News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The full panel of Barrister Omar Sadat-led “Bhalobasar Gulshan” was elected unopposed in the Gulshan Society election held on Tuesday.As a result, Omar Sadat was re-elected as...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Thursday issued a travel ban on former DB chief Harun Or Rashid, actress Meher Afroz Shaon, and 10 others in a case filed by Shaon’s stepmother Nishi Islam. Judge Md Sanaullah of Dhaka Additional M...
Bangla Press Desk: Nahid Islam, founding convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), met Chief Adviser Prof Mohammad Yunus at his official residence, State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka, on Thursday. Nahid paid the courtesy call when...
Bangla Press Desk: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), has donated 667 metric tonnes of dates to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support Rohingya refugee c...
Staff Reporter: In light of the country’s current situation, Chief Adviser of the caretaker government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, has expressed deep frustration and disappointment. He reportedly questioned the value of remaining in his...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday commented the state will find an alternate mechanism if Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus feels he is incapable of fulfilling his duties of announcing an electi...
Bangla Press Desk: Members of the army and police were deployed in front of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) headquarters in the capital on Saturday morning amid escalating tensions over ongoing protests by NBR officials. Witnesse...
Bangla Press Desk: The UK’s serious and organised crime agency has frozen almost £90 million of luxury London property belonging to two men linked to the deposed ruler of Bangladesh, The Guardian reports. In a development that comes...
Bangla Press Desk: Ninety new dengue cases were recorded across the country in the 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the total number of cases to 3,857 since the beginning of this year. According to the Directorate General of H...
Bangla Press Desk: Amid growing political unease, Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has sat with a Jamaat-e-Islami delegation as part of his consultations with political parties. The head of the interim government met the Jamaat delegatio...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP has urged the interim government to announce a roadmap immediately after implementing necessary electoral reforms to ensure the national election is held by December this year. BNP Standing Committee Member Kha...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reaffirmed on Sunday that he will not remain in office beyond 30 June next year and that a national election will be held before that deadline. “Prof Yunus made it clear that the e...
Bangla Press Desk: The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has obtained an order to freeze the sale of a luxury London home owned by Sheikh Rehana — the younger sister of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports the Daily Mail. The...
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