News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Victims were remembered and calls for justice renewed on Friday as the nation observed the 13th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar.The eight-storey building, whic...
Bangla Press Desk: Assailants hacked a man to death in Dhaka’s Dakkhinkhan on Monday night.The victim, Shajahan, 45, was a local cable TV and internet service provider.The incident occurred at Taltola in the Nordapara area around 9pm.Confirmin...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing a wreath at the National Memorial here on the outskirts of the capital marking the 55th Victory Day.He laid...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday released a commemorative postage stamp on the occasion of the Great Victory Day.He also released an opening day cover and a canceller at a ceremony at the State Guest House J...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court on Monday rejected an application filed by the Bangladesh Brick Manufacturers and Owners Association seeking to be made a party to a public interest writ challenging the operation of illegal brick kilns.The or...
Bangla Press Desk: The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, seeking enhancement of the sentence awarded to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former...
Bangla Press Desk: All the three demands raised by a DUCSU-led delegation over arrest of Osmani Hadi's attackers is rational, and will be implemented, said Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday. The home adviser mad...
Bangla Press Desk: In November, a total of 577 accidents occurred across the country on roads, railways and waterways, leaving 553 people dead and 900 injured.Road accidents alone caused 507 deaths in 526 incidents, while 899 people were injur...
Bangla Press Desk: A case was filed on Monday with a Dhaka court against five persons on charges of fraud over allegations of failing to refund ticket money for the concert of Pakistani singer Atif Aslam, despite the cancellation of the progra...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday granted a three-day remand to Abul Hasan, former officer-in-charge (OC) of Jatrabari Police Station, in connection with the murder of Imran Hasan during the July uprising last year.Dhaka Metropolitan...
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Bangla Press Desk: A national dialogue on Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) was held on Monday at a hotel in Dhaka, calling for the inclusion of strong WASH commitments in the election manifestos of political parties contesting the upc...
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Bangla Press Desk: Speakers have warned that rising unemployment, an increase in the number of people living below the poverty line, and a growing mob-dependent trend in political culture are alarming signals for the country.They said that ens...
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Bangla Press Desk: UN Chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Saturday's "horrific" drone attack on Bangladeshi peacekeepers in Sudan, a strike that killed six people and wounded six others."I strongly condemn the horrific drone attacks that...
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