News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Transactions at Sonali Bank and Standard Islami Bank will be temporarily suspended to facilitate updates to their core banking system software and databases. The Bangladesh Bank ann...
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Bangla Press Desk : Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that the government has taken steps to make the zakat management system more effective and targeted, noting that zakat can play an important role in poverty alleviation if it is distr...
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Bangla Press Desk : Authorities at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal suspended a staff member on Saturday after he allegedly slapped a child patient inside the operation theatre during treatment.The incident occurred when the child m...
Bangla Press Desk : In a rare interview, veteran politician and freedom fighter ASM Abdur Rab has claimed that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had termed the concept of an independent Bangladesh ‘premature’ after ASM Abdur Rab had handed him the flag of indepe...
Bangla Press Desk : A mobile court on Saturday in Singra upazila of Natore fined a fuel trader Tk5,000 for illegally storing about 10,000 litres of diesel in an underground water tank hidden in a bamboo grove.The trader, Rubel Hossain, was also instr...
Bangla Press Desk : Bangladesh has sufficient fuel reserves and there is no reason for public panic despite global supply concerns triggered by the ongoing Middle East conflict, Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud said on...
Bangla Press Desk : Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said his government is giving top priority to ensuring women's safety with taking a strict stance to stop cyber-bullying and online harassment against women.“We want to build a Bangladesh where men an...
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Bangla Press Desk : The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs will confer the 'Best Indomitable Woman in Advancing Democracy (Gonotantra er Ogrojatray Sreshtho Odommo Nari)' award on Begum Khaleda Zia.It will be given to her under the Indomitable Wo...
Bangla Press Desk : The government will provide support to expatriates amid visa expirations and flight cancellations, Expatriate Welfare Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury said on Saturday.The government has launched a hotline so that expatriates facin...
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Bangla Press Desk : Four people, including a father and his daughter, were killed in separate road accidents in the capital on Friday night. A father and daughter died at the Science Lab intersection, while an auto-rickshaw driver and a passenge...
Bangla Press Desk : A series of allegations have emerged against former Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, with critics claiming that several of his decisions during his tenure hindered rather than advanced Bangla...
Bangla Press Desk : A clash between two groups of reporters erupted on Thursday at Jagannath University over an alleged attempt to occupy the office of the Jagannath University Journalists’ Association (JnUJA), centring on the upcoming election of th...
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Bangla Press Desk : Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said that the government is committed to further strengthening relations with countries around the world based on mutual respect, cooperation, and trust.He also highlighted that Bangladesh always...
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