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: Bangladesh has called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to explore pathways for the sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas. Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain requested newly appoin...
Bangla Press Desk: At least one person has succumbed to his injuries following clashes between “Tawhidi Janata” and the followers of late Nural Pagla, who during his lifetime allegedly claimed to be Imam Mahdi and God, in Rajbari on Fri...
Bangla Press Desk: A police inspector was killed and his wife seriously injured when the couple tried to cross a road near the Gazipur Police Lines, Gazipur city on Friday night. Inspector Mostafiz Hasan, 52, was the officer-in-charg...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have filed a case against 3,500 unidentified people over yesterday's attack on the shrine of Nurul Haque, widely known locally as "Nural Pagla", in Rajbari's Goaland upazila. The case was filed on Friday nig...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka witnessed a grand religious procession on Saturday (6 September) as thousands of Sufi devotees gathered to celebrate the holy occasion of 12th Rabiul Awal and Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH). The Jashne Julus, org...
Bangla Press Desk: Pakistan’s newly appointed High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider paid a courtesy call on BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at the party chairperson’s office in Gulshan on Saturday morning. Th...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has suspended its Deputy Director Mahbubul Alam on corruption allegations. An ACC notification, dated 4 September, has been issued in this regard. ACC Chariman Dr Md Abdul Momen has signed...
Bangla Press Desk: The Savar upazila unit of Bashundhara Shuvosangho organised a lively reading circle and literary-cultural gathering on Sunday morning at the Savar Government College grounds, with enthusiastic participation from members and leade...
Bangla Press Desk: A pre-election survey conducted by the Bangladesh Public Academy (BPA) in collaboration with the volunteer organisation Besorkari has revealed that Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Vice President (VP) ca...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Sunday the interim government believes that unity among political parties is essential for the greater interest of national security, and that despite any conspiraci...
Bangla Press Desk: Badruddin Umar, a prominent writer, historian, and leftist intellectual who passed away on Sunday at the age of 94, had served as a key witness against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a case filed with the Internat...
Bangla Press Desk: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday arrested former secretary Abu Alam Mohammad Shahid Khan from the capital’s Eskaton area for his alleged involvement in the ‘Manch 71’ conspiracy. He wa...
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