News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh sets an ambitious target of creating 21.94 million jobs in the tourism sector alone by 2040 as part of a broader strategy to transform tourism into a major co...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday ordered the health ministry to send Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur abroad to ensure advanced treatment for him. The interim government head issued the o...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has sent the draft of the Representation of the People Order 1972 (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 to the Ministry of Law for vetting in order to finalise it. Confirming the matter, EC Senior Sec...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have uncovered five torture cells allegedly operated by the notorious criminal gang 'Suman Bahini' in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur. The operation was carried out late Tuesday night across Pathantek, Baranol, Kosh...
Bangla Press Desk: Drugs are being smuggled into Bangladesh from India and Myanmar through both land and waterways. The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) states that Bangladesh lies at the very center of the international drug traffick...
Bangla Press Desk: The number of foreign students enrolling in Bangladesh’s medical colleges is falling. Although more than 2,500 seats are reserved for foreign students in private medical colleges, only about 1,000 students enrolled this...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Thursday imposed foreign travel bans on Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman Golam Mohammad (GM) Quader and his wife Sharifa Quader over corruption allegations. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge (Acting...
Bangla Press Desk: At least one person was critically injured and several others were wounded after a mob of 60 to 70 people attacked Sohag Paribahan counter and the residence of the company’s owner in the capital’s Malibagh area late Wedn...
Bangla Press Desk: Four lawyers on Thursday applied to Dhaka Special Judge's Court-4 seeking permission to defend ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a case filed over alleged plot allocation irregularities in Rajuk's Purbachal New Tow...
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...
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