News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has returned home following official visits to Australia and the United States. He arrived back in the country on Saturday (October 17) af...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has once again extended the magistracy power of commissioned officers in the Army, Navy and Air Force until 28 February 2026 with effect from 12 November (Wednesday).The Ministry of Public Administration...
Bangla Press Desk: Security has been strengthened at all religious establishments across the capital following a series of four crude bomb (cocktail) explosions in different parts of Dhaka on Monday morning.According to a statement from the Press Win...
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Bangla Press Desk: Miscreants set a bus of Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology on fire near Labaid Hospital in Dhaka's Dhanmondi area on Monday evening.No casualties were reported in the incident that took place around 7:30pm.Two firefigh...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain why the notification amending the Government Primary School Teacher Recruitment Rules 2025, which removed provisions for appointing music and physical educatio...
Bangla Press Desk: On an overcast morning, Nurun Nabi loads bamboo poles and tin sheets onto a wooden boat. His home, built just a year ago on a fragile island in the Brahmaputra River, is on the verge of being swallowed by water.It is th...
Bangla Press Desk: Primary school teachers cancelled all forms of protests on Monday night after government officials assured them of providing improved financial benefits under the 11th grade of the national pay scale.The teachers had be...
Bangla Press Desk: The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has issued a directive restricting the use of mobile phones by on-duty police personnel, with the exception of team in-charges, in a bid to ensure heightened vigilance and more effect...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission is planning to invite all 56 registered political parties, including Jatiya Party and three new parties, in nine groups to participate in the dialogue starting on 13 November ahead of the announc...
Bangla Press Desk: Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah on Monday said the Election Commission will start sending the postal ballots to different foreign destinations a day after the announcement of the polls sche...
Bangla Press Desk: Miscreants set fire to two passenger buses in the capital’s Shahjadpur and Merul Badda areas early Monday.According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters' control room, the first incident occurred around 5:...
Bangla Press Desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that granted bail to former jute and textile minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.With this bail order, the...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have recovered a large cache of foreign-made arms and ammunition from Raozan’s Noapara area in Chattogram and arrested six people in connection with the sensational murder of businessman Abdul Hakim.Additional Superint...
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