News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: A petition has been filed at a Dhaka court asking for a case to be taken up over the death of doctor Nafisa Tabassum Dhipra in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi against four people, including her d...
Bangla Press Desk: Independent MP elected from Brahmanbaria-2 Rumeen Farhana on Sunday came down heavily on the government for playing down the fuel crisis all this time, pointing to the long queues outside filling stations. Why do we have to increas...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman will visit his home district, Bogura, on Monday.During the daylong tour, after a long gap of nearly two decades, he is expected to go to his ancestral home, Zia Bari, at Bagbari in Gab...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has accepted the chargesheet against 22 individuals in the case over the devastating Bailey Road fire that claimed 46 lives two years ago, and issued arrest warrants for 13 fugitives.Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh and the European Union (EU) are set to sign the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) on Monday in Brussels, Belgium as both sides aim to take the relationship to new heights, further institutionalising bilateral c...
Bangla Press Desk: Treasury bench lawmakers on Sunday said the opposition wants to grab the 2024 July Uprising as their own success saying that it was a part of democratic movement waged by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).The July Uprising was...
Bangla Press Desk: Several political parties have expressed deep concern over the government’s decision to raise fuel prices, urging an immediate review of the move.In separate statements sent to the media on Sunday, party leaders called on the gover...
Bangla Press Desk: The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at the consumer level has been increased, with the cost of a 12kg cylinder rising by Tk212.The new price has been set at Tk1,940, up from the previous rate of Tk1,728.The Bangladesh...
Bangla Press Desk: The preliminary results of the biennial election of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) for the 2026–2028 term have been announced.Following a day-long peaceful voting process on Saturday, the Elect...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has appointed former senior officials to three bodies, including the NGO Affairs Bureau, on one-year contracts at the secretary rank.The Ministry of Public Administration issued separate notifications on Satur...
Bangla Press Desk: British journalist and human rights activist David Bergman has warned that the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) risks losing legitimacy if cases linked to the July 2024 killings are seen as being driven by politics...
Bangla Press Desk: India has decided to nominate Dinesh Trivedi, a former minister and MP and current BJP leader, as the country's high commissioner to Bangladesh, reports Hindustan Times.Trivedi is the first political appointee to Bangl...
Bangla Press Desk: State-owned fertiliser factory DAP Fertilizer Company Limited (DAPFCL) has been closed due to an ammonia shortage.The DAP fertiliser factory, located in the Rangadia area of Chattogram’s Anwara Upazila, halted producti...
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