News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Former Information Minister of the ousted Awami League government, Hasanul Haque Inu, told a court that he has been keeping two exercise books in prison — one red and one gre...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has sent DMP’s former additional deputy commissioner Golam Saklain into forced retirement over his extra-marital affair with film actress Pori Moni back in 2021.The Home Ministry issued a notification on Thurs...
Bangla Press Desk: A petition has been filed at a Dhaka court asking for a case to be taken up over the death of doctor Nafisa Tabassum Dhipra in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi against four people, including her doctor husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law.Dhi...
Bangla Press Desk: Two young men have reportedly hacked a bKash agent with a machete and made off with Tk 350,000 from his shop in Dhaka's Adabor.Police said the attack took place around 11am on Tuesday at the agent's shop at the entrance to Road No....
Bangla Press Desk: Road Transport and Bridges, Shipping and Railways Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam on Tuesday said the government has taken initiative to expand rail connectivity to 10 more districts.The minister said this at a press briefing held at t...
Bangla Press Desk: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested alleged notorious criminal Md Akash alias “Tan Akash” in connection with the shooting that took place in the Pallabi area of the capital on June 10.According to the elite force, infight...
Bangla Press Desk: The Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting Advisor Dr. Zahed Ur Rahman was stopped by the Indian immigration authorities at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday while on a visit to India. Although perm...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast rainfall in different parts of the country over the next 24 hours starting from 9:00am today.In its latest bulletin issued this morning, the Met Office said: “Light...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has sought nearly Tk 29 billion in funding to conduct local government elections.The allocation request has been submitted ahead of the 2026-27 budget and is broadly in line with the amount...
Bangla Press Desk: The Supreme Court's Appellate Division has scheduled June 16 for the hearing of the state's appeal against a High Court verdict that ordered the establishment of an independent secretariat for the Supreme Court.The Appe...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Information and Broadcasting Dr Zahed Ur Rahman on Tuesday said individuals associated with Awami League can participate in the upcoming local government elections, provided they meet the eli...
Bangla Press Desk: A Chattogram court has indicted Monir Hossain in a case over the rape of a 3-and-a-half-year-old child in Chairman Ghata of Chattogram’s Bakalia.Chattogram Metropolitan Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Syed...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh women's team head coach Peter James Butler has been forced to seek medical treatment on the eve of the SAFF Championship final after a severe bedbug infestation in his hotel room left him covered in painful bites.T...
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