News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni has said Article 70 of the Constitution will apply to the presidential election as well.Citing the article, he said on Tuesday that MPs cannot vote again...
Bangla Press Desk: Drugs are being sold openly in and around Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur, with traffickers allegedly operating in broad daylight and offering narcotics to passers-by without hesitation.The crossroads located beyond Mohammadpur G...
Bangla Press Desk: The Karwan Bazar level crossing in the capital sits at the junction of three police station jurisdictions—Hatirjheel, Tejgaon and Tejgaon Industrial Area. Yet despite its strategic location, drug trafficking continues openly...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) expects to collect a record Tk 4.15 trillion (Tk 4.15 lakh crore) in revenue in the outgoing 2025-26 fiscal year, although the figure is likely to fall short of the revised target by around...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has reached and met his Malaysian counterpart to discuss a wide range of bilateral interests, including boosting two-way trade and employment of Bangladeshi workers.The two leaders held a one-on-...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday night joined a views-exchange meeting with Bangladeshi expatriates shortly after arriving in Malaysia.The event was held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur around 10:45pm local tim...
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Bangla Press Desk: Former Member of Parliament from Comilla-2 constituency Selima Ahmad Meri has passed away. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un.She died at 7:40 pm on Sunday (June 21) while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Thailand...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) is planning to conduct mock voting before holding local government elections.EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed shared the information with journalists at his office at the EC headquarters in...
Bangla Press Desk: Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed deep shock at the death of Abdus Sadeque, the first captain of the Bangladesh national hockey team and a recipient of the...
Bangla Press Desk: Four members of a family were killed after 'inhaling toxic gas' while attempting to rescue a goat from an abandoned toilet pit in Tangail's Madhupur upazila on Saturday morning.The tragic incident occurred at around 8:30am in the T...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said that all necessary documents had been sent to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 15 June to facilitate the return of former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed.He made the remarks whil...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh and China are expected to sign 15-17 bilateral instruments during Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to the East Asian country.These may include 13 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs), two agreements, one...
Bangla Press Desk: Seven more children have died across the country with symptoms of measles in the past 24 hours, including six in Dhaka.During the period, 887 new cases were reported, according to the latest report of the Directorate Ge...
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