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: A portion of a building collapsed in the capital’s Armanitola following a moderate earthquake.Two firefighting units are working at the spot.The incident occurred Friday morning (21 November).Earlier, a 5.7-magnitude earthqu...
Bangla Press Desk: Attorney General Md. Asaduzzaman said on Thursday that while the non-partisan caretaker government system has been reinstated, its final structure—whether based on the previous model or the July charter—will be determined by...
Bangla Press Desk: M Matiul Islam, revered as the “doyen of the financial sector” in Bangladesh, has passed away at the age of 95.His family announced his death in a statement on Thursday (20 November), saying he breathed his last early in the...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has officially launched the first phase of its e-Service Management System, marking a major step toward digitalising public service delivery and making its service...
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Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh's police have unveiled new uniforms in a symbolic bid to signal reform and rebuild deeply eroded public trust, just weeks ahead of the first elections since a mass uprising.The police force was cast into turmoil a...
Bangla Press Desk: Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Wednesday said that in the case of the white paper, he did not see the enthusiasm from the advisory council that he had expected from the chief adviser.He added that civil servants and off...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh awaits a decisive moment today as the Supreme Court is set to deliver its long-anticipated verdict on whether the polls-time caretaker government system – abolished more than a decade ago – will be restored,...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today distributed the certificate of the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) Course-2025 among the graduates at a function at the DSCSC Complex in Mirpur Cantonment of Dh...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka-bound US-Bangla Airlines flight was delayed at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport after a dog was spotted on the runway during takeoff preparations. The presence of the animal was detected during a pr...
Bangla Press Desk: Business Community Bangladesh (MCB) has announced that all mobile phone sales outlets across the country will remain closed .The declaration was made at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Wednesday.Speakers...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 13,528 metric tonnes of coarse rice have been imported from India through the Benapole land port in four months.The shipments arrived in 395 trucks from August 21 to 18 November.As the government allowed imports o...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire broke out at a chemical factory at Bagher Bazar in Rajendrapur in Gazipur district on Wednesday.The fire started at the factory around 12:55 pm and spread to the adjacent godown and houses, said Talha Bin Jashim,...
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