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: The interim government has cancelled ten bilateral agreements signed with India during the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime.Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain shared the in...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday granted a petition to show Nasir Uddin Sathi, chairman of the private television channel My TV, and his son, controversial YouTube figure Tawhid Afridi, as arrested in an attempted murder case filed with the...
Bangla Press Desk: The defence today began placing arguments before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 in a case filed against three accused, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over their alleged role in orchestrating crimes agains...
Bangla Press Desk: Senior Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed has said that there is a proper environment in the country to hold the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election.He announced that between 90,000 to 100,000 members of the armed...
Bangla Press Desk: Potato growers in Taraganj, Rangpur are facing severe financial losses as market prices have plunged to as low as Tk1.25 per kilogram.Despite the government’s fixed cold storage price of Tk22 per kg, buyers are refusing to purchase...
Bangla Press Desk: A police officer was stabbed and had his wallet and mobile phone snatched early Monday morning at Rayarbagh in the capital’s Jatrabari. He was later rescued and admitted to Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital for treatment.The in...
Bangla Press Desk: Jagannath University, near the Buriganga in Old Dhaka, marks 20 years as a university today, carrying a legacy that stretches back more than a century.The university was once known as Dhaka Brahma School, founded in 1858 by D...
Bangla Press Desk: A rural infrastructure project meant to ease transportation woes in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur has become a textbook case of alleged financial irregularities, as Tk 50 lakh was reportedly withdrawn without any construction...
Bangla Press Desk: Jagannath University (JnU) student and Chhatra Dal leader Md Jobayed Hossain was allegedly murdered over a love affair involving his student, Barjis Shabnam Barsha, and her boyfriend, Mahir Rahman.Banshal Police Station Offic...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) is holding a high-level meeting with representatives of the armed forces and other security agencies to finalise strategies for ensuring a free and fair 13th national parliamentary election. ...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have handed over the bodies of 16 victims, who died in the devastating fire at a garment factory and a chemical warehouse in Mirpur’s Rupnagar area to their families five days after the incident.The handover process be...
Bangla Press Desk: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a couple from Bandarban on charges of producing and distributing obscene content linked to an international adult website operated from Bangladesh.CID Special Superinte...
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