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: Nearly three lakh residents of Beanibazar upazila in Sylhet district are being deprived of proper healthcare as the area’s only public hospital — the 50-bed Beanibazar Upazila Health Complex — faces an ac...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has praised veteran photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam for taking part in the Gaza aid flotilla. Shahidul was in the last and biggest of the 44 vessels that formed...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday listed six major achievements during Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus' recent UNGA tour, including his government's democratic commitment and vision for a collaborati...
Bangla Press Desk: Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman has said there is no legal barrier to implementing the July Charter, which will be carried out in line with the National Consensus Commission’s recommendations. He made the remarks...
Bangla Press Desk: A group of unidentified miscreants opened fire and set a passenger bus ablaze in Dhaka’s Mirpur Sewrapara area early Friday. The incident occurred around 7:00 am when a bus of Alif Paribahan was attacked shortl...
Bangla Press Desk: Two passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed when a truck rammed into it in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur last night. Three members of a family were also seriously injured in the accident. The collision occur...
Bangla Press Desk: The Water Development Board’s Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) has signalled a possibility of a short-term flood in the low-lying areas of Feni, as the water level of several rivers continues to rise....
Bangla Press Desk: Police stations across the country, particularly in Dhaka, receive written complaints and carry out inquiries without properly keeping records of them, said multiple policemen to the Daily Sun. A sub-inspector (SI) o...
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Bangla Press Desk: Every day, approximately 12,000 patients across the country are treated on hospital floors. This adds up to nearly 4.4 million patients receiving floor-based care annually. Furthermore, thousands of additional patient...
Bangla Press Desk: The official Facebook page of Islami Bank Bangladesh was hacked early Friday, with the attackers posting a threatening message and changing the page’s profile and cover photos. The hacking group, identifying it...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Embassy in Copenhagen has strongly objected to what it described as sweeping and unjust allegations of visa misuse against Bangladeshi students in Denmark. In a press release issued Wednesday (1 Oct), the embassy...
Bangla Press Desk: Language Movement veteran, poet, essayist, and Rabindra scholar Ahmad Rafique died at a hospital in Dhaka on Thursday night. He was 96. Ahmad Rafique, who was on life support, breathed his last at 10:12pm at the intensive care u...
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