News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Former Information Minister of the ousted Awami League government, Hasanul Haque Inu, told a court that he has been keeping two exercise books in prison — one red and one gre...
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Bangla Press Desk: A group of lawyers on Wednesday staged a human chain in Dhaka demanding the trial of former chief adviser of the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus and Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum over allegations of negligence in vaccina...
Bangla Press Desk: Testimony has begun in a graft case filed against former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed over allegations of acquiring wealth beyond known sources of income, concealing asset information, and money laundering....
Bangla Press Desk: Twelve people suffered burn injuries in an explosion, apparently from gas leakage at the canteen of a power plant in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj district on Wednesday.The victims were Ramijul, 15, Monir Hossain, 45, Badr...
Bangla Press Desk: The Jatiya Party has reported an election expenditure of around Tk 500,000 for candidates contesting across 196 constituencies, a figure far below the amount permitted under electoral rules.A three-member delegation of the pa...
Bangla Press Desk: A national seminar titled ‘The Necessity of Effectively Increasing Taxes and Prices on All Tobacco Products in the Upcoming FY 2026–27 Budget for Protecting Public Health’ was organized by Development Organisation of the Rura...
From one end of the capital to the other, the same picture emerges everywhere. Roads have been dug up and left unattended for months in some areas, while piles of soil, sand and construction materials occupy half the streets elsewhere in the name of...
Bangla Press Desk: Amnesty International has said that unnecessary restrictions were imposed on freedom of expression, association, and assembly under the interim government led by Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus.In a report published on 23 April, the or...
Bangla Press Desk: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Sunday expressed concern over the ongoing conflict in West Asia/Middle East, and hoped for the early restoration of peace and stability in the region.She made the remarks when...
Bangla Press Desk: The government plans to distribute 30,000 sewing machines free of cost among poor, helpless, and disabled women with a view to ensuring their socio-economic empowerment.To this effect, the Ministry of Women and Childre...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh's measles crisis has deepened sharply, with the nationwide death toll from measles and measles-like symptoms crossing 400 after 11 more children died in the last 24 hours, according to the latest data released by t...
Bangla Press Desk: A Bangladeshi travel agency has been sanctioned by the United Kingdom over allegations of recruiting and trafficking people to fight for Russia in its military campaign in Ukraine.The UK government imposed sanctions on “Dream...
Bangla Press Desk: The government on Thursday approved the formation of Bogura City Corporation and five new upazilas across the country.The approval was given at the 120th meeting of the National Implementation Committee for Administrati...
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