News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Four members of a family were killed after 'inhaling toxic gas' while attempting to rescue a goat from an abandoned toilet pit in Tangail's Madhupur upazila on Saturday morning.The...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 384 people have been arrested in the past week in a nationwide operation conducted by joint forces to control law and order in the country. Bangladesh Army has been working with professionalism across th...
Bangla Press Desk: Two cattle traders reportedly lost Tk25 lakh after falling victim to doping gang (Ogyan Party) in the capital. The incident occurred around 12:30 am on Thursday night at the Tejgaon Tibet-Nabisco intersection, acco...
Bangla Press Desk: A record toll collection of Tk 5.43 crore was made on Padma Bridge in a single day on Thursday, with a total of 52,487 vehicles crossing the bridge in 24 hours—marking the highest number of vehicles in a day since the...
Bangla Press Desk: The Ministry of Railways has urged passengers to follow health guidelines and wear masks during their return journeys after Eid-ul-Azha. In a press release on Sunday, the ministry made the urge following a public a...
Bangla Press Desk: Former UK City minister Tulip Siddiq has asked to meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus during his London visit to clear up a “misunderstanding” after corruption allegations made by his administration led her to resi...
Bangla Press Desk: Covid-19 testing has been enforced at all the sea-, land and airports of the country amid a rise in cases in neighbouring India. On 4 June, Md Farhad Hussain, director for disease control at the Directorate General...
Bangla Press Desk: LGRD and Co-operatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said all the sacrificial waste in the capital Dhaka was cleaned in less than 12 hours. He said that a clean city is not just a goal, but a daily responsibi...
Bangla Press Desk: Nasrin Siddiqui, a central committee member of the Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) and wife of party president Bangabir Abdul Kader Siddique, has died in Dhaka (Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raji'un). She breathe...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has said that the judiciary must be the foundation for other sector reforms in any transition from an unjust and dictatorial regime to stable, peaceful and prosperous democracies. He...
Bangla Press Desk: The number of Covid-19 patients increased to 13 in the 24 hours till Tuesday afternoon, nearly tripling from the previous day’s caseload. No deaths were reported during the period, while two recovered from their ai...
Bangla Press Desk: Police arrested two people in connection with the murder of a BNP activist in a bomb attack in Benapole. The arrests were made in two separate operations conducted on Sunday night, according to UNB. The arrestee...
Bangla Press Desk: A group of UK parliamentarians under the banner of All Party Parliamentary Group called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his hotel here on Tuesday and discussed issues of mutual interest. Chief Adviser'...
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