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: The interim government has cancelled the gazette recognition of eight individuals listed as ‘July martyrs’ for providing false information. On Sunday, the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs issued a notification re...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday (3 August) emphasised the importance of achieving economic prosperity through the conservation and sustainable utilisation of the country’s marine resources. Highlighting the...
Bangla Press Desk: Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman (State Minister) of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA), said that the government is dedicated...
Bangla Press Desk: Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ghanashyam Bhandari on Sunday underscored the importance of boosting connectivity and cultural and touristic exchanges to deepen the relations between the two countries at the people-...
Bangla Press Desk: Residents of Sylhet have been experiencing frequent power cuts several times a day for almost three weeks, after the 225-megawatt power station at the Kumargaon 132/33 KV grid substation was forced to shut down by a tec...
Bangla Press Desk: Dr Ahmad Kaikaus, during his tenure as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, devised plans to move to the United States. Being a US citizen with an American passport, and enjoying close ties with then-Prime Min...
Bangla Press Desk: A wave of viral fever with symptoms resembling dengue, chikungunya, and typhoid, including high fever, joint pain, and headaches, is sweeping across the country, overwhelming hospitals, clinics, and local dispensaries...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking authorities to explain why class five students of private schools should be excluded from the primary scholarship examination. The bench of Justice Md Habibul Gani and...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will read out the July Declaration on Tuesday. The July Declaration ceremony will be held at 5pm at the South Plaza of the National Parliament, said Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press...
Bangla Press Desk: Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday said Bangladesh is yet to receive any positive response from India regarding its request for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s extradition to face trial at home....
Bangla Press Desk: A new witness in the crimes against humanity case against Sheikh Hasina, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Monday said he heard then prime minister o...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 17 people, including former Chairman of BASIC Bank Limited (Bangladesh Small Industries and Commerce Bank Limited) Sheikh Abdul Hai Bachchu and former Mana...
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