News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Rising energy, electricity and fertiliser costs due to the Middle East war, coupled with corruption, irregularities in the banking sector and persistent inflation inherited fr...
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Bangla Press Desk: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday provided emergency food assistance to families affected by the devastating fire that swept through the Korail slum on Tuesday (25 November).According to a WFP media stat...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 70,660 Bangladeshis living abroad have so far registered to vote through a postal ballot system for the first time ahead of the 13th national election and the upcoming referendum. According to the latest updat...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 39 more Bangladeshis have been deported from the United States. They arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a special US military flight on Friday morning.After their arrival at 5:30am, BRAC provided...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said India is examining Bangladesh’s request to extradite Sheikh Hasina after her conviction in the July massacre case, adding that the process is expected to begin with the e...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Communication Association (NCA) 2025 Annual Convention in Denver drew international academic attention to Bangladesh’s July 2024 student-led mass uprising, with multiple presentations examining how a...
Bangla Press Desk: The government on Thursday approved the draft of the RAJUK Ordinance 2025, while Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus directed the authorities concerned to create a separate authority to oversee the approval of buildings a...
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Bangla Press Desk: Anvir Bashundhara Group donated Tk1 lakh to each of the families of the three Fire Service members who were killed while risking their lives to extinguish the devastating fire in Gazipur in September. As part of hi...
Bangla Press Desk: Speakers at a roundtable discussion emphasised the need for coordinated, multi-sectoral action to build a safer digital environment for women and girls.United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in collaboration...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said that the government has instructed the law enforcers to swiftly arrest those involved in recent attacks on Baul artistes."The Council of Advisers didn't dis...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government has extended the tenure of Md Tariqul Islam Bhuiyan, also known as Tarique Choyon, first secretary (Press) at the Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, for another year.A notification signed by Ibrahim Bhuiya, add...
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Bangla Press Desk: The United Nations on Thursday paid tribute to Bangladesh’s peacekeepers, recognising their service and sacrifice in global peacekeeping operations, in a post shared on its official Facebook page.Since 1948, more than two mil...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has ordered that 158 Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) be transferred to various government offices ahead of the national election.The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regar...
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