News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Victims were remembered and calls for justice renewed on Friday as the nation observed the 13th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar.The eight-storey building, whic...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner Md Sarwar will serve as the DMP commissioner until further notice.A gazette notification to this effect was issued by the Bangladesh Police headquarters on Thursday.On Wednesday, DM...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Army has reshuffled positions of six senior officers, days after eight other officers were given new duties.The Army Headquarters has ordered the latest reshuffle, said sources at the Ministry of Defence.As per...
Bangla Press Desk: A schoolgirl was allegedly stabbed to death by her lover in Dhaka's Hazaribagh area after he became enraged over her suspected involvement in another relationship.Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Ramna Division Masud Alam of Dhaka Metro...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Thursday set 11 March for the submission of the probe report in the murder case of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Bin Hadi.This marks the ninth time the submission of the probe report has been deferred.Dh...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has decided to waive agricultural loans of up to Tk10,000, including interest, for 12 lakh farmers.The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting held on Thursday. Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani announced the decision d...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday called on all political and social organisations, regardless of party affiliation, to work together for the sake of peace, order and national development.He made the rema...
Bangla Press Desk: Another 175 Bangladeshi nationals returned home from Libya on Thursday.They arrived in Dhaka at 8:00am on Burak Air chartered flight, according the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The repatriation was coordinated by the Bangladesh Emba...
Bangla Press Desk: The government will take strict action in accordance with existing laws and regulations against officials and employees who fail to attend office on time, said Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani on Thursday.“If government officials and...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court on Thursday granted bail to former Cox’s Bazar member of parliament Abdur Rahman Bodi in a case filed against him.A High Court bench passed the order, allowing his release in the specific case under consideration.Bod...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday said efforts would continue to secure UN recognition for Bangla and proposed turning the Amar Ekushey Book Fair into an international event in the coming years.Speaking at the inaugural cer...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will confer the country’s second-highest civilian award Ekushey Padak today.The award giving ceremony will be held at 11:00am on Thursday at the capital’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium.The governmen...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s education sector faces mounting criticism as pass rates and GPA-5 scores rise while overall learning standards decline sharply.Educators and analysts say students show major gaps in reading skills, subject knowle...
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