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...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) staged a protest march on Friday demanding exemplary punishment for those involved in recent rape, murder and violence incidents and ensuring safety for women and children....
Bangla Press Desk: Water Resources Minister Shaheed Uddin Chowdhury Anee has said that the canal excavation programme is a “revolution” and a “movement” that was initiated nearly 45 years ago by martyred President Ziaur Rahman. He described it...
Bangla Press Desk: Local goons snatched a 15-year-old girl from her father’s custody during an outdoor trip, and killed her –days after the family had sought justice against the culprits for raping the minor in an earlier assault.The abduction happen...
Bangla Press Desk: Election Tribunal of the High Court (HC) has instructed the court to take into custody all the ballot papers, result sheets and relevant documents of three constituencies in response to allegations of rigging filed by the Jamaat-e-...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner Md Sarwar will serve as the DMP commissioner until further notice.A gazette notification to this effect was issued by the Bangladesh Police headquarters on Thursday.On Wednesday, DM...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Army has reshuffled positions of six senior officers, days after eight other officers were given new duties.The Army Headquarters has ordered the latest reshuffle, said sources at the Ministry of Defence.As per...
Bangla Press Desk: A schoolgirl was allegedly stabbed to death by her lover in Dhaka's Hazaribagh area after he became enraged over her suspected involvement in another relationship.Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Ramna Division Masud Alam of Dhaka Metro...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Thursday set 11 March for the submission of the probe report in the murder case of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Bin Hadi.This marks the ninth time the submission of the probe report has been deferred.Dh...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has decided to waive agricultural loans of up to Tk10,000, including interest, for 12 lakh farmers.The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting held on Thursday. Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani announced the decision d...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday called on all political and social organisations, regardless of party affiliation, to work together for the sake of peace, order and national development.He made the rema...
Bangla Press Desk: Another 175 Bangladeshi nationals returned home from Libya on Thursday.They arrived in Dhaka at 8:00am on Burak Air chartered flight, according the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The repatriation was coordinated by the Bangladesh Emba...
Bangla Press Desk: The government will take strict action in accordance with existing laws and regulations against officials and employees who fail to attend office on time, said Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani on Thursday.“If government officials and...
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