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...
Banglapress Desk: People in different parts of the country are suffering from extreme cold due to intensification of winter across the country. Blankets have been distributed among the cold-stricken people in Sadar upazila of Sherpur district to he...
Staff Reporter: Bangladesh has reaffirmed its full and unwavering commitment to the world free of nuclear weapons at the United Nations. Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Rabab Fatima spoke at the UN General Assembly in N...
Staff Reporter: Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima reiterated Bangladesh’s deep commitment to the peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts of the UN. She was speaking at the High Level Replenishment Conferenc...
Staff Reporter: A day-long freelancing seminar is going to be held at Srimangal in Moulvibazar very soon to make the youth interested in freelancing profession. The seminar will be held next Saturday (January 30) at the Srimangal District Council A...
Banglapress Desk: The results of last year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations show a 100% pass rate as the government published the results without holding the tests due to the coronavirus situation. Prime Minister She...
Banglapress Desk: A Satkhira court on Thursday sentenced former BNP MP Habibul Islam Habib and two others to 10 years of imprisonment in a case filed over the 2002 attack on Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina's convoy in Kalaroa. Chief Judicial Magis...
Staff Reporter: Bangladesh called upon the international community to come together to deal effectively with the Corona epidemic in an efficient and effective manner. Speaking at a briefing on "UN Annual Report and Priorities 2021, raised by Secret...
Staff Reporter: Passport-Tracking System has been launched at the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC, USA. A source at the embassy said that the 'online tracking' system has been introduced for the convenience of expatriates. M Shahidul Islam, Ban...
Staff Reporeter: General Aziz Ahmed paid a courtesy call on US Army Chief of Staff James Charles McConnell at a time when there is a storm of discussed around the world, including the United States, about Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed. D...
Staff Reporter: US President Joe Biden has been officially accepted identity card of M Sahidul Islam as Bangladesh's ambassador to the United States . At this time, he expressed hope for a deeper relationship with Bangladesh said press release of B...
Staff Reporter: After arriving in Washington DC, Momen spoke by telephone with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen is in Washington DC for talks with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez and sev...
Staff Reporter: Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed held important meetings with UN Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support Atul Khare local time Tuesday (Febru...
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