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: The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has pushed 20 more people into Bangladesh through border points in Dinajpur and Thakurgaon districts. Lt Col Abdullah Al Moin Hasan, Commanding Officer of Border Guard Banglad...
Bangla Press Desk: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer turned down a request to meet Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus during his visit to London aimed at raising support for efforts to recover billions of dollars siphoned off by the deposed regi...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 23 Bangladeshi pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia as of 11 June while performing Hajj this year. Among the deceased, 21 were men and two women, said a report from the daily bulletin of Hajj Management Port...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 108 new dengue cases were reported across the country in the 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of confirmed cases to 5,411 since the beginning of this year, according to the Directorate Gen...
Bangla Press Desk: The Head of the South Asia Regional Department, FCDO, UK, Lesley Craig, accompanied by Commodore Whalley, met Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday to brief him on the naval, o...
Bangla Press Desk: While a new report, prepared by ILO, UNICEF, shows a sharp decline in child labour in the Asia and the Pacific region, the situation in Bangladesh has not seen similar progress. The broader child labor rate (detrim...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s interim leader Professor Muhammad Yunus has refused to meet Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to discuss corruption allegations against her during his visit to London, reports BBC online. Yunus told the BBC the a...
Bangla Press Desk: A high-stake political meeting between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has officially begun in London, amid hopes for a breakthrough in the ongoing political crisis ahead of th...
Bangla Press Desk: One death and 169 fresh cases were reported from dengue in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in a handout on Saturday. With the updated data, the number...
Bangla Press Desk: Non-performing loans (NPLs) in the country’s banking sector soared to a historic high of Tk4,20,335 crore in the first quarter (January-March) of 2025, according to Bangladesh Bank latest data. This sharp rise has...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur announced that the merger of five private sector Islamic banks is at the final stage, assuring that no employee would lose their job due to the process. Speaking to a group o...
Bangla Press Desk: Nepal has officially started exporting 38 megawatts (MW) of hydropower to Bangladesh using Indian transmission lines, with the supply beginning at 12pm on Sunday. Shamim Hasan, Director of Public Relations at the B...
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