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...
Staff Reporter: The International Crimes Tribunal has ordered 15 current and former army officers to be sent to jail in connection with two cases filed over enforced disappearances, killings, and torture allegedly committed by the TFI-JIC cell during...
Bangla Press Desk: The verified Facebook account of Al Jazeera journalist Zulkarnain Saer has been disabled following a suspected cyber attack.On Tuesday afternoon, the account, which has around 1.2 million followers, suddenly became inaccessible. Th...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday assured the BNP leaders that they will do whatever is necessary to make the election ‘peaceful and impartial’ as the country is heading towards the next national election, scheduled for...
Bangla Press Desk: The US-based International Republican Institute (IRI) has confirmed Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus that the organization will send at least 10 international observers for Bangladesh’s national election in February next.The confi...
Bangla Press Desk: The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday warned that if the 15 army officers, currently in Bangladesh Army custody following ICT-issued arrest warrants, are not produced before the tribunal by Wed...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed a couple, Azim and Bristy, on a five-day remand over their alleged involvement in pornography.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Jewel Rana passed the order after police produced the couple befor...
Bangla Press Desk: Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 251 this year.During the period, 814 more patients were hospitalis...
Bangla Press Desk: Nurjahan Begum, 67, sits on a trolley outside the charred remains of cargo village at Dhaka airport, where she has worked as a cleaner for 42 years. Though the fire left her shaken, she waits with quiet resolve to return to t...
Bangla Press Desk: Former chief of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Harun Or Rashid – commonly known as DB Harun – rose through the ranks by brutally suppressing political opposition, enjoying impunity and state patr...
Bangla Press Desk: Jagannath University student Md Zobayed Hossain was killed as part of a premeditated plan made by his student Barsha and her boyfriend Mahir Rahman. The duo had reportedly been planning the murder since 25 September.Bong...
Bangla Press Desk: At least four people including two motorcyclists have been killed in separate road accidents in Mymensingh and Munshiganj.In Mymensingh: A trucker and his assistant were killed when a truck slammed into another from behind on...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the officer in charge of Ramna police station to file a murder case of renowned film actor Salman Shah and submit a probe report after investigation.Dhaka 6th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge M...
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