News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, commemorating the birth and death anniversary of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), will be observed across the country on 26 August with due religiou...
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Bangla Press Desk: The headquarters of the police's Special Branch (SB) has been left “completely in the dark” about field-level operatives knocking on journalists' doors or phoning them to demand extensive personal data, including their political af...
Bangla Press Desk: LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir underscored the need for waging a strong social movement alongside the application of law to prevent social menace rape.In a Facebook post from his verified page, he strong...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the government wants to bring back former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh through legal procedures and existing extradition mechanisms.“We want Sheikh Hasina back through legal pro...
Bangla Press Desk: Stakeholders at a public hearing have opposed proposals to increase retail electricity prices, urging the state regulator to focus on trimming institutional costs and rooting out corruption rather than squeezing consumers fur...
Bangla Press Desk: The Khulna, Bagerhat, Jashore and Noakhali districts are experiencing a mild heat wave, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).The heat wave will continue for another two or three days, Meteorologist Muhammad A...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today (Wednesday) laid the foundation stone of the National Disaster Management Research and Training Institute (NDMRTI) building in the Sataish Chourasta area of Dharpara in the city.The premier laid...
Bangla Press Desk: Hopes of work in Russia have turned into a trap for three young men in Gopalganj. Although promised jobs in the construction sector with a monthly salary of Tk 120,000, they have allegedly been sent to the battlefield.The father of...
Bangla Press Desk: A Cox's Bazar court has sentenced four individuals to death and nine others to life in prison for the murder of Army officer Lt Tanzim Sarwar Nirjan.He was stabbed to death during an anti-robbery drive in Cox’s Bazar’s Dulahazara a...
Bangla Press Desk: Sandhani, the Independence Award-winning student organisation, has called for an effective increase in tobacco prices in the upcoming FY27 national budget to discourage tobacco use among young people.The organisation proposed mergi...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have arrested a man accused of killing a second-grade student in Dhaka’s Pallabi after he allegedly fled from the scene following the incident.The victim, Ramisa Akter, was due to go to school on Tuesday morning when h...
Bangla Press Desk: Four people suffered burn injuries in a fire, apparently from an electrical short circuit at Eastern Plus Shopping Complex in the capital’s Shantinagar area late Tuesday night.The injured were identified as Sohrab 20, Shamim,...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman joined the 46th National Rally of the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) in Dhaka on Wednesday morning.The premier arrived at the parade ground of the Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Acade...
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