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: 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...
Bangla Press Desk: A young man was stabbed to death at Mawna intersection in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Jewel of Haluaghat upazila in Mymensingh district. Quoting witnesses, Moha...
Bangla Press Desk: Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said on Saturday the government will take a well-structured programme to increase the coverage of state-controlled forests to 20% of the country's total l...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s real estate sector is going through one of its toughest periods in recent years, with industry insiders warning that survival until the upcoming national election has become a major challenge. In an inter...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) will publish the draft of updated voter list on Sunday (10 August), ahead of the upcoming 13th National Parliament election. EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said Saturday that the draf...
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