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: A recent incident of IELTS “question leak scam” has exposed shortcomings in the country’s laws related to the international or private exams as they are controlled and supervised by international entities that apparently go b...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Consensus Commission has amended the fifth clause of the July Charter amidst widespread anger and protests of “July fighters”.The revised clause now has declared, “We will ensure the prosecution of those res...
Bangla Press Desk: Several political parties, including the National Citizen Party (NCP), the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Bangladesh Socialist Party (BASAD), BASAD (Marxist), and Bangladesh JASAD, did not sign the July National Charter 2025....
Noman Sabit: Prosecutors in Bangladesh have demanded that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina be put to death over a deadly crackdown on student-led protests last year that ousted her from power.Hasina, who has fled to India, is on trial for crimes a...
Bangla Press Desk: Urging political leaders to have talks for a fair and festive election, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Friday said that the signing of the ‘July National Charter 2025’ symbolises a tune of unity and this unity will guide them...
Bangla Press Desk: The historic July National Charter-2025 was signed by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and leaders of 25 political parties on Friday at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.Under the widely discussed charter, no individual...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh government has strongly condemned the killing of three Bangladeshi nationals by a mob in India's Tripura state on October 15.In a statement issued on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "This heinou...
Bangla Press Desk: The families of July martyrs and injured demonstrators have taken position at the venue of the July Charter 2025 signing ceremony, reiterating their demands for state recognition and legal protection. The sit-in began ea...
Bangla Press Desk: The seven-storey building that caught fire in the Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) area did not have a fire safety certificate, the Fire Service said. The Fire Service has stated that the building’s construction...
Bangla Press Desk: Firefighters have brought a massive blaze at a factory in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (EPZ) largely under control after 16 hours of efforts, officials said on Friday.According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence,...
Bangla Press Desk: The University Teachers Link (UTL), an organisation of government and private university teachers, has formed a 26-member convening committee for its Dhaka University (DU) branch.Professor Zubair Muhammad Ehsanul Haque, chair...
Bangla Press Desk: A new national pay scale will be introduced soon, said Education Secretary Rehana Parven, assuring that the move will address long-pending issues related to teachers’ salaries and housing allowances.Speaking at a press confer...
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