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: Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Vice-President Shadik Kayem has filed a complaint with the Detective Branch (DB) of police against a number of Facebook pages and personal IDs, accusing them of conducting a sustaine...
Bangla Press Desk: The teachers of government primary schools would continue their work abstention movement on Tuesday, halting the students’ final exams for the second consecutive day.Abul Kashem Mohammad Shamsuddin, convener of the Primary Teachers...
Bangla Press Desk: A CNG-run autorickshaw driver was shot to death in Dhaka’s Jurain area on Monday evening.The deceased was Pappu Sheikh, 27, son of Mantu Sheikh of Aamgram in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur.Hridoy, the victim’s younger brother, alleged...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch a formal investigation against its former chairman, Iqbal Mahmood.Confirming the development on Monday, a senior ACC official said that this is the first time in the countr...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has officially declared BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia a “Very Very Important Person” (VVIP) and has assigned the Special Security Force (SSF) to provide her with enhanced protection.A gazette...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh and Germany signed two separate loan agreements worth 160 million euros for a project titled “Climate Change Adapted Drinking Water Resources Management Dhaka II (Saidabad WTP Phase III)” at the Economic Relations Divisi...
Bangla Press Desk: Teachers of seven government colleges in the capital have threatened that they would observe indefinite work abstention if their demands are ignored in the upcoming ordinance on combining the colleges.They issued the threat at a pr...
Bangla Press Desk: The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) under the Ministry of Commerce yesterday fined Lazz Pharma Tk2 lakh for marketing and selling counterfeit medicines in Tangail.A DNCRP team, led by its Tan...
Bangla Press Desk: Law enforcement agencies have taken heightened security measures in the capital ahead of today's verdict in a case against 17 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and niece Tu...
Bangla Press Desk: The nation is set to celebrate the Month of Victory with much festivity and enthusiasm amid a series of programmes throughout December beginning today.On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh was liberated from the Pakistani o...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to five years imprisonment, her sister Sheikh Rehana to seven and Rehana's daughter Tulip Rizwana Siddiq to two years imprisonment over the Purbacha...
Bangla Press Desk: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 10 gold bars weighing 1.166 kg and arrested two individuals from the Bajitpur border area of the sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon.The estimated market value of the seized...
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