News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Thakurgaon district Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Belal Uddin was detained at Syedpur Airport while carrying a large sum of money.He was detained around 12:00pm on Wednesday (11 Febru...
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Bangla Press Desk: The National Central Bureau (NCB) of police has formally requested Interpol to issue red notices for 12 individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, following her ousting in the July coup. Police spo...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Affairs Adviser Lt Col (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday warned that disciplinary action would be taken against police officials if they fail to control future Awami League rallies. He made the remark...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said the Local Government Reform Commission's recommendations must be implemented as soon as possible without any delay. At the time, the Commission submitted its report...
Bangla Press Desk: A case was filed early Sunday in connection with the killing of Zahidul Islam Parvez, a student of Primeasia University, in the capital. Zahidul’s brother Humayun Kabir filed the case accusing eight students of the...
Bangla Press Desk: India has halted construction works for at least three ongoing projects and five other pending ones for linking the mainland with the country’s seven northeastern states through Bangladeshi railway network. The ong...
Bangla Press Desk: Gold prices in Bangladesh have reached a new record, with 22-carat gold rising by Tk5,342 to Tk1,77,887 per bhori (11.664 grams), the highest ever in the country. The Standing Committee on Pricing and Price Monitor...
Bangla Press Desk: Authorities on Tuesday announced the closure of Dhaka City College for two days – Wednesday and Thursday – following a clash between students of this college and those of Dhaka College near the Science Laboratory inte...
Bangla Press Desk: Claiming that social business can bring millions of people out of poverty, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said poverty is created due to a wrong economic system. "We are aware that poverty is not cre...
Bangla Press Desk: Qatar on Tuesday agreed to renew a recently expired memorandum of understanding (MoU) on LNG (liquefied natural gas) supply for Bangladesh and work on technical details for a proposed land-based LNG terminal in Bangla...
Bangla Press Desk: Hundreds of students staged a protest rally in Dhaka on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of the vice-chancellor of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET). Dhaka University (DU) students and alumni...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated the processes to bring back ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina and her allegedly corrupt family members into the country to face justice, ACC Commissioner Brigadier Genera...
Bangla Press Desk: The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has issued a red notice to facilitate the extradition of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) in Bangladesh Benazir Ahmed, after his arrest from anywhere i...
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