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 International Court of Justice (ICJ) should find Myanmar responsible for genocide against the Rohingya community and ensure that the legal interpretation of genocide encompasses the full range of atrocities suffered by the Rohi...
Bangla Press Desk: A Jubo Dal activist was hacked to death and his younger brother injured over an old enmity in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat on Thursday night, police said.The deceased was identified as Yanul Hossain, 31, son of Alam Hossain of Sh...
Bangla Press Desk: The severity of winter has been intensifying in the northern region of Bangladesh, with Kurigram district experiencing a sharp drop in temperature that has disrupted normal life.For the past three consecutive days, temperatures in...
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Bangla Press Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday expressed concerns over the law and order situation in the country ahead of national elections, saying he is not satisfied with the performance of law enforcem...
Bangla Press Desk: At least two people were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Chandina upazila of Cumilla Thursday night. The incident took place in the Tirchar area around 10:30pm.The decea...
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Bangla Press Desk: Bitter cold has tightened its grip in Panchagarh. Dense fog and icy northern winds have disrupted normal daily life in this district at the foothills of the Himalayas.The lowest temperature of this season was recorded in Tetu...
Bangla Press Desk: A major fire erupted at multiple adjoining jhut warehouses in Gazipur’s Konabari area on Thursday afternoon, promoting the fire service to deploy eight units.Six firefighting units have already joined operation, and two...
Bangla Press Desk: The foreign ministry has agreed with the Ministry of Youth and Sports on the decision not to travel to India to play, following the exclusion of cricketer Mustafizur Rahman, citing security concerns, foreign adviser Md...
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Bangla Press Desk: A street in the US state of Michigan has been named after Bangladesh’s three-time former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, according to a statement issued by the BNP Media Cell on Thursday.The statem...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has ordered the Bangladesh Police to take appropriate disciplinary measures, following a probe, against Investigating Officer (IO) Omar Faruk for failing to properly verify July Warrior and a lawsuit defen...
Bangla Press Desk: Currently serving administrative officials are qualified and ready to arrange free and fair elections on 12 February, said Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid on Thursday.Before the election schedule was announced in Decemb...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has opened a Law and Order Coordination Cell ahead of the national election and the referendum.The contact numbers of the coordination cell are 0255007470, 0255007471, 0255007472, 0255007474 and 0...
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