News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Continuous rainfall over the past few days has submerged thousands of hectares of ripened and semi-ripened Boro paddy across 12 upazilas in Sunamganj, while a leak in an...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and opposition leader Shafiqur Rahman has welcomed the government’s canal excavation programme, stressing the importance of restoring the navigability of the country’s rivers to ensure l...
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Bangla Press Desk: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam has claimed there has been no evidence in the past seven days of transport operators charging fares higher than the government-fixed rates.He made the remarks while...
Bangla Press Desk: Professor Dr SM Abdul Awal of Khulna University has been appointed as the Chief Coordinator for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the Prime Minister’s Office with the status of a secretary.The information was anno...
Bangla Press Desk: An iftar mahfil was held with the participation of officials and employees from different levels of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).The programme was organised by the Dudok Service Association (DuSA), the organisation re...
Bangla Press Desk: With the Eid-ul-Fitr fast approaching, the country’s busiest river crossing at Paturia Ferry ghat remains far from ready, raising fears of major disruptions for thousands of homebound travellers heading to southwestern distri...
Bangla Press Desk: Law enforcement agencies on Sunday night arrested 54 people conducting a special operation in Mazar slum of Tongi in Gazipur.The operation, launched around 11:00 pm on Sunday, was conducted jointly by the Rapid Action Battali...
Bangla Press Desk: Mirza Abbas, political adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and a member of the BNP Standing Committee, was admitted to Singapore General Hospital on Sunday afternoon.“The air ambulance safely reached Singapore afte...
Bangla Press Desk: The central Eid congregation of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will be held at 8:00am at the old Trade Fair ground adjacent to China-Bangladesh Friendship Exhibition Center in Agargaon on the occasion of holy Eid-u...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) in five districts—Gazipur, Chapainawabganj, Panchagarh, Kushtia and Netrokona.The information was disclosed in a notification issued by the Ministry of Public Admini...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered the freezing of 20 bank accounts belonging to the online ticket booking company Flight Expert over allegations of embezzling money collected from online air ticket sales and bookings.Dhaka Metr...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday provided an Eid gift of Tk5,000 to each cleaner employed by the country’s 12 city corporations.He handed over cheques to the Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation and administrators of o...
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Bangla Press Desk: Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister’s Defence Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Brig Gen (retd) AKM Shamsul Islam at the Armed Forces Division office in Dhaka Cantonment on Sunday...
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