News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: A petition has been filed at a Dhaka court asking for a case to be taken up over the death of doctor Nafisa Tabassum Dhipra in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi against four people, including her d...
Bangla Press Desk: The Khulna, Bagerhat, Jashore and Noakhali districts are experiencing a mild heat wave, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).The heat wave will continue for another two or three days, Meteorologist Muhammad A...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today (Wednesday) laid the foundation stone of the National Disaster Management Research and Training Institute (NDMRTI) building in the Sataish Chourasta area of Dharpara in the city.The premier laid...
Bangla Press Desk: Hopes of work in Russia have turned into a trap for three young men in Gopalganj. Although promised jobs in the construction sector with a monthly salary of Tk 120,000, they have allegedly been sent to the battlefield.The father of...
Bangla Press Desk: A Cox's Bazar court has sentenced four individuals to death and nine others to life in prison for the murder of Army officer Lt Tanzim Sarwar Nirjan.He was stabbed to death during an anti-robbery drive in Cox’s Bazar’s Dulahazara a...
Bangla Press Desk: Sandhani, the Independence Award-winning student organisation, has called for an effective increase in tobacco prices in the upcoming FY27 national budget to discourage tobacco use among young people.The organisation proposed mergi...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have arrested a man accused of killing a second-grade student in Dhaka’s Pallabi after he allegedly fled from the scene following the incident.The victim, Ramisa Akter, was due to go to school on Tuesday morning when h...
Bangla Press Desk: Four people suffered burn injuries in a fire, apparently from an electrical short circuit at Eastern Plus Shopping Complex in the capital’s Shantinagar area late Tuesday night.The injured were identified as Sohrab 20, Shamim,...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman joined the 46th National Rally of the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) in Dhaka on Wednesday morning.The premier arrived at the parade ground of the Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Acade...
Bangla Press Desk: Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar has visited BNP Standing Committee Member and Political Advisor to the Prime Minister Mirza Abbas at a hospital in Malaysia to enquire about his health.Porwar, who is current...
Bangla Press Desk: The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has dismissed social media claims suggesting its workers are arbitrarily removing stray dogs from the streets as “false and misleading”.On Tuesday, the city corporation said protecting...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman today (Tuesday) said the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is not being abolished, rather it is being transformed by bringing it under a specific compr...
Bangla Press Desk: Singapore has reiterated its interest in managing the proposed Bay Terminal at Chittagong Port and plans to invest up to $1 billion in its infrastructure development.The non-resident High Commissioner of Singapore to Banglade...
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