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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has urged citizens to spend at least half an hour twice a week cleaning their homes and surroundings to tackle the dengue situation.He made the a...
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Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman left Dhaka on Sunday for a five-day official visit to Türkiye at the invitation of the Turkish government.According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, duri...
Bangla Press Desk: The issue of violent extremism has returned to the centre of Bangladesh’s national conversation following Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s statement in Jatiya Sangsad on July 15 that his government would maintain “zero toleran...
Bangla Press Desk: Miscreants allegedly demolished the house of a local Awami League leader with an excavator, looted valuables and set the property on fire in Mirzaganj upazila of Patuakhali.The incident occurred early Saturday at the residenc...
Bangla Press Desk: Four more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am on Saturday (18 July), bringing Bangladesh's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 784.Of the total fatalities, 95 wer...
Bangla Press Desk: The government is going to procure 100 electric minibuses at a cost of Tk 3.40 billion to provide safer, comfortable and reliable transport services for women, in line with the Prime Minister's directive.To facilitate the pur...
Bangla Press Desk: The government is moving ahead with a plan to modernise the country's public transport system by introducing around 1,400 electric buses (EVs), developing a universal charging infrastructure and exploring new mass transit options,...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of eight men, including three of Bangladeshi origin, have been formally charged in connection with a horrific child sexual abuse and gang rape incident in Wales, UK.Gwent Police in South Wales arrested the eight men on Tues...
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Bangla Press Desk: Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that the government has taken a long-term plan to rehabilitate the victims of the recent floods. He said that in addition to providing housing assistance to the homeless, necessary steps are...
Bangla Press Desk: A container loaded with heavy imported round logs fell onto a trailer, tearing off the lacing of quay gantry crane (QGC) spreader while being offloaded at Chattogram Port jetty on Saturday evening. However, no casualty was rep...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday put emphasis on producing bricks using environmentally friendly alternative technologies to prevent air pollution.He laid the importance while chairing a meeting on environment pollution at...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government has revised the monthly honourary allowances and other financial benefits for gallantry award-winning freedom fighters, wounded freedom fighters and the families of martyred freedom fighters.The Ministry of Liberatio...
Bangla Press Desk: The authorities at the Karnaphuli Hydroelectric Power Station will partially open 16 spillway gates of the Kaptai Dam on Saturday (18 July) to release water as the water level in Kaptai Lake continues to rise.The decision has been...
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