News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Five more children died in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning—four from measles-related symptoms and one from a confirmed measles case.In addition, Bangladesh recorded 9...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has formed a Cabinet Committee to launch a pilot project aimed at supporting low-income and marginalised people.Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury would lead the committee as its president.Under the pilot...
Bangla Press Desk: Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon on Thursday said that instructions have been given to the authorities concerned to ensure the preparation and distribution of question papers of SSC examinations, without any irregularitie...
Bangla Press Desk: Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday called for united efforts to build a successful state, saying cooperation at all levels remains crucial for development and good...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has announced plans to overhaul Bangladesh Railway, stating it no longer wants the state-run transport agency to operate as a loss-making institution.Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping Minister S...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman presided over an inter-ministerial meeting at the Cabinet Division meeting room at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Thursday.The inter-ministerial meeting was held on 'Planting 25 crore trees in fiv...
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Bangla Press Desk: Researchers warned that Bangladesh is steadily moving towards a debt-risk trap because of inflated costs, corruption and weak governance in large infrastructure projects undertaken in the name of development. They said borrow...
Bangla Press Desk: Newly-appointed Education Minister A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon has assured that question paper leaks and cheating will not return under his tenure.Speaking at a press conference at the Ministry of Education on Wednesday, the mi...
Bangla Press Desk: A BNP activist was hacked to death by some miscreants in Barishal Sadar Upazila on Wednesday night.The incident took place at around 9:30pm near Bausherhat bazar in the Raypasha–Korapur union area.The deceased was identified...
Bangla Press Desk: Abdur Rahman Sani has been appointed as Assistant Private Secretary (APS)-2 to the Prime Minister on a contractual basis.The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday (18...
Bangla Press Desk: Atikur Rahman Ruman has been appointed as Additional Press Secretary to the Prime Minister on a contractual basis.The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday (18 Februa...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has appointed Md Mehedul Islam as Private Secretary (PS)-2 to the Prime Minister on a contractual basis.The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday (18 Februa...
Bangla Press Desk: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday at the UNDP Bangladesh office to promote gender-inclusive sustainable finance in Ban...
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