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: The High Court on Thursday granted bail to former Cox’s Bazar member of parliament Abdur Rahman Bodi in a case filed against him.A High Court bench passed the order, allowing his release in the specific case under consideration.Bod...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday said efforts would continue to secure UN recognition for Bangla and proposed turning the Amar Ekushey Book Fair into an international event in the coming years.Speaking at the inaugural cer...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will confer the country’s second-highest civilian award Ekushey Padak today.The award giving ceremony will be held at 11:00am on Thursday at the capital’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium.The governmen...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s education sector faces mounting criticism as pass rates and GPA-5 scores rise while overall learning standards decline sharply.Educators and analysts say students show major gaps in reading skills, subject knowle...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 today.He will formally inaugurate the fair at 2:00pm as the chief guest.The Prime Minister will also present the Bangla Academy Literary Award 2025...
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Bangla Press Desk: Political leaders often stay ahead of the public mood. They understand voter sentiment, election strategy and the mechanics of governance. They also know how power can distance rulers from citizens. As the new government begi...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bridge Division and the Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) have officially launched digital attendance system at Setu Bhaban, bringing all employees and staff under a fully electronic monitoring framework.According to a p...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has conferred the country’s second-highest civilian award Ekushey Padak.The award giving ceremony began at 11:00am on Thursday at the capital’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium.Nine distinguished indiv...
Bangla Press Desk: A cabinet meeting was held in the conference room of the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat here on Thursday. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman chaired the meeting, said Prime Minister's Press Secretary Saleh Shi...
Bangla Press Desk: A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Tanti Dal was hacked to death at Gunak village in Sonagazi upazila of Feni on Wednesday evening.The deceased was identified as Ayub Nabi Tarek, 26, organisational secretary of Bogadana Uni...
Bangla Press Desk: Imagine picking up a tomato at a market in Dhaka and instantly accessing its entire life story—where it was grown, who harvested it, how it traveled, and when it reached the shelf. Not by relying on a sticker or the seller’s...
Bangla Press Desk: The candidates for the 13th parliamentary election are legally obliged to submit the return of their election expenses by mid-March to the Election Commission (EC).“There is an obligation to submit the return of candidates’...
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