15 October 2025

CATEGORY: BANGLADESH

News and updates from Bangladesh

RU suspends ‘Ward Quota’ in face of protests

by Banglapress 3 weeks ago

Bangla Press Desk:   Rajshahi University (RU) authorities have suspended the ‘Ward Quota’ in the face of protests and criticism from the students. The announcement was made early Sunday (21 September) through the university’s official Facebook pag...

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Call for independent commission to oversee police

by Banglapress 3 weeks ago

Bangla Press Desk:   Speakers at a roundtable in Dhaka on Saturday stressed the urgent need for an effective and independent commission to oversee the Bangladesh Police and to end the political misuse of the country’s prime law enforcement agency....

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Nahid demands trial of Awami League

by Banglapress 3 weeks ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  Convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP) Nahid Islam on Sunday said Awami League (AL) should face trial as a political party for crimes committed against people. Talking to reporters completing his testimony and c...

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Chief Adviser leaves for New York

by Banglapress 3 weeks ago

  Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka early Monday for New York to attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). An Emirates flight carrying him departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...

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Over 100 trafficking victims rescued in Teknaf

by Banglapress 3 weeks ago

  Bangla Press Desk: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) conducted a daylong joint operation in the remote hilly areas of Rajachhara under Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila on Sunday. During the drive, law enf...

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The sacks of evidence against Javed

by Banglapress 3 weeks ago

Bangla Press Desk:  A Chattogram court on Sunday ordered the issuance of an INTERPOL red notice for former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his wife Rukmila Zaman, hours after a major Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) operation that recov...

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My Village, My Town: Big promises, small delivery

by Banglapress 3 weeks ago

Bangla Press Desk:   Marketed by the now-ousted Awami League as a bold promise to bring “city facilities to every village,” the “My Village, My Town” scheme has unravelled into one of the clearest examples of the party’s overreach and misplaced prior...

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