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: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday congratulated all concerned involved in the launch of Starlink in Bangladesh. Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder wrote this in a statem...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government on Tuesday dropped a proposal to purchase 25 cars for its advisers. The Public Administration Ministry submitted the proposal but the advisers’ committee on financial affairs rejected it in a...
Bangla Press Desk: Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin has expressed his willingness to stay aside from his current responsibilities, and there is no question of his removal, said Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday....
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday set 8 July for filing a probe report in the sensational case lodged over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, extending the deadline for the 118th time. Dhaka...
Bangla Press Desk: An investigation of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found undeclared assets worth Tk35.18 crore of former minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, ex father-in-law of Sheikh Hasina’s daughter Saima Wazed. The...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Thursday issued a travel ban on former DB chief Harun Or Rashid, actress Meher Afroz Shaon, and 10 others in a case filed by Shaon’s stepmother Nishi Islam. Judge Md Sanaullah of Dhaka Additional M...
Bangla Press Desk: Nahid Islam, founding convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), met Chief Adviser Prof Mohammad Yunus at his official residence, State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka, on Thursday. Nahid paid the courtesy call when...
Bangla Press Desk: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), has donated 667 metric tonnes of dates to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support Rohingya refugee c...
Staff Reporter: In light of the country’s current situation, Chief Adviser of the caretaker government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, has expressed deep frustration and disappointment. He reportedly questioned the value of remaining in his...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday commented the state will find an alternate mechanism if Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus feels he is incapable of fulfilling his duties of announcing an electi...
Bangla Press Desk: Members of the army and police were deployed in front of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) headquarters in the capital on Saturday morning amid escalating tensions over ongoing protests by NBR officials. Witnesse...
Bangla Press Desk: The UK’s serious and organised crime agency has frozen almost £90 million of luxury London property belonging to two men linked to the deposed ruler of Bangladesh, The Guardian reports. In a development that comes...
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