News and updates from Bangladesh
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman said on Tuesday that load-shedding across the country is expected to ease significantly within a short...
Bangla Press Desk: The by-election race in Thakurgaon-1 has started taking shape after the seat fell vacant when Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir becane president, but the BNP is yet to finalise its candidate while Jamaat-e-Islami has already named...
Bangla Press Desk: Train service between Rajshahi and Dhaka have been suspended for around one and a half hours after a section of railway track broke in Natore’s Bagatipara.Three Dhaka-bound trains from Rajshahi were stranded due to the incide...
Bangla Press Desk: A study has found that legal challenges, digital threats, physical intimidation, economic insecurity and social pressure often intersect, creating multiple and reinforcing protection risks for journalists and human rights def...
Bangla Press Desk: President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to take more effective measures to stop smuggling, drug trafficking, push-ins and border killings.The President made the call when BGB Director Gen...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission has published the final voter list keeping the upcoming local government elections in mind, with a total of 12,87,77,643 voters eligible to cast their ballots in the elections.Election Commission Secretary A...
Bangla Press Desk: Citing that the next Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams cannot be held within schedule due to Ramadan, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon said on Monday that the SSC exams will be held after Ramadan to give students e...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has kept prices of petroleum-based oil products the same for the fourth straight month in September, according to a notification issued by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division on Monday.As per the notification,...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast light to moderate rain across the country in the next 24 hours commencing 9:00 am on Monday.“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty winds are...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh is finalising an integrated tourism master plan covering around 1,498 tourism sites across the country in a bid to attract domestic and international visitors, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister, M Rashiduzzaman Millat,...
Bangla Press Desk:At least three people have been killed in separate road accidents in Trishal Upazila of Mymensingh, reports bdnews24.com.In one accident, two people were killed in a head-on collision between an autorickshaw and a truck, while in th...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has finalised its updated voter list ahead of local government elections, with Bangladesh’s total voter count now standing at 128.78 million.EC Secretary Akhter Ahmed briefed reporters at the Election B...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has realised Tk 2.05 million in fines and filed 16 cases against 16 establishments for violation of different food safety rules during its weeklong nationwide drives.The drives we...
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