News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni has said Article 70 of the Constitution will apply to the presidential election as well.Citing the article, he said on Tuesday that MPs cannot vote again...
Bangla Press Desk: Parliament has passed two bills addressing civil service discipline and entry age, transforming interim government ordinances into law.The “Public Service (Amendment) Bill, 2026” and the “Bill on Maximum Age Limit for Direct...
Bangla Press Desk: The national assembly has been forced into another unexpected pause as a microphone failure disrupted the session for the second time since the 13th Parliament began.On Sunday evening, proceedings were suspended for 40 minute...
Bangla Press Desk: Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmad Azam Khan has said that the government has launched a process to identify and take action against individuals who were falsely listed as freedom fighters on political considerations durin...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Board of Revenue and the Bangladesh Bank are set to launch a real-time digital system for submitting commercial invoices in import transactions, aiming to enhance transparency and efficiency.Under the joint initi...
Bangla Press Desk: Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury has said that more than 15 million Bangladeshi workers are currently employed in 176 countries worldwide, highlighting the government’s commitment to prot...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has launched an initiative to study international market models, including those of India and Indonesia, to develop a framework for controlling essential goods prices.Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir outlin...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have arrested a man in Chattogram’s Patiya who they believe used his academic background in computer science to doctor images with top politicians, including the prime minister and home minister, to defraud the public....
Bangla Press Desk: Eight platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed to maintain law and order ahead of the Bogura-6 (Sadar) by-election scheduled for 9 April.The deployment follows directives from the Bangladesh Election Commi...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has conveyed a message of solidarity with the United Arab Emirates amid ongoing regional tensions, following a meeting between Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir and UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Ministe...
Bangla Press Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain today said the incumbent government is fully prepared to prevent measles, with nationwide vaccination scheduled to begin from Sunday. He said this while talkin...
Bangla Press Desk: A delegation of the central committee of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.The delegation met the premier at the conference room of the Cabinet Division in the Bangla...
Bangla Press Desk: The surplus in Bangladesh's trade in goods and services with the European Union rose by nearly 10 per cent in fiscal year 2024-25, underpinned by robust export growth, particularly in goods, despite rising outflows in service...
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