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: Tea workers in Sylhet threatened to block Sylhet Airport road on Sunday, to press home their 11-point demand including payment of their dues. Some 2500 workers along with their families will block the road on Sunda...
Bangla Press Desk: The official Facebook page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has been hacked, a senior officer of the ministry said on Saturday. He said they came to know about this morning and the hackers took control ove...
Bangla Press Desk: When Aklima, a 38-year-old garment worker from Manikganj, lost her job in 2017, she turned to the labour court hoping for justice. Eight years later, her case remains unresolved, drained by countless trips to Dhaka, m...
Bangla Press Desk: Two Bangladeshi nationals who were picked up by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from Gatiarvita border in Patgram upazila on Friday night were sent back after being held for nearly eight hours. Me...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court on Saturday released the full verdict that upheld the death penalty of 20 students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) and life imprisonment for five others in Abrar Fahad murd...
Bangla Press Desk: Unidentified assailants attacked the car carrying NCP leader Hasnat Abdullah at Chandana intersection in Gazipur on Sunday, leaving last year’s key uprising leader with injuring in the hand. Abdul Hannan Masud, ano...
Bangla Press Desk: Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said on Sunday that the interim government will present a manageable and realistic budget for the forthcoming 2025-26 fiscal year even if support from the International Monetary Fund (...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus ordered a high-level committee to ensure fair prices for sacrificial animal skins during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha and prevent syndicate control. The chief adviser issued the direct...
Bangla Press Desk: Any meaningful repatriation remains unlikely under current conditions in Myanmar, Adviser for Foreign Affairs of the Interim Government Touhid Hossain said on Monday. He blamed the stalemate on Myanmar’s ongoing ci...
Bangla Press Desk: A court has ordered Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the spokesman for the Sammilito Sanatani Jagaran Jote, to be shown arrested in four more cases in Chattogram. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate SM Alauddin Mahm...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged young people to participate more in political activities to translate their dreams into reality and bring meaningful changes to their respective societies. The Chief...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, along with her two daughters-in-law, including Tarique Rahman’s wife Dr Zubaida Rahman, returned home on Monday after nearly four months of advanced treatment in London. A Qatari royal...
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