News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Transactions at Sonali Bank and Standard Islami Bank will be temporarily suspended to facilitate updates to their core banking system software and databases. The Bangladesh Bank ann...
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Bangla Press Desk: The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) jointly hosted a stakeholder engagement workshop titled “Research and Innovation Scaling Demand in Ba...
Bangla Press Desk: Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman has urged all members of the East Bengal Regiment to remain prepared to confront the tough challenges of the twenty-first century by enhancing their capabilities through dedication, commitme...
Bangla Press Desk: Two university students were killed early Friday when a Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) garbage truck rammed their motorcycle in the Konapara area of Demra.The deceased were identified as Iram Redwan, 25, a student of Am...
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Bangla Press Desk: Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman has underscored the critical role of the Remount Veterinary and Farm (RV&F) Corps in ensuring the Bangladesh Army’s nutrition and food security.He called on its members to push forward in...
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Bangla Press Desk: The 12th parliamentary election was marked by the boycott of most political parties in the country, who demanded that the election be held under a non-partisan, neutral election-time government.According to the Election...
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Bangla Press Desk: Fire service teams continue to work to rescue two-year-old child Sajid, who fell into an abandoned deep well in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi. Firefighters have already dug a 40-foot-deep pit beside the original well using three...
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Bangla Press Desk: Four Bangladeshi content creators and influencers received the Gender-Sensitive Content Award 2025 on Wednesday night for promoting positive gender narratives and raising awareness about equality and social issues. The awards...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s vast economy—where women make up most of the 85% working in informal and marginalised formal systems—took centre stage in Dhaka on Wednesday as women from domestic work, tea gardens, fisheries and home-based read...
Bangla Press Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday scheduled 17 December for the charge-framing hearing in two crimes against humanity cases involving four senior figures of the Awami League regime, including ousted prime m...
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Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered former Awami League lawmaker Sabina Akter Tuhin to be shown arrested in two separate murder cases linked to the July uprising.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam passed the order follo...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Justice (CJ) Syed Refaat Ahmed will inaugurate the Supreme Court Secretariat on Thursday afternoon.The inauguration ceremony will be held at 2:30pm at Administrative Building-4 of the Supreme Court (SC) premises.Md Shaf...
Bangla Press Desk: The German government is ready to provide all possible assistance for strengthening the judiciary and judicial independence in Bangladesh, Ambassador Dr Rüdiger Lotz said during a meeting with Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed...
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