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: UNOPS Bangladesh on Tuesday convened the SDG Model Dissemination Session on SDG 5 and SDG 16 at Agrabad Hotel, Chattogram, bringing together government officials, development partners, youth leaders, civil society representat...
Bangla Press Desk: The government on Tuesday decided to form a special task force under the supervision of State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam to further strengthen dengue prevention and respon...
Bangla Press Desk: State Minister for the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the passing of Kabir Hossain, a well-known farmer and social media content creator from Tangail.Kabir,...
Bangla Press Desk: Four teachers and three officials of Dhaka University (DU) have been suspended from their services over various controversial activities and separate allegations against them, a DU press release said.During the suspension per...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has granted police permission to question lawyer Shafiq Nazrul in custody for allegedly using a photo of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s daughter Zaima Rahman in an advertisement linked to the Bangladesh Bar Cou...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has spent a packed day in China’s northeastern city of Dalian with a strong focus on attracting foreign investment.On Tuesday, it marked his first participation in an international forum as head...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has designated 445 safe shelters across Dhaka to protect residents in the event of earthquakes and other emergencies, Disaster Management Minister Asadul Habib Dulu has said.He said a proposal has been sent to...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, along with heads of government of six other countries, attended a state dinner hosted by Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Dalian on Tuesday evening.The dinner was arranged in honour of the heads of s...
Bangla Press Desk: Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, was taken on a sightseeing tour of Putrajaya by Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, wife of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, following an official recepti...
Bangla Press Desk: Italian companies have expressed interest in supporting the modernisation of Bangladesh's aviation sector through the introduction of a state-of-the-art bird hazard management system at airports and the establishment of a sp...
Bangla Press Desk: Women leaders at a roundtable on Monday underscored the need for effective distribution, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the gender budget, allocated in the proposed national budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2026...
Bangla Press Desk: CHATTOGRAM, June 22: Maintenance work on the Karnaphuli Tunnel, located beneath the Karnaphuli River in the port city of Chattogram, began on Monday and will continue until June 28.During the maintenance period, vehicular mo...
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