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: There would be 2,950 more polling centres and 19,000 more polling rooms in the upcoming general election compared with the previous election, as per estimates by the Election Commission (EC). In the January 2024 electi...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said the government is now ready to hand over power to the elected representatives as it has already announced the election timeframe. "We are now ready to hand ove...
Bangla Press Desk: Myanmar’s armed rebel group Arakan Army has reportedly abducted five Bangladeshi fishermen along with their trawler from the Naf River estuary in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Confirming the matter, Teknaf Upazila Nir...
Bangla Press Desk: A nationwide survey by the non-partisan citizen platform SHUJAN (Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik) or Citizens for Good Governance shows that 89% of respondents support limiting a person to two terms as Prime Minister, alongsid...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has set a target to bring all public servants under the Universal Pension Scheme introduced in 2023, Finance Secretary Khairuzzaman Majumder said on Wednesday. “Ultimately our goal is to bring the go...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court has ordered authorities to prepare a list of the looters of white stones from Sylhet’s Sada Pathor area, and asked them to ensure the looted stones are dumped back into the Dholai river within seven days....
Bangla Press Desk: A teacher of Uttara’s Milestone School and College who sustained burn injuries during the recent plane crash died while undergoing treatment at the Burn Institute at around 12:45 pm on Thursday. The victim, Mahfuza, 45...
Bangla Press Desk: Law enforcers have recovered 35,000 cubic feet of white stones from 70 trucks in Sylhet as of Thursday noon, the district administration’s officials told reporters. They would soon be dumped back into the Dholai river...
Bangla Press Desk: Three people were killed and seven others injured as two buses collided on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Kanaipur Bazar in Faridpur district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Atier Sheikh, son of Sahir Uddin Shei...
Bangla Press Desk: Authorities have heightened security across Gopalganj district on Friday, the day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members were assassinated 50 years ago. Additional police personnel have be...
Bangla Press Desk: A newborn has died as a local syndicate in Shariatpur allegedly blocked an ambulance carrying the critically ill baby to a Dhaka hospital for better treatment. The incident took place in Sadar upazila on Thursday. D...
Bangla Press Desk: A heart-wrenching tragedy has hit the village of Bamanshekhar in Rajshahi’s Paba upazila, as four members of a family were found dead in their earthen home on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Minarul...
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