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: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 today.He will formally inaugurate the fair at 2:00pm as the chief guest.The Prime Minister will also present the Bangla Academy Literary Award 2025...
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Bangla Press Desk: Political leaders often stay ahead of the public mood. They understand voter sentiment, election strategy and the mechanics of governance. They also know how power can distance rulers from citizens. As the new government begi...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bridge Division and the Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) have officially launched digital attendance system at Setu Bhaban, bringing all employees and staff under a fully electronic monitoring framework.According to a p...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has conferred the country’s second-highest civilian award Ekushey Padak.The award giving ceremony began at 11:00am on Thursday at the capital’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium.Nine distinguished indiv...
Bangla Press Desk: A cabinet meeting was held in the conference room of the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat here on Thursday. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman chaired the meeting, said Prime Minister's Press Secretary Saleh Shi...
Bangla Press Desk: A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Tanti Dal was hacked to death at Gunak village in Sonagazi upazila of Feni on Wednesday evening.The deceased was identified as Ayub Nabi Tarek, 26, organisational secretary of Bogadana Uni...
Bangla Press Desk: Imagine picking up a tomato at a market in Dhaka and instantly accessing its entire life story—where it was grown, who harvested it, how it traveled, and when it reached the shelf. Not by relying on a sticker or the seller’s...
Bangla Press Desk: The candidates for the 13th parliamentary election are legally obliged to submit the return of their election expenses by mid-March to the Election Commission (EC).“There is an obligation to submit the return of candidates’...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Cabinet Division has reassigned portfolios to state ministers Habibur Rashid and Rajib Ahsan.Habibur was given charge of the railways ministry and the roads transport and highways division, and Rajib assigned to the ship...
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said the 2009 Pilkhana massacre, in which 57 army officers were killed, was a sinister attempt to undermine Bangladesh’s sovereignty.“The Army is a symbol of our sovereignty. I beli...
Bangla Press Desk: Assailants shot an individual to death in the trouble-prone Raozan upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday evening.The deceased was Mujib, 60, a resident of the Purba Guzara area under the upazila. Sources said that miscrean...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 20 people, including several policemen, were injured as BNP activists, allegedly supported by Awami League men, engaged in a clash with National Citizen Party (NCP) followers after an attack on the convoy of NCP lea...
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