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: Candidates recommended for assistant teacher positions in government primary schools have launched a sit-in at Shahbagh, demanding immediate appointment and posting.The protesters gathered outside the National Museum in the morning...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will visit Jashore on Monday to inaugurate different development projects, lay foundation stone of a medical college and join a street rally.The premier will leave Dhaka for Jashore by air in the morni...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government has appointed new directors general to 11 departments and agencies, including the Directorate General of Food and the Department of Environment, as part of an ongoing administrative shake-up.New chairmen have also be...
Bangla Press Desk: Victims were remembered and calls for justice renewed on Friday as the nation observed the 13th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar.The eight-storey building, which housed several apparel factories, collapsed due...
Bangla Press Desk: Zamil Ahamed Limon, the Bangladeshi doctoral student who had gone missing alongside another student, has been found dead in the US, bdnews24.com reported citing NBC News.Limon’s body was recovered on Friday morning (local tim...
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 speaking to reporters after inaugurating Swaraswati...
Bangla Press Desk: A mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping across 21 districts, while rain clouds are building over northeastern Bangladesh, the Met Office says.In a special warning issued on Friday, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BM...
Bangla Press Desk: Another child has died with measles-like symptoms at Sylhet’s MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, taking the number of such deaths at the facility to seven.The child, 10-year-old Arif, died around 10am on Friday while underg...
Bangla Press Desk: Four elected leaders of the Jagannath University Central Students’ Union (JnUCSU) have accused Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) of exploiting the student body as a tool to further its political agenda.They have also accused ICS, t...
Bangla Press Desk: A major controversy has emerged in Bangladesh cricket following allegations that the country’s decision to withdraw from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was influenced by a hardline stance taken by interim government adviser Asif...
Bangla Press Desk: A new chapter in the recognition of Bengali heritage has begun as the New York State Senate adopted a significant resolution calling for April 14 to be officially declared as "Bangla New Year Day".The resolution, adopted on A...
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Bangla Press Desk: City-dwellers brace for greater power outage as the government decides to go for a trial 110-megawatt load-shedding in the capital for uninterrupted electricity supply for irrigation in rural areas amid nationwide heatwave an...
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