News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The government may refrain from renewing the work permits of foreign nationals found involved in illegal activities, particularly in Bangladesh's export-oriented apparel secto...
Bangla Press Desk: The Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) authorities in Dhaka have found no explosive-like device following their search for a bomb on a Biman flight bound to Kathmandu. The BG-373 flight was scheduled to...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has sent Abul Barkat, former chairman of Janata Bank and prominent economist, to jail in connection with a Tk297 crore embezzlement case. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Spokesperson Akhtarul Islam s...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has over the past 18 months registered the biggest influx of Rohingya refugees since the mass exodus of Myanmar's largely Muslim minority nearly a decade ago, the United Nations said Friday. The UN refug...
Bangla Press Desk: More than 34,600 people have been affected by flooding across five Upazilas in Feni, according to local administration. As water levels begin to recede in some areas, many displaced residents return home from shelt...
Bangla Press Desk: Saima Wazed, the controversial regional director for the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), has been sent on indefinite leave effective Friday (11 July). The move comes amid ongoing...
Bangla Press Desk : Students from various universities, including Dhaka University, Buet, Jagannath University (JnU) and Jahangirnagar University (JU) staged demonstrations on Friday night protesting the brutal killing of a trader in front...
Bangla Press Desk: Tarek Rahman Robin, an accused in the brutal killing of scrap metal trader Lal Chand alias Sohag in the Mitford Hospital area of Old Dhaka, has given a statement confessing his part in the sensational murder. Robin is th...
Bangla Press Desk : The BNP lodged a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday accusing 35 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, of their alleged involvement in enforced disappearance during her...
Bangla Press Desk: The July Memorial Museum will be inaugurated on 5 August as the work of the museum is almost at its final stage. "Preparations are underway accordingly (to open the museum on 5 August)," Cultural Affairs Adviser Mo...
Bangla Press Desk : Exactly when the national election will be held in Bangladesh is still unresolved. Doubts and uncertainties have arisen in politics regarding the election. In this context, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has...
Bangla Press Desk:National Consensus Commission Vice Chair Professor Ali Riaz on Tuesday urged all political parties to demonstrate flexibility on the remaining reform issues and reminded them that any failure to finalise the Nati...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government has decided to observe state mourning on 16 July (Wednesday), marking “July Martyrs’ Day”. This decision was announced in a notification signed by Cabinet Division Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rash...
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