News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Victims were remembered and calls for justice renewed on Friday as the nation observed the 13th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar.The eight-storey building, whic...
Bangla Press Desk: Environmental Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said the recent advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate finance, while not legally binding, establishes a moral obligation for responsible...
Bangla Press Desk: The managing director of Flight Expert — once a leading online flight and travel booking platform in Bangladesh — has reportedly gone missing, fueling widespread speculation that he may have fled with a significant amou...
Bangla Press Desk: Electricity has reached homes, mobile phones are present, yet children are not able to attend school. When illness strikes, going to a hospital is out of reach; access to clean water or sanitation facilities is absent. This i...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has published a gazette recognizing 1,558 more wounded July fighters for their sacrifices during the 2024 Mass Uprising. Of them, 210 have been enlisted in the critically injured 'B' category, while the res...
Bangla Press Desk: Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant on Posts, Telecommunications, and ICT Affairs to the Chief Adviser, stated that he has come under fire from telecom mafias for promoting cost efficiency, inter-project coordination,...
Bangla Press Desk: Members of the underworld criminal in Khulna are increasingly falling victim to targeted killings. Disputes over drug money distribution, territorial dominance, extortion, and long-standing rivalries are pushing variou...
Bangla Press Desk: Only two days are left before the inauguration of the “July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum,” as the interim government earlier announced it would be inaugurated on 5 August this year. But it is far from ready, as almost 6...
Bangla Press Desk: ABM Khairul Haque, former chief justice and ex-chairman of the Law Commission – widely regarded as the legal architect of the country's recent slide into authoritarianism – was arrested early Thursday morning from his res...
Bangla Press Desk: ABM Khairul Haque, former chief justice and ex-chairman of the Law Commission – widely regarded as the legal architect of the country's recent slide into authoritarianism – was arrested early Thursday morning from his re...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh needs a dedicated air base for pilots to train on fighter jets and conduct exercises, Air Vice Marshal Mahmud Hussain (Retd) has said. On Monday night, speaking with the Daily Sun, the retired Air Force off...
Bangla Press Desk: The pilot who was flying the F7 aircraft that crashed into a building of Milestone College in Dhaka's Uttara has been identified as Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar. According to ISPR, Flight Lieutenant Sagar, of...
Bangla Press Desk: The death toll from the training jet crash at Milestone College in Dhaka's Uttara has risen to 27. Professor Md Sayedur Rahman, the special assistant to the chief adviser for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, co...
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