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...
Bangla Press Desk: The Council of Advisers on Sunday adopted a formal resolution expressing gratitude to all concerned for their outstanding contribution in holding a successful, historic and festive national election.The advisers approved the resolu...
Bangla Press Desk: Sajib Ahmed, Senior Reporter at Kaler Kantho, has been elected Director (Data Bank) in the biennial election of the Forum for Energy Reporters Bangladesh (FERB), an organisation representing energy journalists in the country.M Aziz...
Bangla Press Desk: The government on Sunday clarified the cancellation of the contractual appointment of Cabinet Secretary Dr Sheikh Abdur Rashid, urging all concerned to refrain from spreading unnecessary speculation or misleading statements regardi...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s premier literary event, Ekushey Book Fair, is set to open later this month amid mounting opposition from a large section of mainstream publishers who warn that holding the fair during Ramadan could inflict heavy financ...
Bangla Press Desk: A local leader of the Bangladesh Awami League died at Rangpur Medical College and Hospital on Sunday while in jail custody.The deceased, Shamikul Islam Lipon, was president of the Gaibandha district unit of the Awami League.Lipon,...
Bangla Press Desk: The ‘National Emergency Service 999’ received a total of 8,380 calls related to the 13th National Parliamentary Election.The service was operated round-the-clock from 22 January to 14 February under a special plan to ensure free, f...
Bangla Press Desk: President Mohammed Shahabuddin is set to administer the oath of office to the BNP-led cabinet-elect at the National Parliament’s South Plaza on Tuesday afternoon. Bangabhaban’s Darbar Hall has been traditionally used for the g...
Bangla Press Desk: As many as 99 candidates from different political parties, including Tarique Rahman, have won victory after participating for the first-time in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) polls held February 12.In the polls, as many as 10 young leader...
The government has terminated the contract of cabinet secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid and appointed M Siraz Uddin Miah as his successor, days before the new administration is sworn in.The decision was announced in two separate official notifications is...
Bangla Press Desk: The Secretary General of BIMSTEC Indra Mani Pandey on Saturday congratulated Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tarique Rahman on his party’s historic victory in the 13th national parliamentary elections.In a congratula...
Staff Reporter: Tarique Rahman Saturday said his government’s foreign policy would be guided by national interest, asserting that Bangladesh would ‘keep the interest of Bangladesh first’ in its relations with India and other countries.Addressing his...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Saturday had telephone conversations with BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman and National Citizen Party chief Nahid Islam, and called on everyone to work together...
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