News and updates from Bangladesh
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 hardli...
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Bangla Press Desk: Legendary folk singer Farida Parveen was laid to eternal rest at the municipal graveyard in Kushtia town on Sunday night. She was buried in the same grave where her father Delwar Hossain and mother Roufa Begum had been...
Bangla Press Desk: Three people, including a police officer, were killed as a bus collided head on with a truck in Narail. The accident took place on the Narail-Jashore highway in Bhangura Bazar area of Bagherpara upazila of the district...
Bangla Press Desk: Sadhan Chandra Majumder was born into a lower-middle-class family in Shibpur Baldahghat village of Niamatpur upazila in Naogaon. For someone from such a family background, becoming a minister was itself a surprise. His po...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged Bangladesh’s youths to use their talent, energy and creativity for the country’s development, saying no problem will remain unsolved if they stay active and involved....
Bangla Press Desk: Protesters went on a rampage in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Monday opposing the demarcation of Faridpur-4 constituency by the Election Commission. They vandalised Bhanga Police Station, Upazila Parishad bui...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday placed Enayet Karim Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi-origin United States (US) citizen, on a two-day remand on Monday over alleged suspicious movements in the ministerial zone near Minto Road in the capit...
Bangla Press Desk: A 14-year-old girl, who sustained burn injuries in a gas explosion near the BSCIC area of Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Monday night, becoming the third casualty in the f...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today visited the Dhakeshwari National Temple here to exchange greetings with members of the Hindu community on the occasion of the upcoming Sharadiya Durga Puja. He arrived at th...
Bangla Press Desk: Before 2008, Sadhan Chandra Majumder used to sit on mats at different village markets to buy paddy. He would deliver that paddy to different destinations by bullock cart. In this way, he became a rice trader. In the 1980...
Bangla Press Desk: The trial of ousted fascist prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her former top aides for crimes against humanity during last year’s July uprising is now moving into its final stage, with prosecutors preparing to open...
Bangla Press Desk: The 12th Asian Tourism Fair 2025 will kick off in Dhaka on Thursday. This fair will be held from 18-20 September at the International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka. A press conference in this regard was held...
Bangla Press Desk: The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) on Tuesday recommended approval of a proposal for repair works at the Bibiyana South 400 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant under the Bangladesh Power Development...
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