News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The special parliamentary committee on constitutional amendments will submits its final report before the house by the end of the year, said Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire broke out at a garment factory at Ashulia of Savar in Dhaka on Sunday.Duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence Lima Khanom said the fire broke out following a gas cylinder blast outside the garment factory at Jam...
Bangla Press Desk: Three crude bombs have exploded in front of a house, in front of a school, and on the side of a road in Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha.Although the loud noise stirred panic in the area, no casualties or major damage were rep...
Bangla Press Desk: Students of Comilla University have staged a protest over the killing of Ishayat Shahriar Apratim, demanding a proper investigation and justice.Apratim, the only son of Bangla department teacher Nahida Begum, was found dead i...
Bangla Press Desk: Six years after Savar schoolgirl Nila Roy was abducted and stabbed to death, her murder trial remains unfinished, with the case still stranded at the witness testimony stage.The case is being heard by Dhaka’s Fifth Additional...
Bangla Press Desk: A passenger bus has been set on fire on the road outside the Institute of Child and Mother Health in Dhaka's Matuail.Fire Service and Civil Defence duty officer Rafi Al Faruk said they received information about the fire arou...
Bangla Press Desk: Yashat Shahriar Opratim, the 13-year-old son of a Cumilla University teacher who was found dead in a jungle in Sadar Dakkhin upazila on Saturday, was laid to rest on Sunday.He was buried at the family graveyard following his...
Bangla Press Desk: A downpour triggered waterlogging in different parts of the capital on Sunday morning, causing hardship for commuters.The rain, accompanied by thunderstorms, started after 4:00am and continued until around 8:00 am, according...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to become the third member of his family to address the United Nations General Assembly when he is expected to deliver his maiden speech at the 81st session in New York on 24 September.His fathe...
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Bangla Press Desk: Road Transport and Bridges, Railway and Shipping Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam has said the government is working with a target to complete the upgrading of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway to six lanes and opening it to traffic by June 2029...
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Bangla Press Desk: State Minister for Land and Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Barrister Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin has said the government is committed to protecting the new generation from drug abuse and engaging them in sports to keep them on the rig...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has urged world leaders to work together based on mutual cooperation, empathy and a shared sense of responsibility to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).He made the call in a video messag...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka is rapidly trading trees, wetlands, and open land for concrete in an alarming transformation researchers warn is making the capital hotter, more polluted, and increasingly vulnerable to environmental shocks.Urban planne...
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