News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman today (Tuesday) said 300 megawatts of electricity will be added to the national grid from the first un...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has launched an initiative to study international market models, including those of India and Indonesia, to develop a framework for controlling essential goods prices.Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir outlin...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have arrested a man in Chattogram’s Patiya who they believe used his academic background in computer science to doctor images with top politicians, including the prime minister and home minister, to defraud the public....
Bangla Press Desk: Eight platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed to maintain law and order ahead of the Bogura-6 (Sadar) by-election scheduled for 9 April.The deployment follows directives from the Bangladesh Election Commi...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has conveyed a message of solidarity with the United Arab Emirates amid ongoing regional tensions, following a meeting between Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir and UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Ministe...
Bangla Press Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain today said the incumbent government is fully prepared to prevent measles, with nationwide vaccination scheduled to begin from Sunday. He said this while talkin...
Bangla Press Desk: A delegation of the central committee of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.The delegation met the premier at the conference room of the Cabinet Division in the Bangla...
Bangla Press Desk: The surplus in Bangladesh's trade in goods and services with the European Union rose by nearly 10 per cent in fiscal year 2024-25, underpinned by robust export growth, particularly in goods, despite rising outflows in service...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh is preparing to launch a major overhaul of its primary education system, but securing adequate external financing remains a key challenge. With the current programme nearing completion, the government is racin...
Bangla Press Desk: Long queues persisted at petrol pumps across the capital on Saturday as motorists rushed to stock up on fuel, defying repeated government assurances that supplies remain adequate.Motorcyclists and car drivers were seen waitin...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has finally resumed its move to enhance the capacity of Dhaka-Chattogram railway corridor after getting a green signal from the new government with funding assurance from a development partner in t...
Bangla Press Desk: At least five people were killed after a gas lighter factory caught fire at Kadamtoli Gol Chattar in Dhaka’s Keraniganj upazila on Saturday.According to fire service officials, the fire originated around 1:11pm. Seven units...
Bangla Press Desk: An experienced survey team from the Survey of Bangladesh has begun fieldwork to officially determine the highest mountain peak in the country.The survey activities will take place from 4-12 April in the remote hill areas of...
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