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: The expansion of Sylhet Osmani International Airport has become costlier by Tk470.87 crore as project delays and major design revisions push up expenses and extend the completion deadline by two more years.Officials said the Execut...
Bangla Press Desk: Maritime ports of Chattogram and Cox's Bazar have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal No 3 as the low-pressure area over Eastcentral Bay and adjoining Myanmar coast persists.It is likely to move north-northwestwards along...
Bangla Press Desk: India’s Adani Power Limited has warned that it will suspend electricity supply to Bangladesh from 11 November if outstanding dues are not cleared by 10 November.In a letter dated 31 October addressed to BPDB Chairman by Adani Power...
Bangla Press Desk: A forest officer was injured Monday in the Sundarbans, when a group of poachers hunting deer attacked him.The incident took place at Dimer Char in the Sarankhola range of the Sundarbans East Division in Bagerhat.The injured officer...
A petition on Monday was filed with the Appellate Division, challenging the High Court ruling that declared only certain provisions of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution—including the abolition of the caretaker government system—unconstitutional....
Bangla Press Desk: Amid heightened anticipation for a breakthrough in the ongoing political crisis, the interim government has refrained from announcing any unilateral decision and instead given political parties one week to reach a consensus on key...
Bangla Press Desk: The Ministry of Education has issued three contradictory rulings over the PhD degree of Mala Khan, chief scientific officer of the Bangladesh Reference Institute for Chemical Measurements (BRiCM), obtained from an unapproved instit...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the seizure of tax files of former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, also known as Lotus Kamal, and his family amid ongoing corruption investigation.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbi...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Police has promoted 273 officers to the rank of inspector, according to three separate notifications issued Monday.Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam signed the notifications.As per the notifications, 148...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the seizure of tax files former housing and public works minister SM Rezaul Karim, his wife Feroza Parveen and former lawmaker Shamim Osman.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz pass...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast that at least 10 cold waves including three sever may sweep different regions of the country between November and January.In its long-range weather forecast released on Sunday...
Bangla Press Desk: Mohammad Yasin (22), who sustained critical gunshot wounds during a clash between rival groups over local dominance in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, died early Monday after fighting for his life for two days.Yasin, son...
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