News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday inaugurated a new 500-bed building at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital in Dhaka.The Prime Minister formally opened the...
Bangla Press Desk: Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Bangladesh following the death of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, a fearless frontline fighter of the July Uprising.Blocking key points in Dhaka, C...
Staff Reporter: Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inkilab Mancha, has passed away while undergoing treatment in Singapore. A Foreign Ministry official involved in overseeing his medical care in Singapore confirmed the matter to the media around 10 p...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have recovered the hanging body of a female leader of National Citizen Party (NCP) from a hostel in the Jigatala area of Dhaka’s Hazaribagh on Thursday (18 December) morning. The deceased was identified as Jannat...
Bangla Press Desk: The prosecution has filed formal charges with the International Crimes Tribunal-2 against Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, along with six other leaders of the party and its affiliated organisations, in a c...
Noman Sabit: Bangladeshis living abroad must remit at least $100,000 to the country in a single year to qualify for Commercially Important Person (CIP) status. For any given year of selection, a specified number of non-resident Bangladeshis who legal...
Bangla Press Desk: Election Commission (EC) Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said an agreement has been signed among the EC, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Union (EU) for monitoring the forthcoming election scheduled on 12 Februa...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday said that the police must arrest Awami League’s “criminals” whenever they are spotted even if no lawsuit is found against them.If certain police personnel...
Bangla Press Desk: Domestic worker Ayesha on Wednesday confessed to the killing of a woman and her daughter in the capital’s Mohammadpur area. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam recorded her statement and ordered her to be...
Bangla Press Desk: Law enforcers rescued a joint secretary from a hostage situation in a government car, and detained the vehicle’s driver at Agargaon in the capital on Wednesday noon. The driver Abdul Awal, 40, held Planning...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman has said that he plans to return to Bangladesh on 25 December, expressing confidence about his return.Speaking as a guest at a discussion meeting organi...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 4,56,830 Bangladeshi expatriates have so far registered through the Postal Vote BD app to vote in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad Election and the national referendum.Election Commission (EC) released the updated in...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Communications Professionals Society (BCPS) held its day-long Winter Retreat: Comms Edition at CCLUB, Gazipur on 16 December, bringing together around 45 communications professionals from NGOs, brands, a...
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