News and updates from Bangladesh
BanglaPress Desk: Police have recovered the belongings—including a laptop and a camera—of German tourist Cyril Lander-Weber, which had gone missing at Natore Railway Station during his visit to Bangla...
Bangla Press Desk: Officer-in-charge of Cantonment Police Station Md Rafiqul Hasan has been withdrawn and attached to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) headquarters.The DMP headquarters issued an office order in this regard on Thursday....
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission said on Thursday that it aimed to complete the upcoming Union Parishad (UP) polls by 6 June next year, considering the schedules of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certifica...
Bangla Press Desk: Five more deaths were reported from dengue in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 176 this year.In the 24-hour span, 1,484 more pati...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) was awarded the prestigious ISSCA Global Award 2026 in the 'Crop Development and Production Technology' category at the Dryland Congress 2026, held in New Delhi, India.The...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed today (Thursday) directed officials to ensure timely, transparent and accountable implementation of ongoing development projects under the Home Ministry. “Unnecessary delays in project exec...
Bangla Press Desk: In a major reshuffle in police administration, six Additional Inspectors General of Police (Additional IGPs) and five Deputy Inspectors General (DIGs) were transferred and posted to new positions.Two separate notifications we...
Bangla Press Desk: Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat today (Thursday) said work is underway on the Tourism Master Plan covering 1,498 attractions of different categories across the country.“We are working on a Tourism M...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission will review the timeframe for holding Union Parishad elections in phases before finalising the election schedule, said Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah on Thursday.“We’ll review requests f...
Bangla Press Desk: Two people were killed and two others injured in separate lightning strikes in Sadar and Daulatpur upazilas of Kushtia district on Thursday.Aroj Ali, 30, son of Abdur Razzak of Narayanpur village in Daulatpur upazila, was kil...
Bangla Press Desk: A study of 200 children treated for measles in Chattogram, Cumilla and Cox’s Bazar has found that 59.4 per cent contracted the disease at a health facility or hospital.The findings were presented at a research event at Chatto...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka has been trying to move the wholesale produce trade out of Karwan Bazar for two decades.Three alternative wholesale markets were built at Gabtoli, Mohakhali and Jatrabari. Governments changed. Deadlines came and went. T...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday imposed a travel ban on four people, including former Principal Officer of Dhaka Bank Ayesha Sadaf Hossain and former Manager Mehedi Zaman Khan, over graft allegations.The other two...
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