News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman left here this morning for his home district Bogura on his maiden visit since he assumed office as the head of the government following the 13th...
Bangla Press Desk: India has halted construction works for at least three ongoing projects and five other pending ones for linking the mainland with the country’s seven northeastern states through Bangladeshi railway network. The ong...
Bangla Press Desk: Gold prices in Bangladesh have reached a new record, with 22-carat gold rising by Tk5,342 to Tk1,77,887 per bhori (11.664 grams), the highest ever in the country. The Standing Committee on Pricing and Price Monitor...
Bangla Press Desk: Authorities on Tuesday announced the closure of Dhaka City College for two days – Wednesday and Thursday – following a clash between students of this college and those of Dhaka College near the Science Laboratory inte...
Bangla Press Desk: Claiming that social business can bring millions of people out of poverty, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said poverty is created due to a wrong economic system. "We are aware that poverty is not cre...
Bangla Press Desk: Qatar on Tuesday agreed to renew a recently expired memorandum of understanding (MoU) on LNG (liquefied natural gas) supply for Bangladesh and work on technical details for a proposed land-based LNG terminal in Bangla...
Bangla Press Desk: Hundreds of students staged a protest rally in Dhaka on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of the vice-chancellor of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET). Dhaka University (DU) students and alumni...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated the processes to bring back ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina and her allegedly corrupt family members into the country to face justice, ACC Commissioner Brigadier Genera...
Bangla Press Desk: The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has issued a red notice to facilitate the extradition of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) in Bangladesh Benazir Ahmed, after his arrest from anywhere i...
Bangla Press Desk: Price of 22-carat gold dropped by Tk5,342 per bhori on Wednesday, a day after the rate hit a historic high of Tk1,72,546. The Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association (BAJUS) announced the new rate for the top-rated gold...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has met with the Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan bin Ali Al Thani on the sidelines of the Earthna Summit. T...
Bangla Press Desk: The Labour Reform Commission in its final report to the interim government has recommended that a ‘permanent minimum wage commission’ should determine a national minimum wage for workers across all sectors irrespectiv...
Noman Sabit, from New York: Md. Abdul Khaleque, Secretary, Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs reaffirmed Bangladesh Government’s unwavering commitment to uphold the constitutional guarantee in promoting and protecting the rights...
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