News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: India’s Border Security Force (BSF) is reportedly divided over a proposal to deploy crocodiles and snakes in unfenced riverine stretches along the Bangladesh border to deter “...
Bangla Press Desk: Voting in the long-anticipated Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall union elections has commenced amid much enthusiasm and festivity after a six-year hiatus. Balloting starts at 8:00 am on Tuesday (9 Septem...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Monday that the government would ensure round-the-clock surveillance of 33,000 puja mandaps across the country to guarantee the peaceful celebration of Durga Puja – the lar...
Bangla Press Desk: Emeritus president of Gono Forum Dr Kamal Hossain has been admitted to a private hospital in the capital with age-related complications. Gono Forum general secretary Mizanur Rahman confirming the matter to the media...
Bangla Press Desk: The Ministry of Finance has canceled a proposal to purchase 60 cars for incoming ministers, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed confirmed on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Pr...
Bangla Press Desk: The Dhaka University Teachers’ Network has observed that while there were some irregularities and mismanagement during this year’s DUCSU election, the polls could not be termed unacceptable. Professor Gitiara Nasre...
Bangla Press Desk: Swatantra Shikkharthi Oikya (Independent Students' Unity) panel vice-president candidate Umama Fatema has announced to boycott the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU), describing the polls as “utterly sham...
Bangla Press Desk: DUCSU’s Vice President-elect Shadik Kayem has got only 10 votes at the Jagannath Hall. His fellow Islami Chhatra Shibir leader SM Farhad got only 5 votes for the general secretary post at the hall. Shibir’s Mohiuddin...
Bangla Press Desk: NBR’s intelligence wing on Wednesday seized a bank locker and froze two bank accounts belonging to ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina, the wing’s Director General Ahsan Habib has told reporters. Acting on a tip-off, the C...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman and senior leaders on Wednesday met British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke and discussed issues of mutual interest, including the upcoming national election....
Bangla Press Desk: Brahmanbaria Sadar Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge (OC), Muzaffar Hossain, has been removed from his post for making a post about the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) elections in his personal Faceboo...
Bangla Press Desk: Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday assured that all Bangladeshis stranded in Nepal, including members of the national football team, are safe and will be able to return once the situation there nor...
Bangla Press Desk: There is an error on the ballot papers for the Jatiya Kabi Nazrul Islam Hall student union election, and officials have provided necessary guidelines to student voters to circumvent the mistake. The dormitory’s polling officia...
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