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: A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered that former member of parliament and renowned singer Momtaz Begum be shown arrested in two cases—one over the murder of Moniruzzaman and the other over the attempted murder of Farhad Hos...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has approved a plea to show former State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and former Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu as arrested in a murder case linked to the July uprising. On Thursday (24 Jul...
Bangla Press Desk: Government service holders will be subject to compulsory demotion, dismissal, or retirement if they participate in any protest or movement, according to the Public Service (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2025. The decision was ta...
Bangla Press Desk: One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 70 this year. The death has been reported in the Chattogram d...
Bangla Press Desk: A Chinese medical team consisting of five burn specialist doctors and nurses from the country's Wuhan Third Hospital arrived in Dhaka on Thursday evening. Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen and Sayeda Jesmin Sultana Milky...
Bangla Press Desk: The US has invited the Bangladeshi government delegation to the final round of talks on 29 July for reducing 35% additional tariffs on Bangladeshi goods, Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman told journalists on Thursday...
Bangla Press Desk: Malaysia has denied entry to 198 foreign nationals, including 123 Bangladeshis, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminals 1 and 2 for failing to meet necessary entry requirements, reports Malay Mail. The...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government formed 11 reform commissions as part of its national reconstruction agenda. To consolidate the outcomes of these commissions into a unified, credible charter, a Consensus Commission was also establ...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government has initiated steps to amend power-purchase agreements (PPAs) and lower tariff rates for nine power plants that have been selling electricity to the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) wi...
Bangla Press Desk: Two brothers were killed as a speeding bus rammed into a stationary pickup van on Feni-Noakhali regional highway in Feni Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as Mosharraf Hossain, 29, and his younge...
Bangla Press Desk: Only two people are now allowed to accompany passengers to the driveway and canopy area at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, according to the airport authority. In a statement on Thursday night, the a...
Bangla Press Desk: Another child died at the burn institute, raising the death toll to 32 in Monday's fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College in the capital's Uttara. A 10-year-old boy, Ayman, succumbed to his burn injuries...
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