News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: A petition has been filed at a Dhaka court asking for a case to be taken up over the death of doctor Nafisa Tabassum Dhipra in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi against four people, including her d...
Bangla Press Desk: Jamaat-e-Islami has spoken out in parliament regarding the arrest of a woman named Sawda Sumi in Bhola for her comments on Facebook regarding the energy crisis.Calling the arrest a “portent of a fascist government”, oppositi...
Bangla Press Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain on Tuesday told parliament that necessary initiatives are being taken to recruit some 100,000 health workers in line with the current government's election manifes...
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Information and Broadcasting Dr Zahed Ur Rahman on Tuesday said there is some disruption in fuel supply in the country though it is not significant.Concerns have arisen among people over lon...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh's economic growth significantly slows with the second-quarter GDP growth of this fiscal year declining to 3.03 per cent, official statistics show.The growth in the October-December period of the fiscal year (FY) 2...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh's per-capita income has risen to $2,769, Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament Monday, outlining their new government's broader ambition to transform the economy into a trillion-dollar powe...
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Bangla Press Desk: Finance high-ups will sit tomorrow to finalise the outline of the first national budget of the new government amid severe Middle East war-linked stresses that are shaking up the country's economic base.Finance and Planning M...
Bangla Press Desk: Business leaders on Monday urged the central bank to maintain exchange-rate stability and ease financing conditions, arguing that current macroeconomic pressures are already weighing heavily on investment and production.With...
Bangla Press Desk: Public health experts have described the country's worsening measles situation as an epidemic, as seven more children died of confirmed and suspected cases in the past 24 hours, signalling a deepening health crisis.Hospitals...
Bangla Press Desk: Like previous days, most of the petrol pumps across the capital, Dhaka, witnessed long queues on Monday as motorists were seen waiting for hours to get fuel.Despite repeated government assurances that there is no supply scar...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has formed a high-powered committee to review the ongoing projects under the development budget, aiming to cut wasteful expenditures and ensure proper utilisation of public funds.The committee was formed at th...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has decided to extend the tax exemption on metro-rail tickets for another year in the upcoming fiscal budget, aiming to keep fares affordable for commuters.Currently, metro rail tickets are exempt from the 15...
Bangla Press Desk: Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma Monday paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat, discussing bilateral affairs with foc...
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