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: A Magura tribunal has sentenced Hitu Sheikh, the prime accused, to death in the case filed over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Asiya. Judge M Zahid Hasan of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribu...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh does not engage in push-ins like India as it believes in diplomatic solutions, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday. “Bangladesh believes in a diplomatic solution t...
Bangla Press Desk: Brigadier General (Retd.) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain, Adviser to the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the Ministry of Shipping, has announced that the government will form a high-level inter-ministerial committee to a...
Bangla Press Desk: All forms of gatherings, rallies, processions, and demonstrations in several parts of Dhaka have been banned starting Sunday until further notice. The restriction has been imposed for the sake of the public movemen...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Economic Council (NEC) on Sunday approved the Annual Development Programme (ADP) worth Tk230,000 crore for the fiscal year 2025–2026. The NEC also approved a separate development outlay of approximatel...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire that broke out at Shyamalpalli slum in Dhaka’s Mirpur-13 on Sunday evening has been doused. No casualty was reported in the incident. Seven firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze...
Bangla Press Desk: A metropolitan magistrate court in Chattogram on Sunday allowed the police to interrogate Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran, at the jail gate in two cases. One of...
Bangla Press Desk: Immigration officials arrested actress Nusraat Faria Mazhar at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka on Sunday afternoon while she was going to Thailand. Vatara police station officer-in-c...
Bangla Press Desk: After a year marked by inflationary pressure on key food commodities and various types of spices, the Bangladeshi market is witnessing a notable decline in the prices of several essential spices, a relief for consumer...
Bangla Press Desk: A five-year-old girl has died and two of her siblings have been injured after a bomb, mistaken for a toy, exploded at their home in Jashore on Monday morning. The device was reportedly found by her seven-year-old b...
Bangla Press Desk: The Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry on Monday honoured the captain, first officer and a cabin crew member of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight for their professionalism and composure in safely landing an aircraft...
Bangla Press Desk: Qatar Charity has distributed food aid as part of its humanitarian initiative to support host communities affected by the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar. The aid reached 12,090 individuals across nine distr...
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