News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The government has decided to provide laptops to 40,000 students who achieved a 'Golden GPA-5' in the SSC and equivalent examinations. This information emerged from the first meetin...
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Bangla Press Desk: Saima Wazed, the controversial regional director for the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), has been sent on indefinite leave effective Friday (11 July). The move comes amid ongoing...
Bangla Press Desk : Students from various universities, including Dhaka University, Buet, Jagannath University (JnU) and Jahangirnagar University (JU) staged demonstrations on Friday night protesting the brutal killing of a trader in front...
Bangla Press Desk: Tarek Rahman Robin, an accused in the brutal killing of scrap metal trader Lal Chand alias Sohag in the Mitford Hospital area of Old Dhaka, has given a statement confessing his part in the sensational murder. Robin is th...
Bangla Press Desk : The BNP lodged a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday accusing 35 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, of their alleged involvement in enforced disappearance during her...
Bangla Press Desk: The July Memorial Museum will be inaugurated on 5 August as the work of the museum is almost at its final stage. "Preparations are underway accordingly (to open the museum on 5 August)," Cultural Affairs Adviser Mo...
Bangla Press Desk : Exactly when the national election will be held in Bangladesh is still unresolved. Doubts and uncertainties have arisen in politics regarding the election. In this context, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has...
Bangla Press Desk:National Consensus Commission Vice Chair Professor Ali Riaz on Tuesday urged all political parties to demonstrate flexibility on the remaining reform issues and reminded them that any failure to finalise the Nati...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government has decided to observe state mourning on 16 July (Wednesday), marking “July Martyrs’ Day”. This decision was announced in a notification signed by Cabinet Division Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rash...
Bangla Press desk : Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, has said the government is working on a priority basis to control erosion along the Teesta River. S...
Bangla Press Desk: Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Asif Nazrul on Tuesday said the Malaysian government would issue multiple entry visas for Bangladeshi workers from now on. “I’ve got good news for brothers and s...
Bangla Press Desk: Responding to claims made by minority groups, the interim government on Tuesday said police are investigating each reported incident with utmost diligence and seriousness, following the facts wherever they lead. “S...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former lawmaker from the Narayanganj-4 constituency, Shamim Osman, and his wife, Salma Osman, on charges of amassing undeclared wealth. The...
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