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...
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Bangla Press Desk: A delegation of Buddhist religious leaders exchanged greetings with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at State Guest House Jamuna on the occasion of Prabarana Purnima on Sunday. The Buddhist leaders highlighted the spiritu...
Bangla Press Desk: A man has been arrested in connection with the arson attack on a passenger bus and shooting in Dhaka’s Senpara Parbata area on Friday, according to the army. Suspect Nesar Uddin was arrested from the Rupnagar Eastern Housi...
Bangla Press Desk: Awami League Advisory Council member and former MP of Bhola-1 constituency, Tofail Ahmed, is alive but in a “critical” condition, confirmed his son-in-law Dr. Touhiduzzaman. Around 11:00 pm on Saturday (October...
Bangla Press Desk: Three people were killed and two others injured in two separate motorcycle accidents in Gazipur. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, said police. Mehedi Hasan, officer-in-charge of GMP's Sadar P...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus commended Shahidul Alam and voiced support for his cause as the Gaza-bound flotilla continues its journey in a bid to end media blackout and deliver humanitarian aid. “We are closely monit...
Bangla Press Desk: Narsingdi Sadar Circle additional superintendent of Police Anwar Hossain was seriously injured on Saturday (4 October) after being assaulted by accomplices of two extortionists detained earlier by police. The incident took place...
Bangla Press Desk: The University Teachers Link (UTL), an organisation of University teachers, formed a human chain on Saturday protesting the Israeli attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla—an international humanitarian naval mission carry...
Bangla Press Desk: Law enforcement agencies arrested Mohammad Tajbir Hasan, managing director of controversial travel company Haltrip and a close associate of PK Halder, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the early hours of Saturday...
Bangla Press Desk: Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur has returned to Bangladesh after receiving medical treatment in Singapore. He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday evening, where a large number of p...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus has greeted the members of Buddhist community in the country and across the globe on the occasion of the Shubho Probarona Purnima and Kathin Chibar Dana, a religious festival of t...
Bangla Press Desk: On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and China, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus exchanged congratulatory messages on Saturday, reaffirming t...
Bangla Press Desk: Women’s participation in the labour force has increased significantly in recent years. They work the same hours as men, yet their wages remain lower, and their chances of promotion are also fewer. At home, despi...
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