News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, was taken on a sightseeing tour of Putrajaya by Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, wife of Malaysian Prime Minister...
Bangla Press Desk: Advance train tickets for passengers returning to their workplaces after the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays went on sale on Friday, the first day of ticket sales for post-Eid journeys.Tickets available on Friday are for trains departing on 2...
Bangla Press Desk: Shaikh Rabiul Alam, Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping, said the government will ensure sufficient fuel for public transport from 15 March.Speaking after visiting Kamalapur Railway Station on Friday...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is keeping a close watch on the condition of ailing BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas who is undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital.“He (Abbas) has been kept in the Neuro ICU under...
Bangla Press Desk: Preparations are underway to take BNP Standing Committee Member and the prime minister's Political Adviser, Mirza Abbas, to Singapore for advanced medical treatment. BNP Media Cell member Sairul Kabir Khan on Frida...
Bangla Press Desk: The newly elected Speaker of the 13th National Parliament, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed (Bir Bikrom), and Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal paid tribute to the martyrs of the country’s Liberation War.They placed wreaths at the National...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Minister and BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday said the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will be centre for discussion of all the issues to transform Bangladesh into a powerful democratic country.“All the issues wi...
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Bangla Press Desk: The opposition in Bangladesh’s 13th National Parliament boycotted the inaugural speech of President Mohammed Shahabuddin, with opposition leader and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman stating that the boycott wa...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Navy has strengthened security measures for fuel-carrying vessels operating in the country’s maritime routes amid the prevailing international and regional security situation.The navy remains on round-the-clock dut...
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Bangla Press Desk: Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday said electricity from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is expected to be connected to the national grid on a trial basis between June and July.“Fuel loadin...
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Bangla Press Desk: BNN Asia, an independent watchdog championing press freedom and journalist safety across Asia, has suggested that the situation for newspapers and journalists in Bangladesh was tense and risky during January-February this yea...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has granted a three-day remand for the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League’s former leader, Appel Mahmud, in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act with Shahbagh Police Station in the capital.Dhaka Metropolitan...
Bangla Press Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain said on Wednesday that the national e-Health Card is expected to be launched by June this year to strengthen and integrate the country’s healthcare system.He made t...
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