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: A murder case was filed last night following a clash between two rival Jubo Dal factions in Chattogram’s Bakalia area, which resulted in the death of a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist.Md Alam, father of the deceased Sajjad,...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court (HC) on Wednesday issued a rule asking authorities to explain why the victim’s family will not get Tk2 crore compensation for a recent fatal accident caused by a metro rail technical fault.The court also asked an exp...
Bangla Press Desk: Another 174 Bangladeshi nationals returned home from Libya on Tuesday. They arrived at Dhaka at 2:30 pm aboard a Burak Air chartered flight, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The repatriation was coo...
Bangla Press Desk: Following the fall of the Awami League government on 5 August 2024, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) began investigating the illegal wealth of Shahriar Alam.The ACC has filed a case against former State Minister for Foreign Aff...
Bangla Press Desk: The European Union plans to deploy a large delegation of election observers to Bangladesh for the upcoming general election, scheduled for the first half of February, marking the first such mission since 2008, EU Ambassador to Bang...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said that the proper implementation of the July National Charter will help free the nation from the burdens of its past and guide it to move forward.“This is a matter of great...
Bangla Press Desk: The closing ceremony of the Cyber Security Awareness Month 2025, organised by the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), was held at Falcon Hall in Dhaka Cantonment on Tuesday. Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations) Air Vice Mar...
Bangla Press Desk: Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan urged the developed countries to come forward to fulfil global commitments on climate finance. She said that if developed nations fail to increase their...
Bangla Press Desk: The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU), in collaboration with BIRDEM General Hospital, has launched a daylong breast cancer awareness campaign and announced a special health discount package to promote women’s h...
Bangla Press Desk: Tension has gripped Rajshahi University (RU) after students accused Professor A-Al Mamun, a faculty at the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, of making a “derogatory remark” about the hijab in a Facebook p...
Bangla Press Desk: The next parliament will serve as a Constitutional Reform Council for the first nine months (270 days) alongside its regular functions, and during this period, it will incorporate into the constitution the proposals passed th...
Bangla Press Desk: A night guard was killed as a truck loaded with rice collided with a freight train in the Sagarika area of Chattogram, leaving the truck badly damaged and causing the train to derail. As a result, freight train operatio...
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