News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The government has decided to rename the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) as the Special Intervention Force (SIF).The government has also decided to redesign the force’s uni...
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Bangla Press Desk: Four people were killed and several others injured when a sand-laden truck lost control and overturned after crashing into a market in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi on Thursday morning.The accident occurred at around 7:45am in t...
Bangla Press Desk: A police constable died after a covered van hit him on the Khilgaon flyover in the capital late Wednesday night.The victim, Rubel, 40, served as a nayek in the Bangladesh Police. The accident occurred around 11:45pm on Wednes...
Staff Reporter: Abdullah Al-Amin, a first-grade student from Parbatipur upazila in Dinajpur, has earned a Talent Pool scholarship in the Education Scholarship Examination–2025 organized by the Bangladesh Nurani Association.As in previous years, the n...
Bangla Press Desk: Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer, Mufti Syed Muhammad Faizul Karim, will attend the namaj-e-janaza of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.The funeral prayers are scheduled to be held at...
Bangla Press Desk: The chiefs of the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy, and the Bangladesh Air Force have attended the namaj-e-janaza of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. The namaz-e-janaza (funeral prayers) o...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has promulgated the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, with provision of maximum fine of Tk5,000 for selling cigarettes or tobacco products in areas near educational insti...
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Bangla Press Desk: Millions of people on Wednesday joined namaz-e-janaza of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, three-time prime minister and political icon of Bangladesh.The namaz-e-janaza was held at the Manik Mia Avenue at 3pm. Baitul Mukarra...
Bangla Press Desk: More than 11.18 lakh expatriate voters have registered to cast their votes through postal ballots from abroad for the upcoming 13th General Election and referendum.According to information published on the Election Comm...
Bangla Press Desk: A mortuary van wrapped with the national flag carrying the body of BNP Chairperson and three-time former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, widely regarded as an uncompromising leader for democracy in Bangladesh, reached Manik...
Staff Reporter: Thousands of ordinary citizens and political leaders from across Bangladesh have gathered in Dhaka to attend the funeral prayer of Begum Khaleda Zia, the country’s three-time former prime minister and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nat...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh bids farewell on Wednesday to former prime minister Khaleda Zia with a state funeral expected to draw vast crowds, mourning a towering leader whose career defined politics for decades.Zia, the first woman to serve...
Bangla Press Desk: Vehicular movement has remained restricted since 8am on Wednesday in several areas of Dhaka for the state funeral rites of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, according to the Inter-Services Public Re...
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