News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has called for equitable and cooperative management of transboundary water resources at the first Session of the 6th Joint Meeting of the Working Groups on Integrated Wat...
Bangla Press Desk: The University Teachers Link (UTL), an organisation of University teachers, formed a human chain on Saturday protesting the Israeli attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla—an international humanitarian naval mission carry...
Bangla Press Desk: Law enforcement agencies arrested Mohammad Tajbir Hasan, managing director of controversial travel company Haltrip and a close associate of PK Halder, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the early hours of Saturday...
Bangla Press Desk: Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur has returned to Bangladesh after receiving medical treatment in Singapore. He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday evening, where a large number of p...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus has greeted the members of Buddhist community in the country and across the globe on the occasion of the Shubho Probarona Purnima and Kathin Chibar Dana, a religious festival of t...
Bangla Press Desk: On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and China, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus exchanged congratulatory messages on Saturday, reaffirming t...
Bangla Press Desk: Women’s participation in the labour force has increased significantly in recent years. They work the same hours as men, yet their wages remain lower, and their chances of promotion are also fewer. At home, despi...
Bangla Press Desk: Nearly three lakh residents of Beanibazar upazila in Sylhet district are being deprived of proper healthcare as the area’s only public hospital — the 50-bed Beanibazar Upazila Health Complex — faces an ac...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has praised veteran photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam for taking part in the Gaza aid flotilla. Shahidul was in the last and biggest of the 44 vessels that formed...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday listed six major achievements during Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus' recent UNGA tour, including his government's democratic commitment and vision for a collaborati...
Bangla Press Desk: Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman has said there is no legal barrier to implementing the July Charter, which will be carried out in line with the National Consensus Commission’s recommendations. He made the remarks...
Bangla Press Desk: A group of unidentified miscreants opened fire and set a passenger bus ablaze in Dhaka’s Mirpur Sewrapara area early Friday. The incident occurred around 7:00 am when a bus of Alif Paribahan was attacked shortl...
Bangla Press Desk: Two passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed when a truck rammed into it in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur last night. Three members of a family were also seriously injured in the accident. The collision occur...
