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:Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday dismissed the perception that the ongoing reforms in Bangladesh are being carried out under the prescription of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....
Bangla Press Desk: The Ministry of Religious Affairs has cancelled the registration certificate of a Hajj agency for failing to send pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for Hajj and then delaying the refund of their money while intimidating compla...
Bangla Press Desk: Amnesty International, a UK-based human rights has urged the government to present all acts of brutality that took place between 1 July and 15 August last year before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for trial un...
Bangla Press Desk: Global Insurance secured a 14 per cent year-on-year growth in profit to Tk 64 million in 2024, supported by higher investment income in a challenging business climate. Subsequently, the general insurer's consolidated...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed deep concern over the killing incident of a businessman in the Mitford area in the capital and demanded exemplary punishment of the criminals. In a wr...
Bangla Press Desk: A brutal daylight killing near Mitford Hospital in Old Dhaka on Thursday has left the city shocked, after CCTV footage of the incident surfaced on social media showing a group of men savagely attacking another man's l...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has granted remand for two suspects arrested in connection with the brutal killing of a scrap trader near Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital in Old Dhaka. The two accused — Mahmudul H...
Bangla Press Desk: The Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) authorities in Dhaka have found no explosive-like device following their search for a bomb on a Biman flight bound to Kathmandu. The BG-373 flight was scheduled to...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has sent Abul Barkat, former chairman of Janata Bank and prominent economist, to jail in connection with a Tk297 crore embezzlement case. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Spokesperson Akhtarul Islam s...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has over the past 18 months registered the biggest influx of Rohingya refugees since the mass exodus of Myanmar's largely Muslim minority nearly a decade ago, the United Nations said Friday. The UN refug...
Bangla Press Desk: More than 34,600 people have been affected by flooding across five Upazilas in Feni, according to local administration. As water levels begin to recede in some areas, many displaced residents return home from shelt...
Bangla Press Desk: Saima Wazed, the controversial regional director for the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), has been sent on indefinite leave effective Friday (11 July). The move comes amid ongoing...
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