News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday dismissed a police plea to show former Major Md Sadikul Haque arrested in a case filed over the burning of a car in the capital.Dhaka Metropolitan Magi...
Bangla Press Desk: There is an atmosphere of fear, underlying tension, and fear of anarchy surrounding the month of August. This eventful month marks one year since the change of power. Alongside the government, various anti-fascist groups...
Bangla Press Desk: Dr Ahmad Kaikaus’s rise within the bureaucracy reads like a fairy tale. Starting from virtually nothing, he suddenly emerged into the limelight. During his government service, he took study leave to Dallas, USA, where he...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh interim government of Mohammed Yunus is falling short in implementing its challenging human rights agenda a year since tens of thousands of people took to the street to successfully depose their authoritarian gover...
Bangla Press Desk: The “July Charter 2025," intended to be a foundational document for Bangladesh's state reforms, could not be finalised due to the lack of full agreement among political parties on the draft, though the 31 July deadlin...
Bangla Press Desk: November 1, 2015 — the largest power blackout in Bangladesh's history occurred. Almost the entire country was left without electricity. This catastrophe is referred to as the "Blackout." Around 150 million people were a...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 3400 Muslim families were driven out of their homes in Assam, the northeastern state of India, and deported to Bangladesh in a month-long crackdown, Reuters reports on Monday. The crackdown was launched recen...
Bangla Press Desk: In a significant policy decision aimed at strengthening the foundation of the country's education system, the government has approved the elevation of the pay scale for head teachers of government primary schools to t...
Bangla Press Desk: National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Prof Ali Riaz on Monday said political parties have reached a consensus on the need to strengthen the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and free it from political influence....
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s annual foreign debt repayment crossed US$4 billion for the first time in the country’s history in the last 2024-25 fiscal year (FY25). According to a report released by the Economic Relations Division...
Bangla Press Desk: Just as discussions around the brutal murder of Old Dhaka businessman Md. Sohag (aka Lal Chand) are still fresh, another shocking extortion case surfaced last Saturday in Gulshan, Dhaka, where individuals claiming to be...
Bangla Press Desk: As 5 August—the one-year anniversary of Sheikh Hasina fleeing to India to seek exile—approaches, sources in the ousted prime minister’s party Awami League told News18 that the outfit is facing multiple challenges. While the par...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Army launched an operation early Tuesday in the remote hill areas of Baghaichhari, Rangamati, targeting a hideout of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF). During the raid, exchange of gunfire to...
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