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: The interim government is considering handing over the operation of the much-talked-about New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) of Chattogram Port to the Bangladesh Navy in cooperation with the port authorities. Thi...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Bank has injected an unprecedented amount of Tk52,500 crore into 12 financially weak banks by printing new currency, despite maintaining a tightened monetary policy stance. According to central bank...
Bangla Press Desk: Serious questions have been raised about whether Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, the interim government’s adviser to the Ministry of Youth and Sports, lawfully met the requirements for his firearm licence, with allegation...
Bangla Press Desk: The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday pressed charges against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdu...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has accepted all the demands raised by the protesters of Jagannath University (JnU), including housing allowances, full budget approval, campus expansion and justice for the police action against teache...
Bangla Press Desk: A Magura tribunal has sentenced Hitu Sheikh, the prime accused, to death in the case filed over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Asiya. Judge M Zahid Hasan of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribu...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh does not engage in push-ins like India as it believes in diplomatic solutions, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday. “Bangladesh believes in a diplomatic solution t...
Bangla Press Desk: Brigadier General (Retd.) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain, Adviser to the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the Ministry of Shipping, has announced that the government will form a high-level inter-ministerial committee to a...
Bangla Press Desk: All forms of gatherings, rallies, processions, and demonstrations in several parts of Dhaka have been banned starting Sunday until further notice. The restriction has been imposed for the sake of the public movemen...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Economic Council (NEC) on Sunday approved the Annual Development Programme (ADP) worth Tk230,000 crore for the fiscal year 2025–2026. The NEC also approved a separate development outlay of approximatel...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire that broke out at Shyamalpalli slum in Dhaka’s Mirpur-13 on Sunday evening has been doused. No casualty was reported in the incident. Seven firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze...
Bangla Press Desk: A metropolitan magistrate court in Chattogram on Sunday allowed the police to interrogate Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran, at the jail gate in two cases. One of...
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