News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Independent MP elected from Brahmanbaria-2 Rumeen Farhana on Sunday came down heavily on the government for playing down the fuel crisis all this time, pointing to the long queues o...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has conveyed a message of solidarity with the United Arab Emirates amid ongoing regional tensions, following a meeting between Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir and UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Ministe...
Bangla Press Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain today said the incumbent government is fully prepared to prevent measles, with nationwide vaccination scheduled to begin from Sunday. He said this while talkin...
Bangla Press Desk: A delegation of the central committee of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.The delegation met the premier at the conference room of the Cabinet Division in the Bangla...
Bangla Press Desk: The surplus in Bangladesh's trade in goods and services with the European Union rose by nearly 10 per cent in fiscal year 2024-25, underpinned by robust export growth, particularly in goods, despite rising outflows in service...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh is preparing to launch a major overhaul of its primary education system, but securing adequate external financing remains a key challenge. With the current programme nearing completion, the government is racin...
Bangla Press Desk: Long queues persisted at petrol pumps across the capital on Saturday as motorists rushed to stock up on fuel, defying repeated government assurances that supplies remain adequate.Motorcyclists and car drivers were seen waitin...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has finally resumed its move to enhance the capacity of Dhaka-Chattogram railway corridor after getting a green signal from the new government with funding assurance from a development partner in t...
Bangla Press Desk: At least five people were killed after a gas lighter factory caught fire at Kadamtoli Gol Chattar in Dhaka’s Keraniganj upazila on Saturday.According to fire service officials, the fire originated around 1:11pm. Seven units...
Bangla Press Desk: An experienced survey team from the Survey of Bangladesh has begun fieldwork to officially determine the highest mountain peak in the country.The survey activities will take place from 4-12 April in the remote hill areas of...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh recorded 787 new suspected measles cases and four more deaths in the past 24 hours, the country's health authorities said on Saturday.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 60 cases o...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman expressed deep shock and sorrow over the casualties in a fire that broke out at a tin-shed factory producing gas lighters in Keraniganj on Saturday."Prime Minister Tarique Rahman mourned the deat...
Bangla Press Desk: A day-long training workshop for intending Hajj pilgrims of 2026 was held in Thakurgaon on Saturday.The training was organised at the mosque and complex of the district Haji Association and was conducted by its organisationa...
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