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: A total of 26 political parties, so far, have submitted their opinions to the National Consensus Commission after reviewing the July Charter. According to the National Consensus Commission, Islami Andolon...
Bangla Press Desk: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to amend the NHRC Act 2009. “The appointment of commissioners must follow a transparent, open, and competitive p...
Bangla Press Desk: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar paid a courtesy visit to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman at his residence in the capital’s Bhatara area on Sunday afternoon. Durin...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire broke out at the Sea Beach Bar and Restaurant of the Bangladesh Tourism Corporation on Station Road in Chattogram city. The blaze started on Monday around 8:45 am. Khalilur Rahman, a wireless operator at the Ch...
Bangla Press Desk: With the call that “building a peaceful future world requires men and women to work hand in hand, international women’s rights organisation, Bikoshito Nari Songho, celebrated its 10th anniversary in Paris on Sunday. T...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived in Cox's Bazar on Monday morning to join the Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the Rohingya Situation. Yunus will speak at the 'Stakeholders’ Dialogue' on the Rohingya situation here in th...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission will take action to stop the use of black money in the upcoming parliamentary election, ACC Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen has said. “The commission will also investigate if candidates p...
Bangla Press Desk: Another 52 senior police officers have been transferred and posted by the government to improve the law and order situation throughout the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs’ Public Security Division issued thre...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government has appointed 25 additional judges in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court. On Monday, the Law and Justice Division under the law ministry issued a notification in this regard. Pur...
Bangla Press Desk: Maulana Mamunul Haque, Ameer of Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis, filed a General Diary (GD) at Mohammadpur Police Station in Dhaka on Monday, against the Facebook authorities, alleging unilateral, undemocratic and discrimi...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered six persons, including former law minister Anisul Huq, former food minister Kamrul Islam, and former adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Salman F Rahman, to be shown as arr...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission on Tuesday released the final list of candidates for the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and Hall Union elections, with the Army taking full control of security throughou...
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