News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Transactions at Sonali Bank and Standard Islami Bank will be temporarily suspended to facilitate updates to their core banking system software and databases. The Bangladesh Bank ann...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government has cancelled the contractual appointment of nine secretaries, according to nine separate notifications issued Monday night.The secretaries’ remaining terms in office under the contracts have been cancell...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has protested the appointment of party-affiliated individuals as administrators in six city corporations by the newly formed government following the 13th National Parliamentary Election.In a state...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, accompanied by Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman, on Monday pinned the rank badge of Major General on the new director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI),...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday imposed a travel ban on former principal secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office and former lawmaker Md Abul Kalam Azad, amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of irregularities and corruption...
Bangla Press Desk: The newly elected government will review the “unjust” and “unnecessary” lawsuits filed during the interim government’s tenure, and take corrective measures in this regard, said Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday.He also...
Bangla Press Desk: The first session of the 13th National Parliament will be held on March 12. Before this session, the posts of Speaker, Deputy Speaker and the ruling party's Chip Whip are under discussion.After an absolute victory in the 13t...
Bangla Press Desk: A local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) sustained bullet injuries in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area on Sunday night.The injured Shafiqur Rahman, 55, is the joint general secretary of Kalabagan Ward-16 BNP. He is the...
Bangla Press Desk: A new organisation for journalists covering the aviation and tourism sectors has been launched in Dhaka with the aim of protecting professional interests and enhancing skills.The Bangladesh Aviation and Tourism Journalists Associat...
Bangla Press Desk: Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Mia Golam Parwar has strongly condemned the brutal murder of Laguna driver Nur Alam, also known as Khairul Islam, on the capital’s Jatrabari–Chittagong Road.In a statement on Sunday,...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has expressed special interest in sending Bangladeshi workers to Japan to tap into the country’s growing labour demand.Tarique made the remarks at a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office on Satur...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has invited applications from eligible individuals and entities for Customs Clearing and Forwarding (C&F) agent licences under the newly enacted Customs Clearing and Forwarding Agent Licensin...
Bangla Press Desk: Seeking stronger cooperation, Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday held a telephone conversation with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman, felicitating him on his recent appointme...
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