News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Four people, including two women, were killed and two others injured after a pickup van overturned in the Manikchhari area of Rangamati early Sunday.The accident occurred in f...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has called upon all to embrace the humanitarian teachings of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) and to uphold his ideals of justice in both personal and social life. In a message on the occa...
Bangla Press Desk: Three individuals have been arrested over the rape of a newlywed woman when she was visiting her in-laws’ house in Patuakhali. Police have arrested Kawsar, Ashish Gain, and Ripon Sohag nearly two months after the g...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to explore pathways for the sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas. Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain requested newly appoin...
Bangla Press Desk: At least one person has succumbed to his injuries following clashes between “Tawhidi Janata” and the followers of late Nural Pagla, who during his lifetime allegedly claimed to be Imam Mahdi and God, in Rajbari on Fri...
Bangla Press Desk: A police inspector was killed and his wife seriously injured when the couple tried to cross a road near the Gazipur Police Lines, Gazipur city on Friday night. Inspector Mostafiz Hasan, 52, was the officer-in-charg...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have filed a case against 3,500 unidentified people over yesterday's attack on the shrine of Nurul Haque, widely known locally as "Nural Pagla", in Rajbari's Goaland upazila. The case was filed on Friday nig...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka witnessed a grand religious procession on Saturday (6 September) as thousands of Sufi devotees gathered to celebrate the holy occasion of 12th Rabiul Awal and Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH). The Jashne Julus, org...
Bangla Press Desk: Pakistan’s newly appointed High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider paid a courtesy call on BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at the party chairperson’s office in Gulshan on Saturday morning. Th...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has suspended its Deputy Director Mahbubul Alam on corruption allegations. An ACC notification, dated 4 September, has been issued in this regard. ACC Chariman Dr Md Abdul Momen has signed...
Bangla Press Desk: The Savar upazila unit of Bashundhara Shuvosangho organised a lively reading circle and literary-cultural gathering on Sunday morning at the Savar Government College grounds, with enthusiastic participation from members and leade...
Bangla Press Desk: A pre-election survey conducted by the Bangladesh Public Academy (BPA) in collaboration with the volunteer organisation Besorkari has revealed that Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Vice President (VP) ca...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Sunday the interim government believes that unity among political parties is essential for the greater interest of national security, and that despite any conspiraci...
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