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: Former UK City minister Tulip Siddiq has asked to meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus during his London visit to clear up a “misunderstanding” after corruption allegations made by his administration led her to resi...
Bangla Press Desk: Covid-19 testing has been enforced at all the sea-, land and airports of the country amid a rise in cases in neighbouring India. On 4 June, Md Farhad Hussain, director for disease control at the Directorate General...
Bangla Press Desk: LGRD and Co-operatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said all the sacrificial waste in the capital Dhaka was cleaned in less than 12 hours. He said that a clean city is not just a goal, but a daily responsibi...
Bangla Press Desk: Nasrin Siddiqui, a central committee member of the Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) and wife of party president Bangabir Abdul Kader Siddique, has died in Dhaka (Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raji'un). She breathe...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has said that the judiciary must be the foundation for other sector reforms in any transition from an unjust and dictatorial regime to stable, peaceful and prosperous democracies. He...
Bangla Press Desk: The number of Covid-19 patients increased to 13 in the 24 hours till Tuesday afternoon, nearly tripling from the previous day’s caseload. No deaths were reported during the period, while two recovered from their ai...
Bangla Press Desk: Police arrested two people in connection with the murder of a BNP activist in a bomb attack in Benapole. The arrests were made in two separate operations conducted on Sunday night, according to UNB. The arrestee...
Bangla Press Desk: A group of UK parliamentarians under the banner of All Party Parliamentary Group called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his hotel here on Tuesday and discussed issues of mutual interest. Chief Adviser'...
Bangla Press Desk: The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has pushed 20 more people into Bangladesh through border points in Dinajpur and Thakurgaon districts. Lt Col Abdullah Al Moin Hasan, Commanding Officer of Border Guard Banglad...
Bangla Press Desk: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer turned down a request to meet Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus during his visit to London aimed at raising support for efforts to recover billions of dollars siphoned off by the deposed regi...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 23 Bangladeshi pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia as of 11 June while performing Hajj this year. Among the deceased, 21 were men and two women, said a report from the daily bulletin of Hajj Management Port...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 108 new dengue cases were reported across the country in the 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of confirmed cases to 5,411 since the beginning of this year, according to the Directorate Gen...
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