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: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed a money laundering case against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his wife Rukhmila Zaman over allegations of siphoning Tk1,200 crore to Dubai. S...
Bangla Press Desk: Each puja mandap will receive 500 kilograms of rice this Durga Puja, as the government allocates 16,496 metric tonnes for 32,990 mandaps across 64 districts. The Department of Disaster Management sent allocation letter...
Bangla Press Desk: A US-based company has announced plans to introduce a portable AI-powered ultrasound device in Bangladesh, marking a significant step forward in the country’s healthcare landscape. Officials from the company, Exo I...
Bangla Press Desk: On the occasion of the holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi (PBUH), BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has conveyed his prayers for peace and well-being to the people of the country and the Muslim Ummah. In a message, Mirza Fa...
Bangla Press Desk: Local residents are holding blockade programme in protest against the decision to include Algi and Hamirdi unions in Nagarkanda upazila by splitting Bhanga upazila in Faridpur, bringing two highways to a standstill. S...
Bangla Press Desk: DB Police arrested former Awami League lawmaker Saddam Hossain Pavel along with seven other leaders and activists of AL-affiliated bodies in Dhaka for allegedly planning and financing acts of sabotage, including surprise...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has called upon all to embrace the humanitarian teachings of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) and to uphold his ideals of justice in both personal and social life. In a message on the occa...
Bangla Press Desk: Three individuals have been arrested over the rape of a newlywed woman when she was visiting her in-laws’ house in Patuakhali. Police have arrested Kawsar, Ashish Gain, and Ripon Sohag nearly two months after the g...
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...
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