News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Continuous rainfall over the past few days has submerged thousands of hectares of ripened and semi-ripened Boro paddy across 12 upazilas in Sunamganj, while a leak in an...
Bangla Press Desk: Three Bangladeshi men were killed and two others injured after a multi-purpose vehicle they were in skidded off the road at East Coast Highway (LPT) 1 near in Kuantan of Malaysia on Friday. There deceased were driver...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government has announced that the July Declaration, drafted in the context of the 2024 uprising, will be formally presented to the nation on 5 August in the presence of all concerned parties. The announce...
Bangla Press Desk: Five passengers of a CNG-run autorickshaw were killed after it was hit by a train in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday. The identities of the deceased and injured could not be identified immediately. Abdul K...
Bangla Press Desk: Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin has said the information in the trade agreement following the negotiations with the United States will be released after the agreement is signed, subject to the consent of the United States....
Bangla Press Desk: Environmental Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said the recent advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate finance, while not legally binding, establishes a moral obligation for responsible...
Bangla Press Desk: The managing director of Flight Expert — once a leading online flight and travel booking platform in Bangladesh — has reportedly gone missing, fueling widespread speculation that he may have fled with a significant amou...
Bangla Press Desk: Electricity has reached homes, mobile phones are present, yet children are not able to attend school. When illness strikes, going to a hospital is out of reach; access to clean water or sanitation facilities is absent. This i...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has published a gazette recognizing 1,558 more wounded July fighters for their sacrifices during the 2024 Mass Uprising. Of them, 210 have been enlisted in the critically injured 'B' category, while the res...
Bangla Press Desk: Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant on Posts, Telecommunications, and ICT Affairs to the Chief Adviser, stated that he has come under fire from telecom mafias for promoting cost efficiency, inter-project coordination,...
Bangla Press Desk: Members of the underworld criminal in Khulna are increasingly falling victim to targeted killings. Disputes over drug money distribution, territorial dominance, extortion, and long-standing rivalries are pushing variou...
Bangla Press Desk: Only two days are left before the inauguration of the “July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum,” as the interim government earlier announced it would be inaugurated on 5 August this year. But it is far from ready, as almost 6...
Bangla Press Desk: ABM Khairul Haque, former chief justice and ex-chairman of the Law Commission – widely regarded as the legal architect of the country's recent slide into authoritarianism – was arrested early Thursday morning from his res...
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