News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni has said Article 70 of the Constitution will apply to the presidential election as well.Citing the article, he said on Tuesday that MPs cannot vote again...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh recorded two more deaths with measles symptoms and 872 new suspected cases in the past 24 hours, the country's health authorities said on Tuesday. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulle...
Bangla Press Desk: The Parliament Secretariat has taken a final decision regarding Gazi Nazrul Islam, the Satkhira-4 lawmaker expelled from Jamaat-e-Islami over allegations of moral misconduct following the circulation of a private video. ...
Bangla Press Desk: A preparatory meeting was held at the Bangladesh Parliament on Tuesday ahead of the 2026 presidential election, scheduled to take place in the Jatiya Sangsad chamber on 20 August.Acting Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament Ba...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today assured foreign investors of the government’s all-out support, saying Bangladesh is ready to facilitate investment and provide a favourable business environment."Bangladesh currently offers...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday set 27 October for submitting the investigation report in a case against former president Mohammed Shahabuddin and 20 others over allegations of embezzling shares worth Tk251 crore from Islami Bank Ban...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh urged India to expedite the extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been sentenced to death in absentia for uprising-time crimes against humanity, as some major bilateral issues were discussed...
Bangla Press Desk: Former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque has secured bail in another case, clearing the way for his release from jail as he has now obtained bail in all nine cases filed against him, his lawyers said.A High Court bench comprisi...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Railway has launched a new commuter train service on Dhaka-Gopalganj-Dhaka route to provide affordable travel between the capital and the southwestern district in just over three hours.However, analysts have questi...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday urged the countrymen to work together to build the Bangladesh envisioned by the martyrs of the July Mass Uprising, saying their sacrifices must be honoured by turning their dreams...
Bangla Press Desk: A phone call presented in court suggests television channels airing footage of clashes or violence during the July Uprising were threatened with being declared “enemies of the state” and shut down permanently.The prosecution...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has urged India to expedite the process of returning ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.At the same time, Dhaka has also requested India to hand over th...
Bangla Press Desk: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for lower US barriers for open-source AI models to better compete with Chinese rivals as the social media giant released a new open-weight model on Monday and said it plans to launch more such...
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