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: Immigration officials arrested actress Nusraat Faria Mazhar at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka on Sunday afternoon while she was going to Thailand. Vatara police station officer-in-c...
Bangla Press Desk: After a year marked by inflationary pressure on key food commodities and various types of spices, the Bangladeshi market is witnessing a notable decline in the prices of several essential spices, a relief for consumer...
Bangla Press Desk: A five-year-old girl has died and two of her siblings have been injured after a bomb, mistaken for a toy, exploded at their home in Jashore on Monday morning. The device was reportedly found by her seven-year-old b...
Bangla Press Desk: The Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry on Monday honoured the captain, first officer and a cabin crew member of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight for their professionalism and composure in safely landing an aircraft...
Bangla Press Desk: Qatar Charity has distributed food aid as part of its humanitarian initiative to support host communities affected by the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar. The aid reached 12,090 individuals across nine distr...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday congratulated all concerned involved in the launch of Starlink in Bangladesh. Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder wrote this in a statem...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government on Tuesday dropped a proposal to purchase 25 cars for its advisers. The Public Administration Ministry submitted the proposal but the advisers’ committee on financial affairs rejected it in a...
Bangla Press Desk: Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin has expressed his willingness to stay aside from his current responsibilities, and there is no question of his removal, said Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday....
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday set 8 July for filing a probe report in the sensational case lodged over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, extending the deadline for the 118th time. Dhaka...
Bangla Press Desk: An investigation of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found undeclared assets worth Tk35.18 crore of former minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, ex father-in-law of Sheikh Hasina’s daughter Saima Wazed. The...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Thursday issued a travel ban on former DB chief Harun Or Rashid, actress Meher Afroz Shaon, and 10 others in a case filed by Shaon’s stepmother Nishi Islam. Judge Md Sanaullah of Dhaka Additional M...
Bangla Press Desk: Nahid Islam, founding convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), met Chief Adviser Prof Mohammad Yunus at his official residence, State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka, on Thursday. Nahid paid the courtesy call when...
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