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: The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations scheduled for today have been postponed, according to Information Adviser Mahfuj Alam. According to a statement signed by Md Mamun-or-Rashid, public r...
Bangla Press Desk: Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the casualties in the plane crash at Milestone School and College campus in the capital’s Uttara area. In a condolence message, th...
Bangla Press Desk: A decision by the Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (BICDA) to raise outbound cargo and container handling tariffs by up to 63% has sparked serious concern among exporters, who warn that the move could furthe...
Bangla Press Desk: A funeral parade was held this afternoon for Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, who was piloting the F-7 aircraft that crashed into a building of Milestone College in Dhaka's Uttara yesterday. The parade and a nama...
Bangla Press Desk: Students moved to Stadium Market area near Gulistan on Tuesday afternoon after being dispersed from the Secretariat by law enforcers using baton charge, sound grenades and teargas shells. Police have now taken position...
Bangla Press Desk: A judicial probe committee will be formed to investigate last week’s violence in Gopalganj that left five people dead, said Road Transport and Bridges Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan on Tuesday. No innocent people will be ha...
Bangla Press Desk: Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, who tragically lost his life in a fighter jet crash in Uttara of the capital, was laid to rest on Tuesday. His namaj-e-janaza was held at 4:30pm at the Rajshahi Muktijuddho Stadiu...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court (HC) has issued a rule asking the government to explain why the directives should not be given to provide Tk 5 crore as compensation to the family members of each deceased and Tk 1 crore to the family mem...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government is set to form a probe committee soon for investigating the deadly crash of a military aircraft into a school building at Uttara in the capital on Monday. Information Adviser Mahfuj Alam announc...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladeshi expatriates have sent inward US$1.7 billion in remittances in the first 21 days of July, the first month of the new fiscal 2025-26. Arif Hossain Khan, Executive Director and Spokesperson for the Bangladesh...
Bangla Press Desk: Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi has expressed their heartfelt condolences for those who lost their lives and their bereaved families who are in deep grief. “I am deeply saddened by the news of the loss of many...
Bangla Press Desk: A training fighter jet of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed in the Diabari area of Uttara in the capital around 1:18pm on Monday (21 July). Immediately after the crash, personnel from a nearby Bangladesh Army camp rush...
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