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: BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday called on all political forces to stay united and work together to build ‘humane Bangladesh’.He described his party’s landslide victory in the national election as not just a triumph fo...
Bangla Press Desk: Twenty people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy at Mayendia Bazar in Faridpur district on Saturday.Mahmudul Hasan, assistant superintendent of (Saltha-Nagarkanda) circle, said...
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Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Friday organised a special doa and milad mahfil at Dhaka University, expressing gratitude for victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Election and seeking forgiveness for...
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Bangla Press Desk: Mamunul Haque, a candidate for the Dhaka-13 constituency, lodged complaints with the Election Commission at its Agargaon office around midnight, alleging fake voting and delays in announcing results.The Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis c...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission has decided to withhold the results of three constituencies as court cases are pending against the declared winning candidates.The constituencies are Sherpur-2, Chattogram-2 and Chattogram-4.The...
Chhabed Sathee: Less than two months after returning home from nearly two decades of self-imposed exile in London, Tarique Rahman is on course to become Bangladesh’s next prime minister after winning one of the country’s most significant elections a...
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Staff Reporter: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has secured a landslide victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Election.According to the latest unofficial results from Thursday’s peaceful election, BNP and its allied candidates have won 21...
Bangla Press Desk: Thakurgaon district Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Belal Uddin was detained at Syedpur Airport while carrying a large sum of money.He was detained around 12:00pm on Wednesday (11 February).Acting Officer-in-Charge of Syedpur Police St...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Army has seized Tk10.49 lakh in cash along with a microbus linked to an independent candidate from Chandanaish upazila in Chattogram-14 constituency.The vehicle was seized from the Abdul Barihat area late on Tu...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 394 international election observers and 197 foreign journalists have arrived in Bangladesh to observe the country’s 13th National Parliamentary Election and Referendum on the July National Charter, both scheduled to...
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Bangla Press Desk: A four-day holiday began on Tuesday as Bangladesh prepares for the 13th Parliamentary Election and the referendum scheduled for 12 February.The two-day government-declared general holiday on 11 and 12 February combined with t...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire broke out in a multi-storey building around Mirpur-11 area of the capital late Tuesday night (10 February).Two units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence have been deployed to bring the blaze under control.According t...
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