24 April 2026

CATEGORY: BANGLADESH

News and updates from Bangladesh

Pressure to repay foreign debt mounts

by Banglapress 7 months ago

Bangla Press Desk:   The pressure to repay foreign loans taken by previous governments is increasing on and on. For the first time, the interim government paid back more than $4 billion in foreign loans in the 2024-25 fiscal year. At the same time, t...

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Consensus commission holding 3rd round of talks

by Banglapress 7 months ago

Bangla Press Desk:   The National Consensus Commission today began the third round of talks with the political parties in order to discuss implementation of the July Charter. The meeting kicked off at 11:25am at Doel Hall in the capital’s Foreign...

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Have faith in Prof Yunus

by Banglapress 7 months ago

  Bangla Press Desk: At the international conference on Rohingya refugees held in Cox’s Bazar last Monday, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus said, “The country is ready for the February elections.” Earlier, on the anniversary of the July Revo...

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Number of Rohingya increasing immensely

by Banglapress 7 months ago

  Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh government and international organisations are struggling to manage the approximately 1.3 million Rohingya refugees in 33 camps across Cox’s Bazar's Ukhiya and Teknaf. The high birth rate among the Rohingya...

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Mafia-style looting in the power sector

by Banglapress 7 months ago

  Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s power sector has become heavily dependent on Summit Group, leaving the country virtually hostage to its control. Under the autocratic Awami League government, the sector was made dependent and exposed to seri...

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Accident on Mawa Expressway leaves 3 dead

by Banglapress 7 months ago

  Bangla Press Desk: Three people, including a woman, were killed and another was injured as a private car carrying them veered off Mawa Expressway in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj district early Thursday. The identities of the victims a...

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Three killed as car crashes on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway

by Banglapress 7 months ago

  Bangla Press Desk: Three people were killed, and another was injured when a car overturned after hitting a guardrail in Munshiganj's Srinagar upazila .yesterday. The incident took place around 5:50am in the Shologhor area on the Dhaka-Ma...

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