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: Two Bangladeshi nationals who were picked up by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from Gatiarvita border in Patgram upazila on Friday night were sent back after being held for nearly eight hours. Me...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court on Saturday released the full verdict that upheld the death penalty of 20 students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) and life imprisonment for five others in Abrar Fahad murd...
Bangla Press Desk: Unidentified assailants attacked the car carrying NCP leader Hasnat Abdullah at Chandana intersection in Gazipur on Sunday, leaving last year’s key uprising leader with injuring in the hand. Abdul Hannan Masud, ano...
Bangla Press Desk: Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said on Sunday that the interim government will present a manageable and realistic budget for the forthcoming 2025-26 fiscal year even if support from the International Monetary Fund (...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus ordered a high-level committee to ensure fair prices for sacrificial animal skins during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha and prevent syndicate control. The chief adviser issued the direct...
Bangla Press Desk: Any meaningful repatriation remains unlikely under current conditions in Myanmar, Adviser for Foreign Affairs of the Interim Government Touhid Hossain said on Monday. He blamed the stalemate on Myanmar’s ongoing ci...
Bangla Press Desk: A court has ordered Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the spokesman for the Sammilito Sanatani Jagaran Jote, to be shown arrested in four more cases in Chattogram. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate SM Alauddin Mahm...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged young people to participate more in political activities to translate their dreams into reality and bring meaningful changes to their respective societies. The Chief...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, along with her two daughters-in-law, including Tarique Rahman’s wife Dr Zubaida Rahman, returned home on Monday after nearly four months of advanced treatment in London. A Qatari royal...
Bangla Press Desk: The Council of Advisers in a meeting on Tuesday approved the draft of the Cyber Surokkha Adhyadesh-2025 (Cyber Protection Ordinance-2025)’, abolishing a number of provisions of the Cyber Security Act-2023 as the inter...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has suspended NID verification services for Ansar-VDP and BRAC Bank after finding credible evidence of National Identity (NID) data leaks.“The services (access to the NID verification services) have...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief of Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan, departed Dhaka for Italy on Wednesday to attend the AeroSpace Power Conference (ASPC), scheduled to be held on 8-9 May. He is at...
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