News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday urged American businesses to invest in Bangladesh with confidence and for the long term, saying his government wants to build a durab...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) says it will determine the fate of the Chattogram-4 parliamentary seat in line with the court's directives after the Appellate Division cancelled BNP candidate Aslam Chowdhury's candidacy.Th...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has appointed Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Sarwar Hossain as a deputy governor of the central bank.He has been appointed on a three-year contractual basis, subject to voluntary retirement from his c...
Bangla Press Desk: Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has warned that Bangladeshi embassies could be forced to shut if parliament approves Opposition-backed proposals to slash the foreign ministry's budget.Addressing the cut motion on the 1...
Bangla Press Desk: Nepalese Ambassador highlights foreign policy, growing Bangladesh ties at NDC. Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ghanashyam Bhandari on Tuesday shed light on the evolution of Nepal's foreign policy, its diplomatic engag...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ruled that BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury, who won the Chattogram-4 parliamentary seat, is not eligible to take the oath of office due to his status as a loan defaulter.As a r...
Bangla Press Desk: The bodies of five Bangladeshi expatriates who were killed in a road accident in Qatar's Shahaniya area have arrived in Bangladesh. The bodies reached Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Tuesday (30 June) mornin...
Bangla Press Desk: A case has been filed with Bogura Sadar Police Station against a local furniture trader for alleged brutality on stray dog. Accused Md Swapan, a resident of the Kanchhgari Pukurpar area, allegedly inflicting seriou...
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Bangla Press Desk: For a final time, the mortal remains of renowned artist, theatre director, and puppetry pioneer, Mustafa Monwar — popularly known as the "Puppet Man of Bangladesh" — has returned to the premises of Bangladesh Television...
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Bangla Press Desk: A tribunal will deliver its verdict in a crimes against humanity case over murders in Kushtia against Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSaD) President and former minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday.A three-member bench of the...
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Bangla Press Desk: Environment experts, policymakers and civil society representatives on Monday called for restructuring the national budget to prioritise environmental sustainability alongside economic growth, warning that development w...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad is scheduled to join the state funeral of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei in Tehran.Speaker Hafiz Uddin is likely to be in Tehran on July 3 at the invitation of Ira...
Bangla Press Desk: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained 13 suspected brokers, including women, during a drive at three government hospitals in the capital.Deputy Commander of RAB-2, Squadron Leader Nifaz Rahman, disclosed the develop...
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