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: Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has said that many of Bangladesh’s “worst and most unjust practices” first began during the rule of the Awami League in the early 1970s.Speaking at a roundtable discussion titled “Police Reform in Bangladesh...
Bangla Press Desk: A full court meeting of the judges of both the Appellate Division and the High Court Division of the Supreme Court will be held on Tuesday.The information was revealed in a notice signed by High Court Division's Additional Registra...
Bangla Press Desk: Fisheries and Livestock Affairs Adviser Farida Akhter has said the government is committed to keeping electricity prices stable for citizens, even if it requires providing subsidies.Speaking at the closing ceremony of the ‘CAB Yout...
Bangla Press Desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a bus conductor for allegedly harassing a university student on a Ramzan Paribahan bus in the capital’s Mohammadpur area.The arrestee, Nizam Uddin, 45, worked as a conductor and driv...
Bangla Press Desk: Speakers at a seminar in Dhaka emphasised that accurate diagnosis is the cornerstone of effective medical treatment, noting that advanced digital diagnostic systems are now available domestically, enabling patients to receive...
Bangla Press Desk: A public notice has been published in two national newspapers against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 261 other fugitives accused in the much-discussed sedition case related to the “Joy Bangla Brigade”.According to a...
Bangla Press Desk: The Advisory Council has given final approval to the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance, 2025, aimed at strengthening the country’s previously “toothless” rights body by addressing major flaws in the existing la...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladeshi manpower export agencies must now meet 10 new criteria to send workers to Malaysia — including at least five years of satisfactory experience and evidence of sending a minimum of 3,000 workers abroad in the past f...
Bangla Press Desk: Winners of the National Policy Competition 2025, hosted by the Youth and Sports Ministry, from nine universities and one college across the country on Thursday exchanged greetings with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.The students...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire broke out at a Meena Bazar outlet in the capital’s Mohammadpur Mohammadia Housing Society on Thursday night.The blaze started around 9:04pm, confirmed a duty officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters Control...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Institute of Mass Communication (NIMC) under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is set to host a five-day training workshop on investigative journalism from 1 November.The workshop, which is being organised u...
Bangla Press Desk: Malaysian government has given the green signal to all eligible Bangladeshi agencies to participate in its labour recruitment process under a new uniform selection system. Dhaka now sees renewed prospects for a major boost in...
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