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...
Germany has made its highest-ever contribution to tackling climate change and supporting vulnerable countries like Bangladesh, according to the latest figures reported to the European Commission for 2024.Germany’s total contributions last year reache...
Bangla Press Desk: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has hailed enforced disappearance charges as a step toward justice in Bangladesh.Earlier, Bangladesh authorities filed charges against 28 people for enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture, a...
Bangla Press Desk: Beyond his role as a politician struggling for democracy and people’s rights, BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman has long been an environmental activist with a vision of building a liveable Bangladesh by ensuring ecological...
Bangla Press Desk: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a case against 16 people, including seven to eight unidentified ones on charges of defrauding huge amount of money through online fraud and hundi operations alongside laun...
Bangla Press Desk: The examination of the 49th Special BCS is being held today in the capital.The MCQ-type written 200-mark examination will start at 10:00am and continue until 12:00pm at 184 centres, the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (B...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to hand over 30 luxury vehicles – imported under special duty-free facility by former Awami League lawmakers and never resealed from the port – to the government vehicle pool un...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday reaffirmed the government's commitment to holding a national election in the first half of February next year, stating that "it would mark the first genuinely democratic vote in many ye...
Bangla Press Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sent arrest warrants for 30 individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) in two separate cases linked to enforced disappearan...
Bangla Press Desk: The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested former Member of Parliament (MP) for Naogaon-6 constituency Md Omar Faruk Sumon and four other individuals from different parts of the capital.All the...
Bangla Press Desk: The government will soon begin the process of recovering encroached properties belonging to the Bangladesh Post Office, said Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant to the chief adviser in charge of the Ministry of Posts, Telec...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka University (DU), the country’s premier institution of higher education, has made remarkable progress in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026, moving up 200 places to secure a position in...
Bangla Press Desk: A member of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) accused of amassing illegal wealth has been made an officer on special duty (OSD) just a day after being appointed president of the Customs, Excise and VAT Appellate Tribunal.Mo...
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