News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Former Information Minister of the ousted Awami League government, Hasanul Haque Inu, told a court that he has been keeping two exercise books in prison — one red and one gre...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said there is no risk of pressure on the budget due to the Family Card and it will not conflict with other services.Describing the Family Card as an investment by the state, he...
Bangla Press Desk: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Wednesday sought five names from the opposition bench in the Jatiya Sangsad to form a 17-member parliamentary special committee on constitutional amendment.In...
Bangla Press Desk: The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has announced that it will continue its work through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety.The announcement came on Wednesday (29 April) following the Blo...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman today (Tuesday) said 300 megawatts of electricity will be added to the national grid from the first unit of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in August this y...
Bangla Press Desk: Uranium fuel loading at the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant was physically launched on Tuesday, marking a major milestone in Bangladesh’s energy and technology sectors.Science and Technology Minister Fakir Mahbu...
Bangla Press Desk: A delegation from Chevron Corporation called on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday.The meeting was held in the afternoon at the Prime Minister's office in the Cabinet Division at the Bangladesh Secretariat, said a PMO r...
Bangla Press Desk: Torrential hill water has entered Eranbil (Ikrachai) haor in Sunamganj’s Madhyanagar upazila after a nearby rural road collapsed under pressure on Tuesday, raising fresh concerns for remaining paddy crops in the area.Ac...
Bangla Press Desk: A legal notice has been served to the authorities concerned, seeking the immediate filing of a First Information Report (FIR) over the alleged assault on several leaders of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU)...
Bangla Press Desk: Increased fuel supply from the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) coupled with the introduction of a 'fuel pass' system has helped ease the motorists' rush to petrol pumps to some extent.Spot visits to some filling...
Bangla Press Desk: Director General of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday.The meeting was held at the Prime Minister's Office in the Secretariat at around 10:00 am, repo...
Bangla Press Desk: A worrying rise in child deaths linked to measles-like symptoms continues at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), where three more children have died.Hospital Assistant Director Md Mynuddin Khan said on Tuesday t...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has called for enhanced global efforts to ensure information integrity, combat misinformation and promote inclusive communication at the 48th session of the Committee on Information at United Nations Headquar...
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