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: A Dhaka court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on former deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Sheikh Nazmul Alam over graft charges.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order following a petiti...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s 9 February trade agreement with the United States, signed by the interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus just three days before national elections, has rapidly evolved from a defensive manoeuvre into a strat...
Bangla Press Desk: Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that elections will be held as quickly as possible to reactivate all local government institutions.“City corporation elections...
Bangla Press Desk: Fashion brand Virgo has unveiled its highly anticipated Eid Collection 2026, aiming to add greater colour, warmth and timeless elegance to the celebrations of Eid.Each design in the collection beautifully captures the s...
Bangla Press Desk: Mohsin Rashid, President of the Bangladesh Muslim League and a senior lawyer of the Supreme Court, has announced his intention to file a treason case against Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus.Speaking on Monday (23 February)...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has transferred 112 polling officials to different positions across the country, and ordered them to vacate their current workstations by 1 March.Mohammad Shahidur Rahman, assistant secretary at...
Bangla Press Desk: The president has accepted the resignations of two judges of the High Court Division, according to separate notifications issued by the Ministry of Law on Monday.The notifications said that Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has cancelled the contractual appointment of nine secretaries, according to nine separate notifications issued Monday night.The secretaries’ remaining terms in office under the contracts have been cancell...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has protested the appointment of party-affiliated individuals as administrators in six city corporations by the newly formed government following the 13th National Parliamentary Election.In a state...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, accompanied by Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman, on Monday pinned the rank badge of Major General on the new director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI),...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday imposed a travel ban on former principal secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office and former lawmaker Md Abul Kalam Azad, amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of irregularities and corruption...
Bangla Press Desk: The newly elected government will review the “unjust” and “unnecessary” lawsuits filed during the interim government’s tenure, and take corrective measures in this regard, said Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday.He also...
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