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: Chief Justice of Bangladesh Syed Refaat Ahmed is currently in Bangkok attending the UNDP-organised Regional Convening on Judicial Leadership for Women Judges in Asia, titled “Shift Underway: Advancing Gender on the Bench for...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh and Uganda on Wednesday signed an instrument on the commencement of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between the two countries, establishing a structured mechanism for regular discussions covering the full...
Bangla Press Desk: A massive fire has broken out at a garment factory in Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) on Thursday afternoon.The fire originated around 2:00pm in the nine-storey building of Al Hamid Textile, which reportedly ho...
Bangla Press Desk: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam has applied to the judges’ panel for the death sentence for ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina, and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.Tajul filed the plea on Thu...
Bangla Press Desk: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has started collecting samples of the family members of 16 victims killed in Tuesday's devastating fire in the capital's Mirpur area for DNA profiling to handover their bodies to their re...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 345 educational institutions achieved 100 percent pass rate in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations-2025 across the country this year.This information was revealed in the results publ...
Bangla Press Desk: Following the Chattogram Port Authority’s (CPA) implementation of revised tariffs on 15 October, HR Lines Limited, the country’s sole seafaring container operator, has announced freight rate adjustments. Denmark-based Maersk...
Bangla Press Desk: Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has indicated that the government may reconsider taking loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if new or stricter conditions are imposed.“If the IMF imposes any new or tough...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday reaffirmed that Bangladesh’s next parliamentary election will be held in February in a “festive mood,” as political parties prepare to sign the long-awaited July National Charter 2025...
Bangla Press Desk: If all goes according to plan, political parties are scheduled to sign the July Charter on 17 October. Yet uncertainty remains over whether every party will actually sign it.Earlier this week, the National Consensus Commission dist...
Bangla Press Desk: Religious Affairs Adviser AFM Khalid Hossain Wednesday said that the mosque management policies are being modernised for better, time befitting and disciplined administration and the gazette in this regard will be published this mo...
Bangla Press Desk: Results for the HSC and equivalent exams were published on Thursday morning, revealing a significant drop in pass rate to 58.83%.The rate has dropped by 18.95% from the 77.78% recorded the previous year.BP/SP
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