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: Six more deaths were reported from dengue in the past 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 269 this year.In the 24-hour span, 983 more pat...
Bangla Press Desk: Security has been tightened in parts of Khagrachhari as the army increased patrols and set up a temporary camp in Lakshichhari upazila’s Barmachhari area following allegations of arms smuggling through the border and rising...
Bangla Press Desk: A 23-member delegation from Japan’s National Business Support Combined Cooperatives (NBCC) met with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday afternoon at the state guesthouse Jamuna to discuss progress in recrui...
Bangla Press Desk: After a 22-day government-imposed fishing ban, hilsa (ilish) has made its return to markets in Khulna, though supplies remain limited and prices high.The ban, aimed at protecting mother hilsa and ensuring sustainable product...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has been inducted as the 9th Colonel Commandant of the Bangladesh Army’s Engineering Corps at the Parade Ground of Qadirabad Cantonment in Natore on Sunday morning.Upon his arr...
Bangla Press Desk: The government would give Tk5 lakh as compensation to the family of the man who died on Sunday afternoon when a bearing pad fell to the ground from the Farmgate metro rail station.The government would also give job to a...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Justice of Bangladesh Syed Refat Ahmed visited the Sardah Police Academy on Saturday, marking the first-ever visit by a sitting chief justice to the prestigious institution.The visit came at the invitation of Md T...
Bangla Press Desk: The number of SIM cards registered under an individual’s name will be reduced ahead of the national election, said Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday.“One person often commi...
Bangla Press Desk: The newly elected leaders of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) have alleged that the student body has been operating without any funds and that there is no reliable record of its income and expenditur...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday issued an arrest warrant against expelled Jubo League leader and casino kingpin Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, revoking his bail order in a Tk195 crore money laundering case.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistra...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has formed an investigation committee to determine the cause behind the detachment of a bearing pad from a metro rail pillar in Dhaka’s Farmgate area.Adviser to the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has invited experts from four countries – the United King-dom, Australia, China and Turkey – to investigate the fire incident at the cargo village area of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).Home Advi...
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