News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: AmCham Bangladesh deeply mourns the passing of Dr Forrest E. Cookson, former President of AmCham Bangladesh.He passed away last night while undergoing treatment at United Hosp...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus met with the United Nations Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Tuesday. The Resident Coordinator commended UN’s robust cooperation w...
Bangla Press Desk: A case was filed against 408 people, including deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, recently, for their alleged involvement in the murder of a man during the July-August uprising. Mostafizur Rahman Bappi, brothe...
Bangla Press Desk: Indian police have detained 1,024 Bangladeshi migrants in a sweeping crackdown in the western state of Gujarat aimed at deporting people living there illegally, the state government said Saturday. The Indian govern...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has decided to announce Bogura as the 13th city corporation of the country. A public notice, signed by Bogura Deputy Commissioner Hosna Afroza, was issued in this regard on Sunday, according to BSS....
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh received a record $2.27 billion in remittance in the first 26 days of April, according to an updated report published by Bangladesh Bank. As per the report, the country is receiving $87.3 million in remi...
Bangla Press Desk: The Technical Students' Movement, which is protesting for the six-point demand, has announced new programmes. This time they have given a shutdown programme in all the polytechnic institutes across the country. The...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Mohammad Ejaz has said authorities are planning to set up "air purifiers” in at least 50 places in Dhaka to prevent air pollution. On Monday, he said discussions we...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has officially given the green light to Elon Musk-owned Starlink to launch commercial satellite services in the country, making Bangladesh the second country to do so in South Asia....
Bangla Press Desk: The first Hajj flight of the year from Bangladesh (Flight BG-3501) landed at the Hajj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia at 7:30am (local time) today. Bangladesh’s Ambassador...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on eight directors of Prochhaya Limited for their involvement in embezzling over Tk59,000 crore from the construction works of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in connivance with o...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered the seizure of an apartment of Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in Gulshan. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed...
Bangla Press Desk: Referring to the tense situation between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir attack, Chief Adviser Prof Mohammad Yunus has categorically said that he does not support war anywhere in the world. “I have a strong objection to...
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