh Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Sunday morning.During the meeting, both chief justices discussed the...
Bangla Press Desk: The Climate Justice Alliance, Bangladesh (CJA-B), a coalition of more than 50 national and international civil society organisations (CSO), has urged world leaders to ensure bold, just, and inclusive decisions at the upcoming COP30...
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