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 interim government has formally inaugurated a digital bail bond system, known as e-bail bond, replacing the traditional bail bond submission process in a move aimed at modernising the justice system and reducing public s...
Bangla Press Desk: Abul Kalam Azad, a fugitive sentenced to death for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, surrendered to the International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday morning.Azad, who remained at large for over a decade,...
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Bangla Press Desk: Zaima Rahman has underscored the importance of security—particularly for women—as a defining challenge for Bangladesh, saying it remains the most striking difference between living in London and living in Dhaka.In a Facebook...
Bangla Press Desk: The figure is expected to rise further once the candidates from Pabna-1 and Pabna-2 are finalised. The last date for withdrawal in those two constituencies was extended to January 26, following a legal battle over the delimit...
Bangla Press Desk: A wave of sorrow swept through Alipur village in Cumilla’s Adarsha Sadar upazila as family members, relatives, and neighbours were left in shock following the killing of RAB officer Motaleb Hossain.Motaleb, Deputy Assistant D...
Bangla Press Desk: A high-level stakeholder consultation meeting was held on Tuesday on deploying the “advanced, short-term BPaL/M treatment regimen” for accelerating the eradication of tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) in Dhaka S...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday inspected the progress of the final phase work of the July Uprising Memorial Museum at the Ganabhaban, residence of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.The chief adviser arrived at the museum arou...
Bangla Press Desk: The government is providing Tk1 crore to the family of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Bin Hadi to purchase a flat in Dhaka.According to sources at the Ministry of Finance, the special grant will be used to buy and f...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladeshi publishers will not be able to participate in the International Kolkata Book Fair this year either, with organisers refusing to allow Bangladesh to join the event.This marks the second consecutive year that there...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said that if the nation becomes bewildered for any reason it will find path in the July Uprising Memorial Museum, noting it has been possible to build the museum while the blo...
Bangla Press Desk: Alongside the national parliamentary election scheduled for February 12, a national referendum is also being organised. The referendum will be held on four issues. The government has already begun campaigning to ensure that...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka’s name is appearing at the top of the list for air pollution almost every day. Noise pollution is making ears ring. Dirty, foul-smelling water often flows through WASA supply pipes. Germs from human waste are foun...
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