News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh sets an ambitious target of creating 21.94 million jobs in the tourism sector alone by 2040 as part of a broader strategy to transform tourism into a major co...
Bangla Press Desk: Police used sound grenades and water cannon to disperse a procession of government primary school assistant teachers marching towards Shahbagh on Saturday afternoon to press home their three-point demand, including a 10th-gr...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire broke that brought out at a cotton warehouse of a factory in Tongi Milgate area in Gazipur has been brought under control.The fire broke out at the cotton warehouse around 11:45am and seven firefighting units brought i...
Bangla Press Desk: A massive fire broke out at a cotton warehouse in Tongi of Gazipur on Saturday morning. Seven units of the Tongi Fire Service rushed to the scene and were working to bring the blaze under control.The fire originated arou...
Bangla Press Desk: Controversial businessman Arav Khan has reportedly been arrested in Dubai along with a large amount of laundered money allegedly linked to an adviser of the interim government, journalist Jawad Nirjhor said in a Faceboo...
Bangla Press Desk: Zhang Lu, Regional Manager and Senior Engineer at China’s state-owned Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute, has emphasised the need to establish a robust infrastructure inspection system to ensure safety for both...
Bangla Press Desk: Once hailed as a gateway to economic transformation, the long-awaited Khulna–Mongla railway now stands as a symbol of unfulfilled promise.The 91-kilometre line, built to connect the country’s second seaport with the nat...
Bangla Press Desk: Thousands of people from all walks of life visited the mausoleum of former President Ziaur Rahman on Thursday to mark National Revolution and Solidarity Day.On this day in 1975, amidst national uncertainty, soldiers and civil...
Bangla Press Desk: An Ansar member has been dismissed from service after being caught stealing mobile phones from the cargo village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.A press release signed by Md Ashiquzzaman, Deputy Director and Public...
Bangla Press Desk: A two-day 4th international conference and mushaira titled ‘The Role of Iqbal and Nazrul Islam in National Awakening’ will be held at the University of Dhaka from November 9 to 10.The Department of Urdu of the university, in...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Army has urged citizens to remain vigilant against the spread of false and baseless propaganda concerning Chief of Army Staff General Waker-uz-Zaman, particularly regarding election-related matters.In a stateme...
Bangla Press Desk: A teenage gang has severed a finger of Abdur Rahman Rakib, a leader of the National Citizens Party (NCP) and a participant in the July Movement, following a dispute in the capital’s Banani.He was admitted to a city hosp...
Bangla Press Desk: As Bangladesh edges closer to the 13th parliamentary election, political tension is rapidly escalating across the country. The Election Commission is expected to announce the schedule in early December, but unofficial c...
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