News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has sought nearly Tk 29 billion in funding to conduct local government elections.The allocation request has been submitted ahead of the 2026...
Staff Reporter :The United Nations has expressed concern over the death of author Mushtaq Ahmed. The agency's High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Basellett, has called on the Bangladesh government to ensure a speedy, transparent and impart...
Staff Reporter: 'Bangabandhu was ideologically very upright, yet essentially pragmatic to uphold the best interest of his country. He, therefore, decided to pursue a neutral foreign policy based on universal values and principles,'said hon’ble Fore...
Staff Reporter: Overcoming the disruptions caused by the pandemic, particularly in women’s economic empowerment, would require strong and visionary leadership, and a whole of society approach towards inclusive and resilient recovery. We are fortu...
Banglapress Desk: At least 20 workers of several readymade garment factories were injured in a clash with police in Narsinghapur area of Ashulia during the workers’ demo for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday. Several thousand of garment workers...
Banglapress Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday accused former president Ziaur Rahman and his wife Khaleda Zia of resorting to the politics of killings and enacting indemnity laws to save the killers of Bangabandhu and Awami League leaders...
Banglapress Online: The Awami League mayoral candidates took early lead in the counting of votes in the elections to Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet city corporations on Monday. In Rajshahi, Awami League contestant AHM Khairuzzaman Liton bagged 101,4...
Banglapress Desk: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), along with the main three accused in the Sinha murder case–dismissed officer-in-charge (OC) Pradeep Kumar Das, inspector Liakat Ali and sub-inspector (SI) Nandadulal Rakshit–have visited Shamlapur...
Banglapress Desk: The High Court (HC) has ruled that Hindu widows will get a share of their husband's agricultural land. A High Court bench of Justice Miftah Uddin Chowdhury pronounced the verdict in this regard on Wednesday. Jyotindranath Mandal,...
Staff Reporter: Major General (Retd.) Chitta Ranjan Dutta (CR Dutta), the founding president of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Parishad and the commander of Sector 4 during the war of liberation, is no more. He died at a Florida hospital...
Bangla Press Desk: A joint team of police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested four people including main accused of the attack on Dinajpur's Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam and her father. The arrestees are, Asadul H...
Staff Reporter : The body of Chitta Ranjan Dutta, Bir Uttam, widely known as CR Dutta, commander of sector number four during the Liberation War, will reach Dhaka on Monday (31st August) in the morning by an Emirates flight. His Canadian expatriate...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 40 people were injured after air-conditioners (AC) exploded in a mosque during Isha prayer in Narayanganj on Friday night. Around 150 people were attending the prayer at the mosque when the AC exploded, eyewitness said....
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