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: Former chief of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Harun Or Rashid – commonly known as DB Harun – rose through the ranks by brutally suppressing political opposition, enjoying impunity and state patr...
Bangla Press Desk: Jagannath University student Md Zobayed Hossain was killed as part of a premeditated plan made by his student Barsha and her boyfriend Mahir Rahman. The duo had reportedly been planning the murder since 25 September.Bong...
Bangla Press Desk: At least four people including two motorcyclists have been killed in separate road accidents in Mymensingh and Munshiganj.In Mymensingh: A trucker and his assistant were killed when a truck slammed into another from behind on...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the officer in charge of Ramna police station to file a murder case of renowned film actor Salman Shah and submit a probe report after investigation.Dhaka 6th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge M...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government has cancelled ten bilateral agreements signed with India during the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime.Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain shared the in...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday granted a petition to show Nasir Uddin Sathi, chairman of the private television channel My TV, and his son, controversial YouTube figure Tawhid Afridi, as arrested in an attempted murder case filed with the...
Bangla Press Desk: The defence today began placing arguments before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 in a case filed against three accused, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over their alleged role in orchestrating crimes agains...
Bangla Press Desk: Senior Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed has said that there is a proper environment in the country to hold the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election.He announced that between 90,000 to 100,000 members of the armed...
Bangla Press Desk: Potato growers in Taraganj, Rangpur are facing severe financial losses as market prices have plunged to as low as Tk1.25 per kilogram.Despite the government’s fixed cold storage price of Tk22 per kg, buyers are refusing to purchase...
Bangla Press Desk: A police officer was stabbed and had his wallet and mobile phone snatched early Monday morning at Rayarbagh in the capital’s Jatrabari. He was later rescued and admitted to Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital for treatment.The in...
Bangla Press Desk: Jagannath University, near the Buriganga in Old Dhaka, marks 20 years as a university today, carrying a legacy that stretches back more than a century.The university was once known as Dhaka Brahma School, founded in 1858 by D...
Bangla Press Desk: A rural infrastructure project meant to ease transportation woes in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur has become a textbook case of alleged financial irregularities, as Tk 50 lakh was reportedly withdrawn without any construction...
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