News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The members of parliament (MP) can show respect to the Speaker’s chair in line with their respective religious customs, said Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Thursday.The lawmakers are...
Bangla Press Desk: The EU Election Observation Mission sat in a meeting with the leaders of the Students Against Discrimination (SAD) and discussed the overall situation of the country and the upcoming national parliamentary polls.The meeting was hel...
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Nizam Uddin Mandal, 65, a steadfast BNP supporter of Banshbaria village in Jhenaidah’s Maheshpur upazila, passed away at his home early Friday morning.Nizam, who had been ill for years, famously vowed on 31 May 2014 never to eat rice until the BNP co...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday dismissed reports claiming that elections in the Pabna-1 and Pabna-2 constituencies had been postponed.“The information attributed to the EC is not correct,” the commission said in a handout i...
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...
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