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: The interim government is set to form a probe committee soon for investigating the deadly crash of a military aircraft into a school building at Uttara in the capital on Monday. Information Adviser Mahfuj Alam announc...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladeshi expatriates have sent inward US$1.7 billion in remittances in the first 21 days of July, the first month of the new fiscal 2025-26. Arif Hossain Khan, Executive Director and Spokesperson for the Bangladesh...
Bangla Press Desk: Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi has expressed their heartfelt condolences for those who lost their lives and their bereaved families who are in deep grief. “I am deeply saddened by the news of the loss of many...
Bangla Press Desk: A training fighter jet of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed in the Diabari area of Uttara in the capital around 1:18pm on Monday (21 July). Immediately after the crash, personnel from a nearby Bangladesh Army camp rush...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday night convened a high-level meeting with four major political parties at the state guesthouse Jamuna, signalling a possible effort to build a broader consensus amid heigh...
Bangla Press Desk: Even though a year has not passed since the July uprising, the defeated fascist force is showing signs of hatching a conspiracy, chancing upon the fraying unity among uprising’s forces, said Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yu...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is being taken to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka after she suddenly felt unwell in the early hours of Thursday. According to party sources, the BNP chief left her Guls...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Bank has formally introduced a new dress code policy for all its officers and staff members, mandating professional and modest attire in line with workplace discipline and institutional decorum. According to a direct...
Bangla Press Desk: Local Government and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan has said that party symbols will not be used in the upcoming local government elections. He shared the information in a post on his verified Facebook page on Thu...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has formed a new pay commission for employees and officials under the national pay scale. “The Council of Advisers, led by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, on Thursday formed a new Pay Commissio...
Bangla Press Desk: The Council of Advisers in its meeting on Thursday decided to extend full government support to the families of those lost their lives and for the treatment of those suffered injured in the recent jet crash at Uttara....
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has dismissed a case filed by a young woman against her parents under the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, following a settlement between the parties. Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam pas...
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