News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Continuous rainfall over the past few days has submerged thousands of hectares of ripened and semi-ripened Boro paddy across 12 upazilas in Sunamganj, while a leak in an...
Ema Alice: Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Saturday said the government has decided to take appropriate action regarding recent politically motivated assault on political leaders here upon their return to Bangladesh from the United State...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Adviser Lieutenant Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said that around one lakh members of the armed forces, 70,000 police, over two lakh Ansar, and 430 platoons of BGB have been deployed across the count...
Bangla Press Desk: Adviser to the Ministries of Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Sharmeen S Murshid on Sunday said around 80,000 officials, employees and volunteers from all departments and agencies of the two ministries will be...
Noman Sabit: Lauding the role of non-resident Bangladeshis, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said the remittance of Bangladeshi expatriates saved the country's economy after the July uprising. "Our economy was at bottom level. Your remit...
Staff Reporter: Dozens of global leaders gathered on Friday to meet Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his hotel suite here in the USA, offering their full support to him and his interim government. They expressed readiness to provide their e...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday (18 Sept) said the RUCSU and CUCSU elections will be held in proper manner. "Elections to RUCSU and CUCSU will go peacefully," he said. He was speak...
Bangla Press Desk: To build business relationships between domestic security and safety product manufacturers, suppliers, importers, software and cyber security sector entrepreneurs and businesspeople with international leading technology...
Bangla Press Desk: Expatriate Bangladeshis must register through a mobile app – Postal VoteBD– within a specific timeframe to cast their votes in the upcoming national election from abroad through postal ballots. Besides, the election...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) has arrested a fugitive death row convict who escaped from Kashimpur High Security Prison last year. Acting on a tip-off, an operational team of the ATU conducted a raid in Tejturi Bazar...
Bangla Press Desk: Labour has been plunged into a fresh crisis after new details appeared to contradict Tulip Siddiq’s assertion that she had been issued a national identity card and passport. Officials in Dhaka uncovered records of a pa...
Bangla Press Desk: A joint operation by the Bangladesh Coast Guard and the Navy has rescued 66 people, including women and children, who were being held captive by human traffickers in the remote hills of Baharchhara in Teknaf. Coast G...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has briefed newly appointed Ambassador of the Netherlands, Boris van Bommel on the interim government's preparations to hold a general election in the first half of February, emphasising...
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