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: Inqilab Moncho has announced a torch procession for Thursday, demanding a comprehensive investigation into India's alleged involvement in the killing of its spokesperson, Sharif Osman Bin Hadi.The procession will begin...
Bangla Press Desk: The committee investigating the deaths of six newborns at Dhaka’s Ad-din Hospital has submitted its findings to the health ministry.Md Zahid Raihan, additional director general (administration) at the Directorate Genera...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government has made Joint Secretary Anisur Rahman an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) following the recovery of the decomposing body of his mother Nurjahan Begum from a residence in Pallabi under Dhaka's Mirpur.An offi...
Bangla Press Desk: Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury on Wednesday said the process of selecting a site for a proposed 1,000-bed hospital in Sylhet has begun, with Chinese investors expressing int...
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Bangla Press Desk: A major fire broke out at a slum in Chattogram’s Halishahar area on Tuesday morning, prompting an emergency response from the Fire Service.The blaze originated in the I-Block area of Halishahar, according to the Chattogram Fi...
Bangla Press Desk: State Minister for Local Government Mir Shahe Alam has said that local government elections are expected to be held within a short period, with decisions on the election schedule likely to be made after budgetary allocations are ap...
Bangla Press Desk: Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the banned student wing of Awami League, staged 'a silent human chain' in front of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) building during the Eid vacation and placed a six...
Bangla Press Desk: Members of the Conscious Customer Forum have continued protesting outside Islami Bank’s headquarters in Motijheel for a second straight day, demanding the resignation of newly appointed Chairman Khurshid Alam.The prote...
Bangla Press Desk: The father of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter, who was raped and murdered in the capital’s Pallabi area, on Tuesday demanded the highest punishment for the accused, saying no other parent should have to endure such a trage...
Bangla Press Desk: Sohel Rana and his wife, Swapna Akter, who were arrested in connection with the rape and murder of child Ramisa Akter in the capital’s Pallabi area, have been produced before a Dhaka court for a hearing on charge frami...
Bangla Press Desk: Fisheries and Livestock State Minister Sultan Salauddin Tuku on Monday emphasised the need to increase domestic milk production to fulfill national demand and reduce reliance on imports.The state minister also highligh...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) plans to complete the revision and updating of all rules and codes of conduct related to local government elections by June next year, considering the period from late October to March as t...
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