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: A daylong nationwide Vitamin A campaign will be held on June 28 to protect the children aged between six to 59 months from blindness and malnutrition. The event will run from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm on the day.Health and Family Welfare...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh and China on Thursday agreed to deepen cooperation in river management, including the “Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project," as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman sought greater Chinese support for w...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh is home to an estimated 8.2 million drug addicts, driven primarily by the rapid spread of synthetic and semi-synthetic narcotics, the home minister has said.Salahuddin Ahmed shared the figures on Thursday during an event...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 170 Bangladeshi nationals have been repatriated from Libya on Wednesday.They arrived at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5:20 am on Burak Air flight, according the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The repatri...
Bangla Press Desk: The Australian High Commissioner, Susan Ryle and UNICEF Bangladesh Representative, Rana Flowers signed a new AUD16 million (BDT137 crore) agreement with UNICEF in the presence of the Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, said a pre...
Bangla Press Desk: Rail communication between Chattogram and the rest of Bangladesh has been suspended, disrupting services on one of the country's busiest routes.The shutdown followed an engine failure on the Sonar Bangla Express and the derai...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has granted bail to Navana Group Vice-Chairman Sajedul Islam and three others arrested in a labour law case.Judge Golam Azam of Dhaka's Labour Court approved their bail applications after a hearing on Wednesday....
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed former lawmaker and popular folk singer Momtaz Begum arrested in a fresh case filed over an attempted murder linked to the July uprising in the capital's Mirpur area.Dhaka Metropolitan Magis...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman departed for Beijing from Dalian on Wednesday aboard a high-speed bullet train at 2:00pm local time. He is accompanied by his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman.Earlier in the day, at 10:00am local time, the...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has asked Bangladesh Police to apply for Interpol red notices against the banned Awami League’s chief Sheikh Hasina, and nine others linked to her.Others in the list include Hasina’s son S...
Bangla Press Desk: At first glance, the GTC Charity Home looks like any other modest building near the entrance of the Madhyapara Hard Rock Mine in Parbatipur, Dinajpur. But on any given weekday afternoon, elderly villagers limp in from distanc...
Bangla Press Desk: A young man was killed after being run over by the intercity Titumir Express train at Akkelpur Railway Station in Joypurhat on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Ashraful Islam, 23, son of Abul Hossain of Shahagra...
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