News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday urged American businesses to invest in Bangladesh with confidence and for the long term, saying his government wants to build a durab...
Bangla Press Desk: Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmeen S Murshid on Thursday paid a courtesy call on BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and expressed profound sorrow at the death of Begum Khaleda Zia.During the meetin...
Bangla Press Desk: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced eight journalists and social media commentators on Friday to life imprisonment in absentia after convicting them of terrorism-related offences linked to online activity in support of...
Bangla Press Desk: The nomination paper of Nagorik Oikya President Mahmudur Rahman Manna has been cancelled for the Bogra-2 (Shibganj) constituency.District Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Md Taufiqur Rahman announced the decision at 3:30pm...
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Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said that the Awami League no longer enjoys public acceptance and that he sees no future for the party in Bangladesh’s political landscape.Speaking to journalists on Friday morning...
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Bangla Press Desk: Aminul Islam, a retired government official, never actively participated in politics. Yet he joined the funeral prayers of Khaleda Zia.Amid the sea of people on Manik Mia Avenue in Dhaka, the 68-year-old Islam said he had dev...
Bangla Press Desk: Ferry operations on the Paturia–Daulatdia river route resumed at around 10am on Friday after remaining suspended for seven hours due to dense fog.Two ferries anchored mid-river during the suspension safely reached the termina...
Bangla Press Desk: The story dates back to the very end of March 1971. As dusk fell, two military jeeps pulled up outside a guerrilla training camp in Sajek Valley in the Chittagong Hill Tracts — an area where fighters of the Mizo National Fron...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Islamic Foundation, an organisation under the Ministry of Religious Affairs, has said that special prayers will be offered in all mosques across the country on Friday for former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia.In a...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Army-led joint forces in separate drives across the country arrested 157 suspected criminals in the last eight days from 25 December 2025 to 1 January 2026.Various infantry divisions and independent briga...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) has published a new schedule for the postponed viva voce of candidates who passed the written test of the 46th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS).The detailed schedule has bee...
Bangla Press Desk: A mysterious fire broke out at the old building of the Jashore Registry Office on Thursday night, destroying centuries-old documents, including volume books, balam registers, index books, and other important records.The...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire broke out at a jute warehouse in the Shaildubi area of Kashimpur in Gazipur on Thursday evening.The blaze started around 6pm, according to local sources.After the fire broke out, warehouse workers and local resid...
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