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: BNP on Monday staged a walkout from the reform dialogue during the discussion over the proposed appointment process for four key constitutional and statutory bodies. Before the walkout, BNP Standing Committee Member Sa...
Bangla Press Desk: Continuous rain triggered by an active monsoon has disrupted normal life in Dhaka, causing severe inconvenience to commuters in the capital. The rain which began on Sunday evening continued till Monday morning, causing...
Bangla Press Desk: The Indian Medical Team, consisting of specialists from two top hospitals of India — Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi — returned to India on Monday after completing its mission in Banglades...
Bangla Press Desk: The government on Monday issued a notification effectively elevating the rank of 65,502 primary school headmasters to that of 10th grade public service holders. These headmasters were earlier ranked as 11th grade, tra...
Bangla Press Desk: The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has unraveled the mystery behind the deaths of two employees caused by an air conditioner explosion at the BIAM Foundation building in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area earlier this year,...
Bangla Press Desk: The Guardian, a UK-based newspaper, in a report exposed how politically connected figures under the ousted Sheikh Hasina regime exploited senior positions to loot state contracts and banking system, channelling millio...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur has alerted Bangladeshi expatriates in Malaysia to remain cautious against fraudulent social media activities falsely promising passport services using the name and photograp...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday stressed presenting the true history of the Liberation War impartially through the activities of the Ministry of Liberation War. He said this at a meeting held at the Sta...
Bangla Press Desk: Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested a man from Konabari flyover area in Gazipur for his suspected involvement in the killing of his son in Hazaribagh area in the capital. The arrestee is Mustafi...
Bangla Press Desk: More than 35 villages in Fulgazi and Parshuram upazilas of Feni district have been submerged following the collapse of flood control embankments at 17 points along the Muhuri, Kuhua and Silonia rivers. The damage,...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has ordered the relevant authorities to complete all the necessary preparations by December for ensuring law and order across the country during the upcoming general elections. At...
Bangla Press Desk: The BTRC has instructed all the mobile phone operators of the country to provide 1-gigabyte of internet for free to every user on 18 July, to mark one year since the internet blackout imposed by the previous Awami Lea...
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