News and updates from Bangladesh
BanglaPress Desk: Police have recovered the belongings—including a laptop and a camera—of German tourist Cyril Lander-Weber, which had gone missing at Natore Railway Station during his visit to Bangla...
Bangla Press Desk: Controversial Hindu nationalist leader Chinmoy Krishna Das returned to the Chattogram central jail around 8:03pm on Thursday night after attending the funeral rites of his mother.His mother, Sandhya Rani Dhar, 71, died while underg...
Bangla Press Desk: Haileybury Bhaluka, in partnership with Cambridge University Press & Assessment, will host the National Safeguarding Leadership Summit 2026 on Wednesday, 16 September, at the Sky Ballroom of Le Méridien Dhaka. The su...
Bangla Press Desk: Renewed uncertainty has arisen among government officials and employees as the gazette for the 9th National Pay Scale has not yet been published, despite a week having passed since Cabinet approval. Officials concerned state that t...
Bangla Press Desk: Amirul Islam, a children's author and the Head of the Programme Department at Channel i, has passed away after suffering from severe kidney-related complications. *Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilayhi Raji'un*.He died at 1:07 AM on Septembe...
Bangla Press Desk: Customs intelligence officials have seized 38.50 litres of foreign liquor from the baggage of seven passengers who arrived in Dhaka on an Air India flight from Mumbai.The liquor worth an estimated Tk 7.70 lakh was recovered during...
Bangla Press Desk: Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi on Thursday paid a courtesy call on President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at Bangabhaban.During the meeting, the President said Bangladesh attaches great importance to its...
Bangla Press Desk: Transport workers have blocked the road outside the Mohakhali Bus Terminal in Dhaka, bringing traffic to a standstill in both directions and causing severe congestion across the area.Police Sergeant Belal Hossain, who was on duty i...
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Bangla Press Desk: The High Court has upheld a Tk 6.66 billion tax claim by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) against Grameen Kalyan, an organisation founded by former interim government chief advisor Muhammad Yunus.A bench led by Justice Mozibur R...
Bangla Press Desk: A low-pressure system has formed over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas, prompting the Bangladesh Meteorological Department to ask all four of the country’s seaports to hoist local cautionary signal No. 3.The BMD said...
Bangla Press Desk: Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization's Southeast Asia head and daughter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Wednesday, according to her resignation letter seen by Reuters, following fraud investigations by the...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has adopted a slew of stringent and effective measures to curb the persistent tendency of cost and time overruns in public-works projects, Prime Minister Tarek Rahman informed parliament Wednesday.Responding to a wri...
Bangla Press Desk: Heaving under huge debts and liabilities, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has sought immunity from the provision of mandatory depositing of surplus funds in state exchequer.Under the act titled 'Deposition of Surplus Money of...
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