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 152nd birth anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq will be observed today across the country.Popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (The Tiger of Bengal) or Huq Saheb, he was born on 26 October 1873. Various politi...
Bangla Press Desk: Three people, including two school students, were killed and another was injured when a truck overturned onto their van in Sadar upazila of Pabna district on Sunday morning.The accident occurred in the Bangabari area along Dh...
Bangla Press Desk: After a two-decade gap, the ninth meeting of the Bangladesh-Pakistan Joint Economic Commission (JEC) is set to take place in Dhaka on Monday (27 Oct), marking a significant step toward reviving economic cooperation between the two...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s global mobility and international standing have suffered a sharp blow over the past year, with its passport ranking plunging to one of the weakest in the world amid reports of visa restrictions, deportation...
Bangla Press Desk: After a 22-day government ban, the Meghna and Padma rivers are set to come alive once again with the sound of boats and nets being cast, as nearly 43,000 fishermen in Chandpur prepare to resume hilsa fishing from Saturd...
Bangla Press Desk: The government is set to bring in expert teams from four countries to investigate the recent fire at the cargo village area of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Ret...
Bangla Press Desk: Every year about one million Bangladeshis travel abroad for treatment, 53% of them for diagnosis. Around Tk50,000 crore is spent overseas per annum. Bangladesh now ranks 10th globally for outbound medical travel.In this situa...
Bangla Press Desk: The Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) has expressed deep sorrow and condolence at the death of Md. Nurul Amin, father of Nazrul Islam, a DCAB member and diplomatic correspondent of Dhaka Post.He passed...
Bangla Press Desk: Fourteen months after the uprising that ended Sheikh Hasina’s authoritarian rule, the families of hundreds killed in the protests say the interim administration’s pledges to honour the “martyrs of July” have faded into silenc...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has emphasised his party’s commitment to building a united Bangladesh, which will include all ethnic communities and actively promote their cultures and traditions, if elected in th...
Bangla Press Desk: Firefighters brought under control a major fire incident at a community centre building in Mirpur past midnight on Saturday after two hours of efforts.Seven firefighting units worked to successfully contain the incident around 12:0...
Bangla Press Desk: More than 14 months after an incident in Bogura, a case has been filed accusing former President Abdul Hamid, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, and 169 others of attempted murder.Md...
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