News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Receding rivers are bringing relief to flood-hit areas of Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and Gaibandha, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) says.However, the centre warned...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Affairs Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has sought stronger United Nations support for the deployment of Bangladeshi peacekeepers and police personnel to UN peacekeeping missions.He made the call during separate bilateral meetings w...
Bangla Press Desk: Eminent political thinker, writer, researcher, and educationist Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq was accorded a final farewell on Monday as people from all walks of life paid their last respects to him in Dhaka.Leaders of various political,...
Bangla Press Desk: Speakers at a seminar on Monday called for revitalising the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) through practical cooperation, institutional reforms, and renewed political commitment, saying a stronger SAARC De...
Bangla Press Desk: Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman has invited Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia, marking another step toward strengthening bilateral relations between the two...
Bangla Press Desk: Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the current government, which assumed office in February 2026, has placed rural development at the centre of its agenda and un...
Bangla Press Desk: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has invited Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to participate in the third edition of the Global Gateway Forum in June, 2027 and to deliver a keynote address at the Forum.Ambassa...
Bangla Press Desk: The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 363 people during its regular anti-crime operations across the capital over the past 24 hours and filed 60 cases, according to an official statement issued on Monday.The arrests we...
Bangla Press Desk: Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Abdullah Jafar H Bin Abiyah on Monday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.The meeting was held at the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat at around 9:40am.During...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Sunday warned taxpayers against fraudsters posing as tax officials and demanding money on the pretext of exempting tax files from audits.In a press statement, the revenue authority said...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) on Sunday unveiled investment portfolios for 44 state-owned enterprises (SOEs), inviting private sector participation to revive underperforming industrial assets, create...
Bangla Press Desk: Ensuring proper valuation of imports at ports, mainly at premier seaport Chattogram, could significantly boost government revenues and help achieve an ambitious Tk 6.0-trillion revenue target for this fiscal year.Newly appoin...
Bangla Press Desk: Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday directed officials to modernise the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) to strengthen the country's statistical system and support evidence-based policyma...
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