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 surplus in Bangladesh's trade in goods and services with the European Union rose by nearly 10 per cent in fiscal year 2024-25, underpinned by robust export growth, particularly in goods, despite rising outflows in service...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh is preparing to launch a major overhaul of its primary education system, but securing adequate external financing remains a key challenge. With the current programme nearing completion, the government is racin...
Bangla Press Desk: Long queues persisted at petrol pumps across the capital on Saturday as motorists rushed to stock up on fuel, defying repeated government assurances that supplies remain adequate.Motorcyclists and car drivers were seen waitin...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has finally resumed its move to enhance the capacity of Dhaka-Chattogram railway corridor after getting a green signal from the new government with funding assurance from a development partner in t...
Bangla Press Desk: At least five people were killed after a gas lighter factory caught fire at Kadamtoli Gol Chattar in Dhaka’s Keraniganj upazila on Saturday.According to fire service officials, the fire originated around 1:11pm. Seven units...
Bangla Press Desk: An experienced survey team from the Survey of Bangladesh has begun fieldwork to officially determine the highest mountain peak in the country.The survey activities will take place from 4-12 April in the remote hill areas of...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh recorded 787 new suspected measles cases and four more deaths in the past 24 hours, the country's health authorities said on Saturday.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 60 cases o...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman expressed deep shock and sorrow over the casualties in a fire that broke out at a tin-shed factory producing gas lighters in Keraniganj on Saturday."Prime Minister Tarique Rahman mourned the deat...
Bangla Press Desk: A day-long training workshop for intending Hajj pilgrims of 2026 was held in Thakurgaon on Saturday.The training was organised at the mosque and complex of the district Haji Association and was conducted by its organisationa...
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Friday congratulated the Bangladesh Under-20 football team for winning the SAFF U-20 Championship.Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said, “The government has begun implementing all plans aimed at...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is set to hold its annual exercise, ‘Akash Bijoy-2026,’ from 5 to 9 April at multiple air bases and units across the country.According to an ISPR release, the drill aims to enhance the ov...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus had one and a half years to run the state. The mismanagement and failures during that period have now fallen squarely on the shoulders of the present administration...
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