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: Badruddin Umar, a prominent writer, historian, and leftist intellectual who passed away on Sunday at the age of 94, had served as a key witness against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a case filed with the Internat...
Bangla Press Desk: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday arrested former secretary Abu Alam Mohammad Shahid Khan from the capital’s Eskaton area for his alleged involvement in the ‘Manch 71’ conspiracy. He wa...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) has been granted Observer Status at the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG). The decision announced on Sunday ma...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh needs $30 billion annually to tackle climate change impact, but bringing just $1-$2 billion from the IMF feels like an exhausting struggle, said Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday. Negotiation...
Bangla Press Desk: Voting in the long-anticipated Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall union elections has commenced amid much enthusiasm and festivity after a six-year hiatus. Balloting starts at 8:00 am on Tuesday (9 Septem...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Monday that the government would ensure round-the-clock surveillance of 33,000 puja mandaps across the country to guarantee the peaceful celebration of Durga Puja – the lar...
Bangla Press Desk: Emeritus president of Gono Forum Dr Kamal Hossain has been admitted to a private hospital in the capital with age-related complications. Gono Forum general secretary Mizanur Rahman confirming the matter to the media...
Bangla Press Desk: The Ministry of Finance has canceled a proposal to purchase 60 cars for incoming ministers, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed confirmed on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Pr...
Bangla Press Desk: The Dhaka University Teachers’ Network has observed that while there were some irregularities and mismanagement during this year’s DUCSU election, the polls could not be termed unacceptable. Professor Gitiara Nasre...
Bangla Press Desk: Swatantra Shikkharthi Oikya (Independent Students' Unity) panel vice-president candidate Umama Fatema has announced to boycott the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU), describing the polls as “utterly sham...
Bangla Press Desk: DUCSU’s Vice President-elect Shadik Kayem has got only 10 votes at the Jagannath Hall. His fellow Islami Chhatra Shibir leader SM Farhad got only 5 votes for the general secretary post at the hall. Shibir’s Mohiuddin...
Bangla Press Desk: NBR’s intelligence wing on Wednesday seized a bank locker and froze two bank accounts belonging to ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina, the wing’s Director General Ahsan Habib has told reporters. Acting on a tip-off, the C...
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