News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Independent MP elected from Brahmanbaria-2 Rumeen Farhana on Sunday came down heavily on the government for playing down the fuel crisis all this time, pointing to the long queues o...
Bangla Press Desk: National Citizen Party (NCP) lawmaker Abul Hasnat has urged parliament for the urgent widening of the Debidwar section of the Cumilla-Sylhet Highway.Taking the floor on a point of order during Wednesday’s session, Hasnat des...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire that broke out at a high-rise building in the capital’s Banani area on Wednesday evening was brought under control after nearly two hours.The fire originated on the top floor of an 11-storey building near Kacha Bazar...
Bangla Press Desk: The home ministry on Wednesday transferred 17 police officers having the rank of supernumerary additional deputy inspectors general (Addl-DIGs) to new stations.“The transfer order will take immediate effect,” said a circular...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday informed the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) that the five-year-term ‘Fifth Primary Education Development Programme’ is set to begin from 1 July.“The five-year-term ‘Fifth Primary Education Deve...
Bangla Press Desk: Two more vessels carrying some 68,000 tonnes of diesel arrived at Chattogram port on Tuesday. With this, a total of four vessels carrying diesel arrived in the country this month, amid concerns over supply of fuel oil du...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the freezing of 10 bank accounts of Kazi Inam Ahmed, a director of Gemcon Group, in a case filed over allegations of acquiring assets inconsistent with known sources of income.Of the account...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday informed the parliament that the present government has a specific commitment to develop Bangladesh’s tourism sector in sustainable and planned manner.The Civil Aviation and Tourism...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today sought US$ 2 billion fund from development partners to meet the Bangladesh's immediate energy needs and safeguard its economic stability."The situation before us demands urgency, solidarity...
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Bangla Press Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain on Tuesday said health cards will be distributed across the country by June this year."We expect to move the nation forward in the new year. Overall, allocation for the...
Bangla Press Desk: Doly Begum has scripted history as a Canadian citizen of Bangladeshi origin, securing another seat for her new Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons in a byelection in the Toronto-area riding of Scarborough Southwest.The...
Bangla Press Desk: A man and a woman were killed as a bus crashed into their bike in the Daulatpur area of the city on Tuesday night.Locals said a ‘Royal Paribahan’ bus heading towards Khulna from Fulbari Gate hit the motorcycle coming from the oppos...
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Bangla Press Desk: Seven more children died of measles and measles-like symptoms during last 24 hours across the country, according to official sources.Among them, two children were confirmed cases of measles affliction, while the remaining fiv...
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