News and updates from Bangladesh
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Bangla Press Desk: The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has fined 120 establishments across 46 districts a total of Tk 9,93,200 following market inspections targeting essential commo...
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Bangla Press Desk: Human Rights Watch has called on the Bangladesh government to end the "indefinite" and "arbitrary" pretrial detention of politicians and others linked to the ousted Awami League government.The New York-based rights group said...
Bangla Press Desk: Two people arrested in connection with the killing of four family members, including a former school teacher, at their home in Rangpur city confessed to the murders before a court.The accused, Mugdha Das, 23, and Siddhartha D...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court has upheld the death sentences of two of the 16 convicts sentenced to death in the murder case of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was burnt to death in Sonagazi, Feni.Four others have been sentenced to l...
Bangla Press Desk: Newly Elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today received his first ceremonial salute and held his first official engagements at Bangabhaban office after taking charge.A smart contingent of the horse-mounted team of...
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Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Chief of Naval Staff Khondkar Misbah-ul-Azim has been promoted to the rank of admiral.The decision was announced in a press release by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday.He was also given the admi...
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Bangla Press Desk: New Information and Broadcasting Minister Andaleeve Rahman Partho on Sunday called on officials of the ministry and its subordinate agencies to work together to ensure transparency and accountability in government activities....
Bangla Press Desk: Nearly 87 per cent of rural residents in Bangladesh now have access to mobile financial services (MFS), but only 17 per cent have access to insurance, highlighting a major gap in financial protection.The findings were reveale...
Bangla Press Desk: Four members of a family, including a former schoolteacher, were found dead at their home in the Machuapara Mandir area of Rangpur city on Saturday night, with police suspecting that they were killed three to four days ago.Po...
Bangla Press Desk: Bodies of six Bangladeshi nationals among the seven killed in a fire accident at a hotel in India’s Kolkata on 19 August returned on Saturday.Since the accident, the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata provided all-o...
Bangla Press Desk: Former information minister Zahir Uddin Swapon has been appointed as the political adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification in this regard on Saturday.During his stay in the...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has taken an initiative to set up a public technology university in Bosila area of Mohammadpur, said State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj.The university would be established as part of eff...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Saturday placed alleged drug kingpin Md Selim Ashrafi alias Chua Selim, 45, on a three-day police remand in an arms case filed in the capital’s Mohammadpur area.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Monzurul Islam...
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