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: 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 re...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh needs a dedicated air base for pilots to train on fighter jets and conduct exercises, Air Vice Marshal Mahmud Hussain (Retd) has said. On Monday night, speaking with the Daily Sun, the retired Air Force off...
Bangla Press Desk: The pilot who was flying the F7 aircraft that crashed into a building of Milestone College in Dhaka's Uttara has been identified as Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar. According to ISPR, Flight Lieutenant Sagar, of...
Bangla Press Desk: The death toll from the training jet crash at Milestone College in Dhaka's Uttara has risen to 27. Professor Md Sayedur Rahman, the special assistant to the chief adviser for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, co...
Bangla Press Desk: The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations scheduled for today have been postponed, according to Information Adviser Mahfuj Alam. According to a statement signed by Md Mamun-or-Rashid, public r...
Bangla Press Desk: Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the casualties in the plane crash at Milestone School and College campus in the capital’s Uttara area. In a condolence message, th...
Bangla Press Desk: A decision by the Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (BICDA) to raise outbound cargo and container handling tariffs by up to 63% has sparked serious concern among exporters, who warn that the move could furthe...
Bangla Press Desk: A funeral parade was held this afternoon for Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, who was piloting the F-7 aircraft that crashed into a building of Milestone College in Dhaka's Uttara yesterday. The parade and a nama...
Bangla Press Desk: Students moved to Stadium Market area near Gulistan on Tuesday afternoon after being dispersed from the Secretariat by law enforcers using baton charge, sound grenades and teargas shells. Police have now taken position...
Bangla Press Desk: A judicial probe committee will be formed to investigate last week’s violence in Gopalganj that left five people dead, said Road Transport and Bridges Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan on Tuesday. No innocent people will be ha...
Bangla Press Desk: Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, who tragically lost his life in a fighter jet crash in Uttara of the capital, was laid to rest on Tuesday. His namaj-e-janaza was held at 4:30pm at the Rajshahi Muktijuddho Stadiu...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court (HC) has issued a rule asking the government to explain why the directives should not be given to provide Tk 5 crore as compensation to the family members of each deceased and Tk 1 crore to the family mem...
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