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: Fisheries and Livestock Affairs Adviser Farida Akhter has said the government is committed to keeping electricity prices stable for citizens, even if it requires providing subsidies.Speaking at the closing ceremony of the ‘CAB Yout...
Bangla Press Desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a bus conductor for allegedly harassing a university student on a Ramzan Paribahan bus in the capital’s Mohammadpur area.The arrestee, Nizam Uddin, 45, worked as a conductor and driv...
Bangla Press Desk: Speakers at a seminar in Dhaka emphasised that accurate diagnosis is the cornerstone of effective medical treatment, noting that advanced digital diagnostic systems are now available domestically, enabling patients to receive...
Bangla Press Desk: A public notice has been published in two national newspapers against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 261 other fugitives accused in the much-discussed sedition case related to the “Joy Bangla Brigade”.According to a...
Bangla Press Desk: The Advisory Council has given final approval to the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance, 2025, aimed at strengthening the country’s previously “toothless” rights body by addressing major flaws in the existing la...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladeshi manpower export agencies must now meet 10 new criteria to send workers to Malaysia — including at least five years of satisfactory experience and evidence of sending a minimum of 3,000 workers abroad in the past f...
Bangla Press Desk: Winners of the National Policy Competition 2025, hosted by the Youth and Sports Ministry, from nine universities and one college across the country on Thursday exchanged greetings with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.The students...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire broke out at a Meena Bazar outlet in the capital’s Mohammadpur Mohammadia Housing Society on Thursday night.The blaze started around 9:04pm, confirmed a duty officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters Control...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Institute of Mass Communication (NIMC) under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is set to host a five-day training workshop on investigative journalism from 1 November.The workshop, which is being organised u...
Bangla Press Desk: Malaysian government has given the green signal to all eligible Bangladeshi agencies to participate in its labour recruitment process under a new uniform selection system. Dhaka now sees renewed prospects for a major boost in...
Bangla Press Desk: British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cook on Tuesday met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and discussed various issues related to the upcoming national election.The around hour-long meeting, which began at...
Bangla Press Desk:The Supreme Court has clarified that Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed did not seek any explanation from three High Court Division judges over the granting of a large number of bail orders.In a press release issued on Tuesday (28 Octo...
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