News and updates from Bangladesh
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Bangla Press Desk: The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has fined 120 establishments across 46 districts a total of Tk 9,93,200 following market inspections targeting essential commo...
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Bangla Press Desk: Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization's Southeast Asia head and daughter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Wednesday, according to her resignation letter seen by Reuters, following fraud investigations by the...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has adopted a slew of stringent and effective measures to curb the persistent tendency of cost and time overruns in public-works projects, Prime Minister Tarek Rahman informed parliament Wednesday.Responding to a wri...
Bangla Press Desk: Heaving under huge debts and liabilities, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has sought immunity from the provision of mandatory depositing of surplus funds in state exchequer.Under the act titled 'Deposition of Surplus Money of...
Bangla Press Desk: A safety audit committee has identified 27 defective bearing pads on the metro- rail route as "critical" and detected cracks of varying degrees in 46 pillars, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam informed Pa...
Bangla Press Desk: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Wednesday told Parliament that the conduct of Supreme Court Bar Association President AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, MP, that prompted Chief Justice Zubayer Rah...
Bangla Press Desk: Two-day training of trainers began at the Madhumati Auditorium of the Department of Social Services to provide training to data collectors and supervisors engaged in the nationwide family card programme.Minister for Soc...
Bangla Press Desk: Parliament on Wednesday passed the Bank Resolution (Amendment) Bill, 2026, scrapping a controversial provision that had created an avenue for former shareholders of banks brought under resolution to regain shares, asset...
Bangla Press Desk: Two Bangladeshi women returned home through the Benapole land port on Tuesday after serving jail terms in India.The returnees were identified as Laboni Biswas, daughter of Labu Biswas of Ghagha village and Moni Biswas,...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has claimed to have found evidence suggesting the involvement of actor Ashraful Haque Don in the murder of popular film actor Chowdhury Mohammad Shahriar Emon alias Salman Shah, bas...
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Bangla Press Desk: The High Court on Wednesday declined to allow sleeper buses to operate on highways without approval from the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), saying only vehicles authorised by the regulator can run on the roads.Th...
Bangla Press Desk: The Cabinet Division has asked all government ministries, divisions and their subordinate offices not to use honorifics such as ‘His Excellency’ and ‘Honourable’ before the titles of the President, Prime Minister, ministers,...
Bangla Press Desk: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Wednesday strongly condemned the harassment of noted actress Azmeri Haque Badhan in Italy, saying such incidents undermine Bangladesh’s image.“We are against any kind of...
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