23 April 2026

CATEGORY: BANGLADESH

News and updates from Bangladesh

Foreign debt repayment tops $4b for first time

by Banglapress 7 months ago

  Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s annual foreign debt repayment crossed US$4 billion for the first time in the country’s history in the last 2024-25 fiscal year (FY25). According to a report released by the Economic Relations Division...

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Country tormented by extortion

by Banglapress 7 months ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  Just as discussions around the brutal murder of Old Dhaka businessman Md. Sohag (aka Lal Chand) are still fresh, another shocking extortion case surfaced last Saturday in Gulshan, Dhaka, where individuals claiming to be...

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Govt forms new Press Council committee

by Banglapress 7 months ago

  Bangla Press Desk: The government has announced a new committee of the Bangladesh Press Council for a two-year term. The committee includes representatives from journalists’ associations, the Editors’ Council, the University Grants C...

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Taposh, a godfather of Dhaka’s underworld

by Banglapress 7 months ago

    Bangla Press Desk: Awami League leader Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh was an unfortunate orphan. But he used the condolences and extra affection he received from well-wishers to his own advantage, becoming a major criminal ringleader. He not...

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SC acquits Mobarak in 1971 war crimes case

by Banglapress 7 months ago

  Bangla Press Desk: The Supreme Court today acquitted Mobarak Hossain in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed in 1971, overturning the death sentence handed down by the International Crimes Tribunal-1 in 2014. The Appellate...

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