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 National Consensus Commission today began the third round of talks with the political parties in order to discuss implementation of the July Charter. The meeting kicked off at 11:25am at Doel Hall in the capital’s Foreign...
Bangla Press Desk: At the international conference on Rohingya refugees held in Cox’s Bazar last Monday, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus said, “The country is ready for the February elections.” Earlier, on the anniversary of the July Revo...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh government and international organisations are struggling to manage the approximately 1.3 million Rohingya refugees in 33 camps across Cox’s Bazar's Ukhiya and Teknaf. The high birth rate among the Rohingya...
Bangla Press Desk: India has dismissed allegations by Bangladesh that the banned Awami League has opened political offices on Indian soil, saying it is unaware of any such activity and does not permit political campaigns against other c...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s power sector has become heavily dependent on Summit Group, leaving the country virtually hostage to its control. Under the autocratic Awami League government, the sector was made dependent and exposed to seri...
Bangla Press Desk: Army Chief of Staff General Waker-uz-Zaman has reached China on a six-day tour, the Bangladesh Army confirmed in a press statement on Thursday. Waker-uz-Zaman would hold discussions with Chinese authorities on improvin...
Bangla Press Desk: Three people, including a woman, were killed and another was injured as a private car carrying them veered off Mawa Expressway in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj district early Thursday. The identities of the victims a...
Bangla Press Desk: Three people were killed, and another was injured when a car overturned after hitting a guardrail in Munshiganj's Srinagar upazila .yesterday. The incident took place around 5:50am in the Shologhor area on the Dhaka-Ma...
Bangla Press Desk: Prominent citizens have urged policymakers to avoid Dhaka-centric housing plans while amending the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) to make the capital liveable. They also called for measures to free Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripak...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has issued a strong warning to television, print, and online media outlets against broadcasting or publishing any statements, speeches, or audio clips of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has bee...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus has announced that the national elections will be held in February, and he will not hold any position in the next government. He made this statement in an article written for Desere...
Bangla Press Desk: What was once a mosaic of fertile fields and vibrant villages in Bhabodah of Jashore district has now been swallowed by weeks of floodwater, showing no sign of receding! More than five lakh people in over 150 villages...
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