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...
Three children drowned in a pond while attending a wedding at Chanpur Tea Garden in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Moskan Akter, 10, daughter of Selim Mia, Shamima Akter, 10, daughter of Sajid Ali, and Shan...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP has said it will donate Tk1 lakh to the families of each of those who died in a fire incident at two buildings in Mirpur’s Shialbari area on Tuesday.BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the donation in...
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Bangla Press Desk: A court here today ordered authorities concerned to publish notices on newspapers, asking 262 people including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to appear before it in a case filed for making attempt to dislodge the current inter...
Bangla Press Desk: The Ministry of Religious Affairs has extended the deadline for Hajj registration until 16 October, according to a press release issued by the Hajj-3 Division on Tuesday.The notice was addressed to prospective pilgrims for Hajj 202...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the tragic deaths of people in a devastating fire in a garment factory and chemical warehouse at Shialbari in the city's Mirpur area.The fire, mean...
Bangla Press Desk: An open budget session for the 2025–26 fiscal year was organised at Mohammadpur Union Parishad premises under Subarnachar upazila in Noakhali on Tuesday.The event, arranged by the non-government organisation Participatory Res...
Bangla Press Desk: Several people, including a teenage boy and a newly married couple, have gone missing following the devastating fire that broke out at a readymade garment factory and chemical warehouse in Shialbari area of the capital’s...
Bangla Press Desk: FAO Director-General Dr. Qu Dongyu has assured continued support to Bangladesh in developing its deep-sea fishing industry and enhancing agricultural exports, particularly in fruits.The commitment came during a bilatera...
Bangla Press Desk: Abul Kalam Biswas, 50, Naib-e-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami in Raiganj upazila, Sirajganj, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Monday night.The accident occurred around 8 pm on the Dhaka-Bogura highway near Chonka Bazar in Sher...
Bangla Press Desk: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has expressed his interest in visiting Bangladesh in the coming months, hoping it would strengthen ties between the two nations.President Lula made the announcement during a meeti...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has called for equitable and cooperative management of transboundary water resources at the first Session of the 6th Joint Meeting of the Working Groups on Integrated Water Resources Management, Monitoring & Assessme...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday said they will hold the national election in February and with it, they will institutionalise their commitment to justice and people’s power.Last year, Yunus said, people of Bangladesh ro...
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