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: A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the seizure of several properties owned by the members of the Sheikh family in the capital, Khulna and at Tungipara in Gopalganj. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain pa...
Bangla Press Desk: The historic May Day is being observed on Thursday in the country and elsewhere across the world in a befitting manner. The theme of the day for this is "Workers and owners united; Let's rebuild this country anew."...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court (HC) on Wednesday granted bail to former International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) leader Chandan Kumar Dhar, known as Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, in a sedition case filed on charge...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked second on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 176 at 11:00am this morning (May 01, 2025). Today’s air was classified as ‘...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will return home on Monday after her medical check-up in London. BNP Standing Committee Member AZM Zahid Hossain told BSS t...
Bangla Press Desk: Police Week-2025 has started with the theme 'My Police, My Country, Bangladesh without Discrimination'. This time, the police members placed a series of demands, including the formation of an independent police commis...
Bangla Press Desk: Highlighting the importance of workers welfare through joint efforts, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said the mass desire to build New Bangladesh would remain unfulfilled if the workers' conditions...
Bangla Press Desk: Observing that the next seven months are crucial for Bangladesh's economy, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said the interim government has taken an ambitious plan to expand the capacity of Ch...
Bangla Press Desk: Thousands of leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam gathered at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka to attend their pre-announced grand rally, to press home their five-point demand including withdrawal of cases f...
Bangla Press Desk: Tea workers in Sylhet threatened to block Sylhet Airport road on Sunday, to press home their 11-point demand including payment of their dues. Some 2500 workers along with their families will block the road on Sunda...
Bangla Press Desk: The official Facebook page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has been hacked, a senior officer of the ministry said on Saturday. He said they came to know about this morning and the hackers took control ove...
Bangla Press Desk: When Aklima, a 38-year-old garment worker from Manikganj, lost her job in 2017, she turned to the labour court hoping for justice. Eight years later, her case remains unresolved, drained by countless trips to Dhaka, m...
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