News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Receding rivers are bringing relief to flood-hit areas of Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and Gaibandha, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) says.However, the centre warned...
Bangla Press Desk: Water levels in the Teesta River in Lalmonirhat receded slightly on Friday morning after crossing the danger mark overnight due to upstream hill runoff and heavy rainfall. However, residents of low-lying riverbank areas remai...
Bangla Press Desk: Widespread flooding triggered by five consecutive days of heavy rainfall and upstream flash floods has inundated vast areas of Chakaria, Matamuhuri, Pekua and Ramu upazilas in Cox’s Bazar district, leaving at least 300,000 pe...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has officially declared two new river ports along the Jamuna River to improve northern water connectivity expanding passenger services and facilitating the development of port-based infrastructure.The Ministry...
Bangla Press Desk: Two patients died from dengue in the 24 hours till 8am on Thursday morning, taking the year’s total death toll to 24, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The two latest deaths occurred in Dhaka North...
Bangla Press Desk: Two children died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8am on Thursday morning, and no death from confirmed measles was reported over the same period, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).On...
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Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh and the Netherlands on Thursday discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral defence cooperation, with emphasis on naval modernization, technology transfer and capacity building.The discussion took place wh...
Bangla Press Desk: A court has sentenced a man to death for murdering an 8-year-old girl in Chattogram's Sitakunda Upazila, four months after the killing.Judge Jannatul Ferdous of the Chattogram Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal...
Bangla Press Desk: The death toll from a landslide at a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya has been revised to five, officials confirmed, correcting an earlier report that said eight people had died."Five madrasa students were killed and eight oth...
Bangla Press Desk: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Thursday said there is no lack of diplomatic efforts to bring back former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to the country to face trial but acknowledged that it takes time."...
Bangla Press Desk: Heavy rain has washed away the approach road to a bridge in Nilphamari’s Kishoreganj Upazila, leaving around 20,000 residents facing severe disruption.The Upazila administration has assured locals that emergency repairs will...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has adopted a 10-year defence-modernisation plan requiring an estimated Tk 860 billion to bolster capabilities of the armed forces and ensure Bangladesh's sovereignty, territorial integrity and national s...
Bangla Press Desk: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam has sought Tajikistan’s support for Bangladesh’s aspiration to become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), whose members include Central Asian cou...
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