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: The Election Commission has decided to withhold the results of three constituencies as court cases are pending against the declared winning candidates.The constituencies are Sherpur-2, Chattogram-2 and Chattogram-4.The...
Chhabed Sathee: Less than two months after returning home from nearly two decades of self-imposed exile in London, Tarique Rahman is on course to become Bangladesh’s next prime minister after winning one of the country’s most significant elections a...
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Staff Reporter: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has secured a landslide victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Election.According to the latest unofficial results from Thursday’s peaceful election, BNP and its allied candidates have won 21...
Bangla Press Desk: Thakurgaon district Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Belal Uddin was detained at Syedpur Airport while carrying a large sum of money.He was detained around 12:00pm on Wednesday (11 February).Acting Officer-in-Charge of Syedpur Police St...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Army has seized Tk10.49 lakh in cash along with a microbus linked to an independent candidate from Chandanaish upazila in Chattogram-14 constituency.The vehicle was seized from the Abdul Barihat area late on Tu...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 394 international election observers and 197 foreign journalists have arrived in Bangladesh to observe the country’s 13th National Parliamentary Election and Referendum on the July National Charter, both scheduled to...
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Bangla Press Desk: A four-day holiday began on Tuesday as Bangladesh prepares for the 13th Parliamentary Election and the referendum scheduled for 12 February.The two-day government-declared general holiday on 11 and 12 February combined with t...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire broke out in a multi-storey building around Mirpur-11 area of the capital late Tuesday night (10 February).Two units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence have been deployed to bring the blaze under control.According t...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 481,185 expatriate ballots cast via the “Postal Vote BD” mobile app for the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the Referendum 2026 have so far arrived in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, 515,619 overseas voters have al...
Bangla Press Desk: A voter turnout of 65 to 68% in the 13th parliamentary election could give the BNP-led alliance a single majority, while a lower turnout of 53 to 58% could pave the way for a Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance to form the...
Noman Sabit: Bangladesh has secured a reduced 19% U.S. tariff under a trade agreement signed between the two countries on Monday that would exempt some textiles and garments manufactured with U.S. material, interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on X.Was...
Bangla Press Desk: For years under former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s opposition had little presence on the streets during elections, either boycotting polls or being sidelined by mass arrests of senior leaders. Now, ahead of Thursday’...
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