News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has warned that no one seeking to undermine stability in Bangladesh will be spared.He made the remarks on Friday morning while sp...
Bangla Press Desk: Every year about one million Bangladeshis travel abroad for treatment, 53% of them for diagnosis. Around Tk50,000 crore is spent overseas per annum. Bangladesh now ranks 10th globally for outbound medical travel.In this situa...
Bangla Press Desk: The Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) has expressed deep sorrow and condolence at the death of Md. Nurul Amin, father of Nazrul Islam, a DCAB member and diplomatic correspondent of Dhaka Post.He passed...
Bangla Press Desk: Fourteen months after the uprising that ended Sheikh Hasina’s authoritarian rule, the families of hundreds killed in the protests say the interim administration’s pledges to honour the “martyrs of July” have faded into silenc...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has emphasised his party’s commitment to building a united Bangladesh, which will include all ethnic communities and actively promote their cultures and traditions, if elected in th...
Bangla Press Desk: Firefighters brought under control a major fire incident at a community centre building in Mirpur past midnight on Saturday after two hours of efforts.Seven firefighting units worked to successfully contain the incident around 12:0...
Bangla Press Desk: More than 14 months after an incident in Bogura, a case has been filed accusing former President Abdul Hamid, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, and 169 others of attempted murder.Md...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has taken a decision to cancel the gazette that had designated Cox’s Bazar Airport as an international one just 12 days ago.An official circular regarding the cancellation will be issued on Sunday (26 Oct), Gro...
Bangla Press Desk: Members from Savar Model Police Station submitted maiden charge sheet in the Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Court against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a murder case filed over a killing Nabi Nur Morol during the Ju...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 309 Bangladeshi nationals who had voluntarily expressed their wish to return home from Libya have been repatriated under the supervision of the Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli, with full cooperation from the Government of...
Bangla Press Desk:The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has handed over financial assistance cheques totaling Tk29 lakh to eight family members who were killed and injured in road accidents in Joypurhat district.BRTA Chairman and Additional...
Bangla Press Desk: Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), has said that the Chief Adviser’s vision and aspirations for reforms could not be effectively carried forward by his associates and the bureauc...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Navy has detained nine Indian fishermen along with a trawler for illegally entering Bangladeshi waters and fishing.Md Anisur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mongla Thana, said the fishermen were apprehended by Navy...
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