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: Four people, including two women, were killed and two others injured after a pickup van overturned in the Manikchhari area of Rangamati early Sunday.The accident occurred in front of the Manikchhari Army Camp in Sapchhari Uni...
Bangla Press Desk: The number of deaths linked to measles rose to 902 as eight more children died with measles-like symptoms in the last 24 hours until Saturday 8:00am.Of the total fatalities, 99 were confirmed cases, according to the Directora...
Bangla Press Desk: Shipbreaking yards in Sitakunda have virtually turned into death traps for workers, with repeated accidents highlighting persistent safety lapses in an industry that also poses serious environmental risks to the coastal area....
Bangla Press Desk: Different incidents marked the 51st year of the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Saturday, the 15th of August.On this day in 1975, he, along with his family members and close relatives, was assassinated b...
Bangla Press Desk: The 81st birth anniversary of former prime minister and former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia was observed across the country on Saturday with due respects.Marking the day, the BNP and its af...
Bangla Press Desk: IndustriAll Bangladesh Council (IBC) has called for a formal investigation into a fatal toxic gas exposure at a shipbreaking yard at Sitakunda in Chattogram.Rejected its characterisation as a 'routine accident', the rights gr...
Bangla Press Desk: The Dhaka University (DU) unit of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal organised a prayer and milad mahfil at the university on Saturday to commemorate the 81st birth anniversary of former prime minister and BNP chairperson La...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) National Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Saturday said that Bangladesh stands only because of the uncompromising leadership of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Z...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday expressed his regret for the countrywide public sufferings caused by the ongoing acute shortage of cooking gas and electricity.
Bangla Press Desk: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday said ensuring access to justice is an integral part of protecting human rights and it is the responsibility of the state to ensure that citizens can e...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday inaugurated a new 500-bed building at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital in Dhaka.The Prime Minister formally opened the expanded facility at around 10:15am on Saturday, m...
Bangla Press Desk: At least nine workers died and ten others were fatally sick inhaling toxic gas accidentally leaked in a shipbreaking yard at Sitakunda in Chattogram today (Friday), sources said.The death toll could rise as hospitalised persons "ar...
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