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: BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rafiqul Islam on Sunday strongly condemned the incident of vandalism, violence and harassment of a female doctor at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, calling it a grave threat t...
Bangla Press Desk: Amid a gentle winter veiled in drifting clouds and soft mist, nature rested in quiet serenity. In that tranquil, almost poetic setting at Bagbari in Bogura, Ziaur Rahman was born on 19 January 1936, destined to rise as one o...
Bangla Press Desk: Passengers buses will start operating under an electronic-ticketing system in the capital from Tuesday, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) announced in a press release on Saturday night.The buses will take up and drop passen...
Staff Reporter: Journalists, editors and owners of media outlets in Bangladesh on Saturday demanded that authorities protect them following recent attacks on two leading national dailies by mobs.They said the media industry in the South Asian country...
Bangla Press Desk: More than 3,000 helpless and destitute people in Paikgachha upazila of Khulna have been provided with high-quality blankets, like in previous years, amid biting cold and dense fog.Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banglad...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will observe the 90th birth anniversary of its founder, Ziaur Rahman, with a two-day programme beginning Monday (19 Jan), marking the occasion with due respect.Former president Ziaur Rahman...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has cancelled the nomination of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate Manjurul Ahsan Munshi for the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election in the Comilla-4 (Debidwar) constituency.T...
Bangla Press Desk: Interns at Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital went on work abstention on Saturday morning protesting the attack on a female intern allegedly by the relatives of a patient early Saturday.Hospital sources said an...
Bangla Press Desk: European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) Deputy Chief Observer Inta Lase on Saturday said it is very important to see the whole picture of electoral process holistically to present their report impartially, stress...
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Bangla Press Desk: Law Adviser Asif Nazrul on Friday said former prime minister Khaleda Zia was unjustly convicted in what he described as the most disgraceful and farcical trial in Bangladesh’s history, referring to the Zia Orphanage Trust cor...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire broke out at a residential colony in Kashimpur area of Gazipur on Friday morning, destroying at least 26 rooms.The incident occurred in a colony owned by a man named Biplob, and located near GMS Garments factory in Sar...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Federation of Bangladeshi Associations in North America (FOBANA) will hold its 40th convention from September 4 to 6 in Orlando, Florida. The organisers announced the programme on Thursday at a press conference at the Dh...
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