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: Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 164 at 9:35am this morning (22 October 2025).Today Dhaka’s air was classified as ‘unhealthy,’...
Bangla Press Desk: Fifteen army officers, accused in three separate cases of crimes against humanity, have been taken away from the International Crimes Tribunal.The officers were placed in a prison van at around 10:00 am on Wednesday belonging to th...
Bangla Press Desk: The Advisers Council Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday recommended two major proposals for policy approval, including the import of refined fuel oil through a government-to-government (G2G) arrangement for 2026 and the dir...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Sreeshant Roy was arrested on Wednesday after a case was filed against him under the Cyber Security Ordinance.Investigation Officer Sub-Inspector Md Shahjahan Siraj...
Staff Reporter: The International Crimes Tribunal has ordered 15 current and former army officers to be sent to jail in connection with two cases filed over enforced disappearances, killings, and torture allegedly committed by the TFI-JIC cell during...
Bangla Press Desk: The verified Facebook account of Al Jazeera journalist Zulkarnain Saer has been disabled following a suspected cyber attack.On Tuesday afternoon, the account, which has around 1.2 million followers, suddenly became inaccessible. Th...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday assured the BNP leaders that they will do whatever is necessary to make the election ‘peaceful and impartial’ as the country is heading towards the next national election, scheduled for...
Bangla Press Desk: The US-based International Republican Institute (IRI) has confirmed Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus that the organization will send at least 10 international observers for Bangladesh’s national election in February next.The confi...
Bangla Press Desk: The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday warned that if the 15 army officers, currently in Bangladesh Army custody following ICT-issued arrest warrants, are not produced before the tribunal by Wed...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed a couple, Azim and Bristy, on a five-day remand over their alleged involvement in pornography.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Jewel Rana passed the order after police produced the couple befor...
Bangla Press Desk: Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 251 this year.During the period, 814 more patients were hospitalis...
Bangla Press Desk: Nurjahan Begum, 67, sits on a trolley outside the charred remains of cargo village at Dhaka airport, where she has worked as a cleaner for 42 years. Though the fire left her shaken, she waits with quiet resolve to return to t...
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