News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Receding rivers are bringing relief to flood-hit areas of Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and Gaibandha, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) says.However, the centre warned...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Finance and Investment Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US-based Sovereign Infrastructure Group (SIG), a global financing company that works with project sponsors and Multilateral Development Ban...
Staff Reporter: Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Ambassador Rabab Fatima said today, “The lack of infrastructure, especially in the areas of ICT, health, and education was acutely felt during the COVID-19 pandemic hel...
Bangla Press Desk: Noted actor Sarah Begum Kabori, who was on life support, passed away today at 12:20am at the capital's Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute & Hospital. She was 70. The news was confirmed by Zayed Khan, General Secr...
Staff Reporter : In the last five decades, Bangladesh has made unprecedented progress and has become a surprise of the development, the permanent representatives of the United Nations, the permanent representatives and ambassadors of the United N...
Staff Reporter: The government has decided to reopen all shops and malls across the country from April 25 amid the strict lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19. The shops and malls will remain open from 10am to 5pm every day. Legal action will...
Staff Reporter: US President Joe Biden and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken greeting on golden jubilee and 50th National Day.US Secretary of State Blinken said in the press statement of the US Foreign Ministry, "The establishment of a safe a...
Banglapress Desk: Five family members and three domestic staff of Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir left Dhaka for Dubai by a chartered aircraft last night. The private jet left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around...
Staff Reporter : Hundreds of protesters clashed with Minneapolis police after the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Black man at a traffic stop. Daunte Wright, 20, was shot on Sunday afternoon after being stopped for a traffic violation. Police h...
Staff Reporter: The bodies of 26 people have been recovered in a collision between a sand-loaded bulkhead and a speedboat on the Banglabazar-Shimulia route in Shibchar, Madaripur. Several people are still missing in the incident. The accident too...
Bangla Press Desk: Rozina Islam, a senior reporter of Prothom Alo, was taken to Shahbagh Police Station after being detained at the Health Ministry for more than five hours. When she was taken to the police station after 8:30 pm, the on-duty police...
Bangla Press Desk: The bail hearing in the case filed against Daily Prothom Alo Senior Reporter Rozina Islam under Official Secrets Act has been held with passing no order on her bail today. A virtual court in Dhaka set Sunday (May 23) for pas...
Staff Reporter: The government has turned down the plea from Khaleda Zia's family for allowing her to go abroad for better treatment, citing legal grounds. "According to the existing law, there is no scope for granting the application to let BNP...
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