News and updates from Bangladesh
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Bangla Press Desk: The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has fined 120 establishments across 46 districts a total of Tk 9,93,200 following market inspections targeting essential commo...
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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 religious solemnity. The decision came from a meeting...
Bangla Press Desk: Adviser to the Prime Minister on the ministries of Finance and Planning Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir has called upon local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to bring their eligible employees under the Univer...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar-VDP) has completed two years of reforms aimed at making the force more modern, transparent and accountable, its director general Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud said...
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Bangla Press Desk: Singapore has proposed constructing a Bay Terminal at Chattogram Port, with preliminary discussions already held between the two sides, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam said on Thursday.She disclosed the m...
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 durable economic partnership with the US based on inves...
Bangla Press Desk: Lawyer Yunus Ali Akhand has filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the validity of Article 70 of the Constitution and seeking the suspension of the presidential election scheduled for Aug 20.He confirmed to bdn...
Bangla Press Desk: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has stepped down as BNP secretary general and member of the BNP National Standing Committee after being nominated by the ruling party as its candidate for Bangladesh's presidency.He announced his d...
Bangla Press Desk: CNG-run autorickshaw drivers have blocked the Jamalpur-Tangail Highway for four hours, protesting a severe gas shortage in the district.The blockade ran from 7 am to 11 am on Thursday before drivers withdrew it following assu...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has decentralised the process of settling certain applications for correcting dates of birth on national identity cards.In a directive issued on Thursday, the commission’s National Identity Wing (...
Bangla Press Desk: The BNP has chosen its Secretary General, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, as the party’s candidate for the presidency.BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman finalised Fakhrul’s candidacy at a meeting with senior party le...
Bangla Press Desk: Five more children died in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning—four from measles-related symptoms and one from a confirmed measles case.In addition, Bangladesh recorded 941 new suspected cases and 84 confirmed cases of m...
Bangla Press Desk: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Aninda Islam Amit said on Wednesday that the country’s power situation is expected to improve somewhat from Wednesday evening.He said gas supplies from one of the country...
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