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: Sixteen political parties, including the youth-led NCP, have qualified in the primary probe of Election Commission (EC) to enlist for the upcoming general elections. The EC confirmed the development on Sunday. Till...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has suspended former Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Kazi Moniruzzaman over allegations of misconduct and unauthorized absence from duty. Home Ministry sources confirmed on Sunday...
Bangla Press Desk: Nizam Uddin, Joint Coordinator of the Chattogram City unit of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has been accused of demanding Tk 500,000 to suppress a port-related protest. A video that went viral on social media alle...
Bangla Press Desk: A journalist of a local newspaper was seriously injured in an attack allegedly over a previous enmity in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia district early Monday. The injured is Firoz Ahmed, Mirpur upazila correspondent of loc...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Adviser Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has announced that over 80,000 members of the army will be deployed for the upcoming national parliamentary elections. In addition, personnel from the police, RAB, BGB, and oth...
Bangla Press Desk: Citizens will be able to pick the “no vote” option during the February general elections, said Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah on Monday.Citizens will be able to pick the “no vote” option d...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus reached Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday on a three-day state visit. "Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived in Kuala Lumpur on a three-day state visit at 7:50pm local...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has finalised the Representation of the People Order, 1972 (RPO) Ordinance 2025, introducing a set of amendments ahead of the 13th parliamentary election. These include the addition of...
Bangla Press Desk: The death rate from mob lynching and vigilante violence in Bangladesh has increased fivefold over the past four years. In 2021, 29 people were killed in such incidents; by 2024, the number had risen to 146. On average, mo...
Bangla Press Desk: Six UK property companies controlled by a former Bangladeshi minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury have been plunged into administration amid a wider corruption scandal involving Tulip Siddiq. Saifuzzaman Chowdhury’s property...
Bangla Press Desk: Lawyer Z I Khan Panna has applied to represent ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India amid the student uprising on August 5 last year, in the International Crimes Tribunal. He submitted the application...
Bangla Press Desk: A defamation complaint has been filed against National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Organizer (Northern Region) Sarjis Alam, for allegedly linking the BNP to the brutal murder of journalist Tuhin. Tanvir Siraj, president...
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