News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni has said Article 70 of the Constitution will apply to the presidential election as well.Citing the article, he said on Tuesday that MPs cannot vote again...
Bangla Press Desk: Three people, including a child, were killed after being electrocuted in Chapainawabganj's Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning, police said.The fatal incident occurred in the Baroghoria-Badurtala area, according to Ekramul Hossa...
Bangla Press Desk: The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has warned airlines and service providers against engaging in unauthorized ground handling and other operational services at the country's airports, saying violations will invite le...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking why directives should not be issued to appoint female morgue attendants (doms) to conduct autopsies on the bodies of women.A High Court division bench of Justice Fahmida Quad...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 11 witnesses have testified in the Tk34 crore embezzlement case filed against S Alam Group Chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam, Reliance Finance Limited’s former managing director Prashanta Kumar (PK) Halder, and 11 others.Dha...
Bangla Press Desk: Former central vice-presidents of Jubo Dal Zakir Hossain Nannu died of cardiac arrest at United Hospital in Gulshan early Sunday. He was 58.Family members said Nannu breathed his last at 2:20am. He left behind his wife, one s...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman left Dhaka on Sunday for a five-day official visit to Türkiye at the invitation of the Turkish government.According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, duri...
Bangla Press Desk: The issue of violent extremism has returned to the centre of Bangladesh’s national conversation following Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s statement in Jatiya Sangsad on July 15 that his government would maintain “zero toleran...
Bangla Press Desk: Miscreants allegedly demolished the house of a local Awami League leader with an excavator, looted valuables and set the property on fire in Mirzaganj upazila of Patuakhali.The incident occurred early Saturday at the residenc...
Bangla Press Desk: Four more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8am on Saturday (18 July), bringing Bangladesh's combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 784.Of the total fatalities, 95 wer...
Bangla Press Desk: The government is going to procure 100 electric minibuses at a cost of Tk 3.40 billion to provide safer, comfortable and reliable transport services for women, in line with the Prime Minister's directive.To facilitate the pur...
Bangla Press Desk: The government is moving ahead with a plan to modernise the country's public transport system by introducing around 1,400 electric buses (EVs), developing a universal charging infrastructure and exploring new mass transit options,...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of eight men, including three of Bangladeshi origin, have been formally charged in connection with a horrific child sexual abuse and gang rape incident in Wales, UK.Gwent Police in South Wales arrested the eight men on Tues...
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