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: Ninety new dengue cases were recorded across the country in the 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the total number of cases to 3,857 since the beginning of this year. According to the Directorate General of H...
Bangla Press Desk: Amid growing political unease, Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has sat with a Jamaat-e-Islami delegation as part of his consultations with political parties. The head of the interim government met the Jamaat delegatio...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP has urged the interim government to announce a roadmap immediately after implementing necessary electoral reforms to ensure the national election is held by December this year. BNP Standing Committee Member Kha...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reaffirmed on Sunday that he will not remain in office beyond 30 June next year and that a national election will be held before that deadline. “Prof Yunus made it clear that the e...
Bangla Press Desk: The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has obtained an order to freeze the sale of a luxury London home owned by Sheikh Rehana — the younger sister of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports the Daily Mail. The...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Army has reaffirmed that it would remain rigid and steadfast in its commitment to protecting the country’s sovereignty. It will also take stricter action against any activities that may lead to loss...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh will seek $1 billion as soft loans from Japan in the form of budgetary support during the chief adviser's upcoming visit from 28-31 May. Acting Foreign Secretary Md Ruhul Alam Siddique briefed reporters...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Chief Executive Officer Abu Sayed Md Kamruzzaman has been transferred to the Department of Bangladesh Haor and Wetlands Development as the director general. The Ministry of Publi...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court has set Wednesday to deliver its ruling on an appeal by Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP’s de facto leader Tarique Rahman, challenging her three-year jail sentence in a graft case. On Monday, Justice Md K...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed is scheduled to present the national budget for fiscal year 2025-26 before the nation on June 2. The pre-recorded budget speech will be broadcast at 4:...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court on Thursday set June 2 for delivering its verdict in the death reference and appeals of former Teknaf police station officer-in-charge Pradeep Kumar Das and Baharchhara police outpost inspector Md Liyak...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said that global trust is at risk now as the world is passing a time of great uncertainty. ‘Global trust is at risk. Trust is declining between nations, within soc...
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