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 Professor Muhammad Yunus today emphasised resolving the existing complexities in the visa process as new labour markets of Bangladesh are being created in the Eastern European countries.As the visa complexities have b...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday reiterated that the next parliamentary election will be held in a peaceful, festive and good manner with cooperation from all concerned."If everyone coo...
Bangla Press Desk: Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has firmly dismissed speculations that she or other government advisers are seeking a ‘safe exit’ from Bangladesh, saying she plans to spend the rest of her life in the country.“I am not look...
Bangla Press Desk: Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuj Alam has assured that the interim government will not shut down any media outlet, emphasising the administration’s commitment to press freedom and pluralism.Speaking to journalists...
Bangla Press Desk: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam on Wednesday said the captives who became victims of enforced disappearance were referred to by their captors using the code name "Monalisa.""The captors sub...
Bangla Press Desk: Tarique Rahman will return to Bangladesh from nearly 20 years in exile to contest nation’s first election after July Revolution and the fall of Sheikh Hasina government last year.Mr Rahman, 59, son of former prime minister Khaleda...
Bangla Press Desk: Activists of Hefazat-e-Islam blocked the Chattogram-Rangamati Highway and the Chattogram-Khagrachhari Highway on Wednesday morning, protesting the death of a central leader in a road crash the previous afternoon.Traffic has remaine...
Bangla Press Desk: Police in Pabna have submitted a charge sheet against 136 leaders and activists of Awami League (AL) in connection with the killings during last year’s uprising.On Wednesday, Inspector (Operations) of Pabna Sadar Police Station and...
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Bangla Press Desk: Bangladeshi photographer and writer Shahidul Alam, in a Facebook video message, has claimed that he was intercepted at sea and kidnapped by Israeli forces.In the video posted around 10:20am, Shahidul Alam said, "We have been interc...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has promised to form a high-level commission to nationalise teachers' jobs, and an Education Reform Commission to reform the curriculum if his party is elected in the next general election.The BNP...
Bangla Press Desk: The national parliamentary election is now just three months away as per the timeline announced by the Chief Adviser. Holding the election is one of the major priorities of the interim government. The Chief Adviser has reiterated s...
Bangla Press Desk: Turkish Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Berris Ekinci Tuesday conveyed the greetings and best wishes of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his invitation to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to visit Turkiye at...
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