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: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate a nationwide programme on 16 March to excavate and re-excavate rivers, canals and water bodies aimed at improving irrigation, boosting agricultural production and strengthen...
Bangla Press Desk: A medical board has performed brain surgery on Prime Minister’s political adviser and BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas, who is undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital.“After reviewing all repor...
Bangla Press Desk: Gold prices in Bangladesh have been reduced once again, with the Bangladesh Jewellers' Association (BAJUS) lowering the price by Tk2,158 per bhori.Following the latest adjustment, the price of 22-carat gold, considered the hi...
Bangla Press Desk: Advance train tickets for passengers returning to their workplaces after the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays went on sale on Friday, the first day of ticket sales for post-Eid journeys.Tickets available on Friday are for trains departing on 2...
Bangla Press Desk: Shaikh Rabiul Alam, Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping, said the government will ensure sufficient fuel for public transport from 15 March.Speaking after visiting Kamalapur Railway Station on Friday...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is keeping a close watch on the condition of ailing BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas who is undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital.“He (Abbas) has been kept in the Neuro ICU under...
Bangla Press Desk: Preparations are underway to take BNP Standing Committee Member and the prime minister's Political Adviser, Mirza Abbas, to Singapore for advanced medical treatment. BNP Media Cell member Sairul Kabir Khan on Frida...
Bangla Press Desk: The newly elected Speaker of the 13th National Parliament, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed (Bir Bikrom), and Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal paid tribute to the martyrs of the country’s Liberation War.They placed wreaths at the National...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Minister and BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday said the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will be centre for discussion of all the issues to transform Bangladesh into a powerful democratic country.“All the issues wi...
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Bangla Press Desk: The opposition in Bangladesh’s 13th National Parliament boycotted the inaugural speech of President Mohammed Shahabuddin, with opposition leader and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman stating that the boycott wa...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Navy has strengthened security measures for fuel-carrying vessels operating in the country’s maritime routes amid the prevailing international and regional security situation.The navy remains on round-the-clock dut...
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Bangla Press Desk: Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday said electricity from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is expected to be connected to the national grid on a trial basis between June and July.“Fuel loadin...
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