News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman today (Tuesday) said 300 megawatts of electricity will be added to the national grid from the first un...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister’s Adviser Mahdi Amin has said that the government has kept fuel prices under “maximum control” so far, despite global increases in fuel costs.He made the remarks on Saturday at a press briefing at the Prime Min...
Bangla Press Desk: At least seven people were killed and 16 others injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Sunamganj and Rangpur districts on Saturday. More to follow…BP/TD
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman early Saturday said that his government will try to further reduce the expenses of pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia from next year to facilitate the country’s Muslim devotees to perform the holy Hajj at lowe...
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Bangla Press Desk: By the time Md Israfil finally rolled his motorcycle into Talukdar Filling Station on Friday morning, he had already spent the night in line.He had taken his place near the bridge by the lake at Zia Udyan around 8pm on Thursday, ho...
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Bangla Press Desk: Rajshahi Medical College Hospital has formed an eight-member medical board to strengthen treatment of measles patients after 51 children died from the disease and its complications amid a sharp rise in infections in the region.The...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has reported five more deaths related to measles, as the viral outbreak continues to spread across several divisions in the country.Of the latest fatalities, three were confirmed me...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Coast Guard have seized a huge amount of shrimp fry – shrimp in its larval stage – as it was being taken from Teknaf to Khulna.The seizure occurred in the wee hours of Friday night in the Shah Amanat Bridge area in Chattogram’s...
Bangla Press Desk: Two brothers – one aged 12 and the other 13 – have drowned while bathing in a pond in Natore’s Singra Upazila.They died on Friday afternoon in Boro Adimpur village of the Upazila, said Singra Police chief Rafiqul Islam.Identified a...
Bangla Press Desk: Solid waste management in all urban settings remains untapped despite the yearly doubling trend of its generation in the country as the authorities concerned have not yet implemented the Solid Waste Management Rules in the pa...
Bangla Press Desk: The maiden Hajj flight is set to depart from Dhaka for the Saudi port city Jeddah at 12:20 am on Saturday (April 18), as the government has completed all necessary preparations to facilitate the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage.A total of 78,5...
Bangla Press Desk: Media professionals, academics and international experts are set to convene in the capital next month (May) for a major conference - aimed at examining the evolving challenges of journalism and charting a future course for th...
Bangla Press Desk: Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman has died after contracting malaria at the age of 58.The senior official breathed his last at 6:25 am at Square Hospital in Dhaka, according to the ministry.He was admitted to the facility on...
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