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: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the tragic deaths of people in a devastating fire in a garment factory and chemical warehouse at Shialbari in the city's Mirpur area.The fire, mean...
Bangla Press Desk: An open budget session for the 2025–26 fiscal year was organised at Mohammadpur Union Parishad premises under Subarnachar upazila in Noakhali on Tuesday.The event, arranged by the non-government organisation Participatory Res...
Bangla Press Desk: Several people, including a teenage boy and a newly married couple, have gone missing following the devastating fire that broke out at a readymade garment factory and chemical warehouse in Shialbari area of the capital’s...
Bangla Press Desk: FAO Director-General Dr. Qu Dongyu has assured continued support to Bangladesh in developing its deep-sea fishing industry and enhancing agricultural exports, particularly in fruits.The commitment came during a bilatera...
Bangla Press Desk: Abul Kalam Biswas, 50, Naib-e-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami in Raiganj upazila, Sirajganj, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Monday night.The accident occurred around 8 pm on the Dhaka-Bogura highway near Chonka Bazar in Sher...
Bangla Press Desk: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has expressed his interest in visiting Bangladesh in the coming months, hoping it would strengthen ties between the two nations.President Lula made the announcement during a meeti...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has called for equitable and cooperative management of transboundary water resources at the first Session of the 6th Joint Meeting of the Working Groups on Integrated Water Resources Management, Monitoring & Assessme...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday said they will hold the national election in February and with it, they will institutionalise their commitment to justice and people’s power.Last year, Yunus said, people of Bangladesh ro...
Bangla Press Desk: Three more deaths from dengue were reported in the 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the total number of deaths from the mosquito-borne disease to 233 this year.During this period, 857 more patients were hospitalised with...
Bangla Press Desk: The government is imparting training to around 7.68 lakh law enforcers that include, police, BGB and Ansar aimed at holding a free, fair, peaceful and neutral parliamentary election slated for next February. “The t...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has officially declared Cox’s Bazar Airport an international airport through a gazette notification.The notification, signed by Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Joint Secretary Ahmed Jamil, was issued on...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has been suspended after the allegations of corruption against him surfaced.The matter of the suspension came to light on Monday, though the Ministry of Law and Jus...
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