News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman today (Tuesday) said 300 megawatts of electricity will be added to the national grid from the first un...
Bangla Press Desk: The hanging body of a female student of Dhaka University was found in her room at her parents' house in Badda, Dhaka, on Sunday morning.Munira Mahjabin Mimo was a theatre activist and a student of the Department of Theatre and Perf...
Bangla Press Desk: Eight more children died in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning—seven from measles-related symptoms and one from a confirmed measles case.In addition, Bangladesh recorded 1,421 new suspected measles cases and 143 confirmed...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday told Parliament that the fuel rationing system is no longer applicable to police and emergency services following a government decision to lift the restriction two days back.“This embargo on...
Bangla Press Desk: Parliament has passed a Bill scrapping the long-standing privilege allowing lawmakers to import luxury vehicles without paying customs duties.Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman moved the Members of Parliament Remuneration and Allowances (...
Bangla Press Desk: Candidates recommended for assistant teacher positions in government primary schools have launched a sit-in at Shahbagh, demanding immediate appointment and posting.The protesters gathered outside the National Museum in the morning...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will visit Jashore on Monday to inaugurate different development projects, lay foundation stone of a medical college and join a street rally.The premier will leave Dhaka for Jashore by air in the morni...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government has appointed new directors general to 11 departments and agencies, including the Directorate General of Food and the Department of Environment, as part of an ongoing administrative shake-up.New chairmen have also be...
Bangla Press Desk: Victims were remembered and calls for justice renewed on Friday as the nation observed the 13th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar.The eight-storey building, which housed several apparel factories, collapsed due...
Bangla Press Desk: Zamil Ahamed Limon, the Bangladeshi doctoral student who had gone missing alongside another student, has been found dead in the US, bdnews24.com reported citing NBC News.Limon’s body was recovered on Friday morning (local tim...
Bangla Press Desk: Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has warned that no one seeking to undermine stability in Bangladesh will be spared.He made the remarks on Friday morning while speaking to reporters after inaugurating Swaraswati...
Bangla Press Desk: A mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping across 21 districts, while rain clouds are building over northeastern Bangladesh, the Met Office says.In a special warning issued on Friday, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BM...
Bangla Press Desk: Another child has died with measles-like symptoms at Sylhet’s MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, taking the number of such deaths at the facility to seven.The child, 10-year-old Arif, died around 10am on Friday while underg...
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