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: At least seven people were killed and six others injured after a rice-laden truck plunged into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla on Tuesday.Daudkandi highway police inspector Iqb...
Bangla Press Desk: People across Bangladesh are celebrating Pahela Baishakh, welcoming the Bangla New Year 1433 with a festive and inclusive spirit.As the first light of dawn brushes the sky with a soft golden hue, Ramna Botomul transforms into...
Bangla Press Desk: 20 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the capital to ensure overall security during the Bangla New Year celebrations.The deployment has been made to facilitate the peaceful, festive, and unint...
Bangla Press Desk: Motorists across the capital endured hours-long waits at filling stations on Monday as an unusual surge in demand, driven by panic buying, led to widespread queues and disruptions in fuel supply.Long queues of cars, motorcycles, pi...
Bangla Press Desk: President Mohammed Shahabuddin has accepted the resignation letter of Justice Md Rezaul Hasan, a senior judge of the High Court Division.A gazette notification signed by Law and Justice Division Secretary Liaquet Ali Molla on Monda...
Bangla Press Desk: The Faculty of Fine Arts at Dhaka University has completed preparations to celebrate Pahela Baishakh with a colourful traditional procession and a series of cultural programmes.The Baishakhi Shobhajatra will begin at 9:00am on Tues...
Bangla Press Desk: Amid mounting pressure on the country’s fuel and gas supply due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, another vessel carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) has arrived at Chattogram port.The vessel, Kongtong, arrived from the U...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has granted the Detective Branch (DB) of police an additional three days to interrogate Manzil Haider Chowdhury, a former officer of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), in connection with the “murde...
Bangla Press Desk: Two more children died of measles in the country in the last 24 hours, according to a press release sent from the control center of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today (Monday).Besides, it said, five more are su...
Bangla Press Desk: Seven more patients died with measles and measles-like symptoms in 24 hours till 8 am on Monday, taking the total death toll to 156, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Among the deceased, two were confir...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today (Monday) said the present government has started implementing different programmes aiming at improving the living standards of the people of all strata in the society.“After assuming office, the...
Bangla Press Desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General Md Ahsan Habib Palash on Monday said there is no specific security threat centring the Pahela Baishakh celebrations, but the elite force remains fully prepared to face any sabotage.He m...
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