News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, commemorating the birth and death anniversary of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), will be observed across the country on 26 August with due religiou...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Economic Census 2024 report highlights a significant shift in the country's economic structure, most notably a sharp decline in the share of the manufacturing sector over the last decade.The census data of the BBS reveals...
Bangla Press Desk: The reading of the Bangladesh Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) declined by 2.2 points to 53.5 in March compared to the previous month, indicating a slower pace of expansion.The latest reading released just a few hours back wa...
Bangla Press Desk: Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Houssain (Kaikobad) on Tuesday said initiatives will be taken to reduce the cost of the Hajj package for 2027 considering the overall situation and the needs and facilities of the...
Bangla Press Desk: Jamaat-e-Islami has spoken out in parliament regarding the arrest of a woman named Sawda Sumi in Bhola for her comments on Facebook regarding the energy crisis.Calling the arrest a “portent of a fascist government”, oppositi...
Bangla Press Desk: Jamaat-e-Islami has spoken out in parliament regarding the arrest of a woman named Sawda Sumi in Bhola for her comments on Facebook regarding the energy crisis.Calling the arrest a “portent of a fascist government”, oppositi...
Bangla Press Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain on Tuesday told parliament that necessary initiatives are being taken to recruit some 100,000 health workers in line with the current government's election manifes...
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Information and Broadcasting Dr Zahed Ur Rahman on Tuesday said there is some disruption in fuel supply in the country though it is not significant.Concerns have arisen among people over lon...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh's economic growth significantly slows with the second-quarter GDP growth of this fiscal year declining to 3.03 per cent, official statistics show.The growth in the October-December period of the fiscal year (FY) 2...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh's per-capita income has risen to $2,769, Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament Monday, outlining their new government's broader ambition to transform the economy into a trillion-dollar powe...
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Bangla Press Desk: Finance high-ups will sit tomorrow to finalise the outline of the first national budget of the new government amid severe Middle East war-linked stresses that are shaking up the country's economic base.Finance and Planning M...
Bangla Press Desk: Business leaders on Monday urged the central bank to maintain exchange-rate stability and ease financing conditions, arguing that current macroeconomic pressures are already weighing heavily on investment and production.With...
Bangla Press Desk: Public health experts have described the country's worsening measles situation as an epidemic, as seven more children died of confirmed and suspected cases in the past 24 hours, signalling a deepening health crisis.Hospitals...
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