News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, commemorating the birth and death anniversary of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), will be observed across the country on 26 August with due religiou...
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Bangla Press Desk: The upcoming general elections will further improve the country’s stability and its law and order situation, a senior army official said at a press briefing held at Dhaka Cantonment on Wednesday.The army, like the general people, a...
Bangla Press Desk: Climate-induced losses worth Tk1.35 billion ($11 million) were recorded across 19 districts in Bangladesh through Oxfam’s new “Loss and Damage Dashboard”, with each affected person suffering an average loss of Tk117,000 ($954), acc...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Wednesday filed a case against eight individuals, including Centre for Research and Information (CRI) chairman Sajeeb Wazed Joy and vice-chairperson Saima Wazed Putul, for alleged tax evasion, e...
Bangla Press Desk: The Appellate Division on Wednesday released the full verdict acquitting BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case, overturning the High Court ruling that had upheld a 10-year jail sentence...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast storms with wind speeds up to 60 kilometers per hour in four districts by Wednesday evening.The department advised river ports in those areas to hoist cautiona...
Bangla Press Desk: Five members of a family were killed, and two other injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a microbus in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria upazila on Wednesday morning.Police said the victims include four women...
Bangla Press Desk: The government is firmly committed to promoting sustainable and environment-friendly technology to ensure a greener future for Bangladesh, said Adviser to the Ministries of Industries and Housing & Public Works Adil...
Bangla Press Desk: Around one hundred community health care providers (CHCPs) continued their demonstration for the second consecutive day today, demanding payment of their 16-month arrears and permanent employment.Taking position in fron...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire gutted six warehouses filled with jhut (garment scraps) in Ambag area of Gazipur city on Wednesday morning.The fire broke out around 6:30am at a warehouse located at Barbuchi Mor under ward No-11 of Konabari Pol...
Bangla Press Desk: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Dr Iftikharuzzaman said, “More than 50 per cent of losses in projects under the government’s climate change fund involve political connections. The nature...
Bangla Press Desk: The Supreme Court has decided to promote over 1,000 lower court judges, in one of the largest judicial promotion rounds in recent years.As per the decision, 300 lower court judges will be elevated to the rank of district judge and...
Bangla Press Desk: Journalist Kazi Iftekhar Rahman has been honoured with the Bangladesh Achievers Award 2025 in the Best Journalist (International News) category. BNP Vice Chairman Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon and renowned actor Azizul Hakim handed ov...
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