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: A man has died after apparently falling from the seventh floor of Bashundhara City shopping mall in the capital's Panthapath.The incident took place inside the shopping mall around 5pm on Wednesday, according to Tejgaon...
Bangla Press Desk: Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain on Wednesday said an investigation committee has been formed and those responsible will be punished over the deaths of six newborns at a private hospital in Dhaka allegedly cau...
Bangla Press Desk: State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam on Tuesday said no space beneath or around the metro rail station in the capital's Diabari area had been leased out for cattle trading.The...
Bangla Press Desk: Every year, millions of Muslims travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj, one of the holiest acts of worship in Islam. The pilgrimage brings together believers from different countries and cultures in a share...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka witnessed another spell of heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms on Wednesday morning, disrupting Eid-ul-Azha preparations and causing waterlogging in several parts of the capital.The downpour which began early in the...
Bangla Press Desk: A man has been killed and two others injured in Mymensingh city after falling from the roof of a moving train, as thousands of passengers rushed to return home ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.The incident occurred at Ghunti on Tuesday,...
Bangla Press Desk: A storm-induced disruption to ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia river route has cleared up after rough weather forced vessels to drop anchor for nearly an hour.Ferry movement on the Manikganj-Rajbari route remaine...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted rains or thundershowers in parts of Bangladesh in 24 hours commencing at 9:00 am on Wednesday.“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty o...
Bangla Press Desk: Three passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and two others seriously injured after a passenger bus crushed the vehicle in Solanga area of Sirajganj last evening.The accident occurred around 7 pm on Tuesday in front of t...
Bangla Press Desk: At SHALA_Neighbourhood Art Space, silence hangs from the ceiling in the form of letters. Some are folded. Some are suspended in layers of translucent fabric. Others appear as fragments through projection and sound. As sp...
Bangla Press Desk: Three Bangladeshi nationals were killed in a landmine explosion near the Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban district on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Leraia, 41, son of Suniong Chakma, Ongke Mong, 50, so...
Bangla Press Desk: Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Sunday reaffirmed India’s willingness to deepen multifaceted engagement with Bangladesh for the mutual benefit and shared prosperity of the peoples of both count...
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