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: Over 35 shanties were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out at two Rohingya camps in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday night.No casualties were reported in the incident.The blaze originated around 10:30pm at camp...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government has removed six Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Police) cadre, according to an official notification.The home ministry issued the order saying the six officers...
Bangla Press Desk Six people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Bhola and Cumilla districts on Sunday.In Bhola, three people were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Bhol...
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Bangla Press Desk The current cold wave sweeping parts of the country will continue for two to three more days, according to Bangladesh Metrological Department (BMD).Bangladesh is experiencing an intensified cold spell, with dense fog and chilly wind...
Bangla Press Desk: Flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka experienced minor disruptions on Sunday morning due to dense fog compounded by the biting winter cold, the airport authorities confirmed. Reduced visib...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballots to 293,147 expatriate voters in different countries over the last eight days to enable them to cast their votes in the 13th national election and referendum.Confirmi...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his daughter Zaima Rahman have applied for inclusion in the voter list, Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said on Saturday.“The applications will be placed before th...
Bangla Press Desk: A man was killed after a fire broke out on a St Martin’s Island–bound vessel anchored in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday morning.The blaze started around 6:30am on the Atlantic Cruise while it was docked on the Bakkhali River n...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to receive his National Identity Card (NID) within 24 hours of completing his voter registration, ASM Humayun Kabir, Director General of the National Identity Registration...
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Bangla Press Desk: After an unsuccessful push-in attempt along the Kushtia border, the India’s Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly shifted its operation to the Chuadanga–Darshana border, where the same family of 14 Indian nationals was...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) arrested 3,152 people and seized a huge quantity of drugs during 9,910 anti-drug drives conducted across Rangpur division over the last 11 and a half months.Additional Director...
Bangla Press Desk: A concert by popular Bangladeshi rock icon James, also known as Nagar Baul, was cancelled on Friday night following clashes at the Faridpur Zila School campus during the institution’s 185th anniversary celebrations, leaving a...
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