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...
Bangla Press Desk: Individuals formally charged with crimes against humanity will no longer be eligible to contest elections or hold any public office, including government service, under a new decision by the interim government. The de...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sent a letter requesting a red alert against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajib Wazed Joy in connection with a plot forgery case. The letter was issued on Th...
Bangla Press Desk: The Government of Bangladesh is sending emergency aid to earthquake-hit Afghanistan by a special Bangladesh Air Force aircraft on Friday following the instructions of the Honourable Chief Advisor. The aid items inc...
Bangla Press Desk: The police discovered a journalist’s body hanging from a tree in a Jhau forest near the beach in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday morning. The deceased, Mohammad Amin, 23, a resident of the district’s Ukhiya upazila, was th...
Bangla Press Desk: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed a money laundering case against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his wife Rukhmila Zaman over allegations of siphoning Tk1,200 crore to Dubai. S...
Bangla Press Desk: Each puja mandap will receive 500 kilograms of rice this Durga Puja, as the government allocates 16,496 metric tonnes for 32,990 mandaps across 64 districts. The Department of Disaster Management sent allocation letter...
Bangla Press Desk: A US-based company has announced plans to introduce a portable AI-powered ultrasound device in Bangladesh, marking a significant step forward in the country’s healthcare landscape. Officials from the company, Exo I...
Bangla Press Desk: On the occasion of the holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi (PBUH), BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has conveyed his prayers for peace and well-being to the people of the country and the Muslim Ummah. In a message, Mirza Fa...
Bangla Press Desk: Local residents are holding blockade programme in protest against the decision to include Algi and Hamirdi unions in Nagarkanda upazila by splitting Bhanga upazila in Faridpur, bringing two highways to a standstill. S...
Bangla Press Desk: DB Police arrested former Awami League lawmaker Saddam Hossain Pavel along with seven other leaders and activists of AL-affiliated bodies in Dhaka for allegedly planning and financing acts of sabotage, including surprise...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has called upon all to embrace the humanitarian teachings of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) and to uphold his ideals of justice in both personal and social life. In a message on the occa...
Bangla Press Desk: Three individuals have been arrested over the rape of a newlywed woman when she was visiting her in-laws’ house in Patuakhali. Police have arrested Kawsar, Ashish Gain, and Ripon Sohag nearly two months after the g...
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