News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday inaugurated a new 500-bed building at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital in Dhaka.The Prime Minister formally opened the...
Bangla Press desk : A case has been lodged against 475 people over vandalism, arson, and attack on police personnel in Gopalganj Sadar upazila, centring the NCP rally on Wednesday. Inspector Ali Ahmed filed the lawsuit with Sadar Police...
Bangla Press desk : Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has apologised in advance for possible traffic congestion and public suffering in the capital centring its national rally, slated to be held at Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday.The rally is aimed at pressin...
Bangla Press Desk: A documentary titled ‘Heroes Without Capes: Private Universities in July’ has been produced to commemorate the vital and courageous role played by the students of private universities during the July mass uprising. Mad...
Bangla Press Desk: One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 62 this year. The death has been reported in the Dhaka North...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman was admitted to a hospital in the capital on Saturday evening. According to the party press wing, Shafiqur’s condition is stable, as his blood pressure and sugar levels ar...
Bangla Press Desk: Bank Asia has moved to auction mortgaged properties worth Tk116.45 crore of Partex Coal Ltd, a concern of Partex Group, to recover outstanding loans. According to a public notice issued recently by the bank’s Mohakhal...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 18 people have died and dozens are missing after a tourist boat carrying more than 50 capsized Saturday in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay, state media said. The vessel was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members w...
Bangla Press Desk: Four murder cases have been filed against 5,400 unnamed individuals in connection with the deadly violence during a National Citizen Party (NCP) rally in Gopalganj that left five people dead. On Saturday night, four...
Bangla Press Desk: The Gopalganj district administration has lifted a curfew and Section 144 imposed following attacks by Awami League activists on NCP leaders and law enforcers about four days ago. The district magistrate issued a noti...
Bangla Press Desk: Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Sunday firmly said Bangladesh will not be the same again as it was in the previous times. “This is our firm belief that the future Bangladesh will not be the same as in the previous...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday convicted and sentenced former chief engineer of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Md Shahidul Alam to six years of rigorous imprisonment in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission....
Bangla Press Desk: The trial against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 22 others is set to begin soon in six graft cases over the alleged embezzlement of government plots in the Purbachal New Town Project. Dhaka Metropolita...
E-paper