News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh sets an ambitious target of creating 21.94 million jobs in the tourism sector alone by 2040 as part of a broader strategy to transform tourism into a major co...
Bangla Press Desk: Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), has said that the Chief Adviser’s vision and aspirations for reforms could not be effectively carried forward by his associates and the bureauc...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Navy has detained nine Indian fishermen along with a trawler for illegally entering Bangladeshi waters and fishing.Md Anisur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mongla Thana, said the fishermen were apprehended by Navy...
Bangla Press Desk: A leading adviser of the caretaker government was recently invited by an organization to participate in a discussion session. When the adviser’s personal secretary (PS) was asked for a suitable date and confirmation, the request wa...
Bangla Press Desk: A low-pressure area has formed over the Southeast Bay and adjoining regions, and it is likely to intensify, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said in its bulletin on Friday morning.Rain or thundershowers are expected a...
Bangla Press Desk: The planned visit of Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus to Saudi Arabia has been cancelled. He was scheduled to attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII 9) conference in Riyadh at the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Mi...
Bangla Press Desk: The three-day audit activities of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have been completed at the Civil Aviation Academy.The audit activities started on 21 October and ended on Thursday.The audit was conducted by Tr...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam on Thursday told the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 that despite committing serious crimes, none of the accused has shown any remorse.He said ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina attempte...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Thursday granted a five-day remand for Md Nazrul Islam, former chairman of Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Limited, in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged embezzlement.Dhaka Metr...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has dismissed four trainee Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) from the 43rd batch of the BCS (Police) cadre.The Ministry of Home Affairs (Police-1 Wing) issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursda...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered the freezing of 39 bank accounts of former chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC Md Obayed Ullah Al Masud.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Faiz passed the order following a petition...
Bangla Press Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sent fifteen Army officers to jail after they were produced before the court on Wednesday to face charges of crimes against humanity committed during the former Hasina-led autocratic Awam...
Bangla Press Desk: Students and youths in Faridpur have once again demanded the immediate arrest of AK Azad, a member of the advisory council of the district Awami League and a former MP, who won the 2024 sham election under Sheikh Hasina’s gov...
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