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: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file case against Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on evidence of embezzlement of around Tk450 crore by opening Suchona Foundation in...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman called on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday. During the meeting, Prof Yunus discussed the army’s role in assisting the civil administration under the present circum...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a rule asking relevant authorities to explain why controversial Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari should not be granted bail in five cases. The bench of Justice KM Ja...
Bangla Press Desk: The Army, Navy and Air Force -- the three branches of the armed forces -- will be deployed in the general elections in February, said Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury. He announced the d...
Bangla Press Desk: A case was filed against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 181 others for allegedly attacking on the students and people during the student-public movement against the Awami League government last year. A you...
Bangla Press Desk: Protests erupted on Monday against a Dhaka University student's call for gang raping a leftist female candidate of DUCSU polls. Ali Hossain, a student from the university's sociology department, issued the threat again...
Bangla Press Desk: Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, who turned state witness in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the July Uprising, is set to testify today (2 September) agains...
Bangla Press Desk: At least two people were killed and 15 injured in a clash between workers of Uttara EPZ and police in Nilphamari sadar upazila on Tuesday. The clash broke out around 8:30 am, said witnesses. Resident Medical Officer (...
Bangla Press Desk: The price of a 12-kg cylinder of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been reduced by Tk3 to Tk1,270, effective from Tuesday evening, says the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC). The price of auto gas, LPG used in veh...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday described Prof Muhammad Yunus’ three-day official visit to Malaysia as a ‘very crucial and important’ step towards elevating relations between Dhaka and Kuala Lu...
Bangla Press Desk: Tulip Siddiq, British MP and niece of ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, says graft allegations against her are “completely absurd”. “There’s no extradition treaty, I looked that up myself actually,” says...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s financial sector has made significant strides towards stability by averting a major disaster over the past year under the interim government, but persistent political uncertainty ahead of the 13th parliamen...
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