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 government will begin distributing ‘Family Card’ on a pilot basis in 14 upazilas from 10 March, with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman set to inaugurate the programme.Tk2,500 will be given to the women in financial assistance...
Bangla Press Desk: The government on Tuesday appointed Ali Hossain Fakir as the inspector general of police (IGP).He was promoted from the rank of additional IGP, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.Ali Hossain Fa...
Bangla Press Desk: Former secretary Md Sarwar Alam has been reappointed as press secretary to the president on a contractual basis for one year.The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday.The appointmen...
Bangla Press Desk: Newly elected lawmaker Nurul Amin of the Chattogram-1 (Mirsharai) constituency was injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway while returning from Cumilla on Tuesday afternoon. He was initially rushed to...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on former deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Sheikh Nazmul Alam over graft charges.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order following a petiti...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s 9 February trade agreement with the United States, signed by the interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus just three days before national elections, has rapidly evolved from a defensive manoeuvre into a strat...
Bangla Press Desk: Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that elections will be held as quickly as possible to reactivate all local government institutions.“City corporation elections...
Bangla Press Desk: Fashion brand Virgo has unveiled its highly anticipated Eid Collection 2026, aiming to add greater colour, warmth and timeless elegance to the celebrations of Eid.Each design in the collection beautifully captures the s...
Bangla Press Desk: Mohsin Rashid, President of the Bangladesh Muslim League and a senior lawyer of the Supreme Court, has announced his intention to file a treason case against Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus.Speaking on Monday (23 February)...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has transferred 112 polling officials to different positions across the country, and ordered them to vacate their current workstations by 1 March.Mohammad Shahidur Rahman, assistant secretary at...
Bangla Press Desk: The president has accepted the resignations of two judges of the High Court Division, according to separate notifications issued by the Ministry of Law on Monday.The notifications said that Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has cancelled the contractual appointment of nine secretaries, according to nine separate notifications issued Monday night.The secretaries’ remaining terms in office under the contracts have been cancell...
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