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...
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Bangla Press Desk: With election fever sweeping the country, all eyes are now on 12 February, a day that will mark two critical tests at once. On that day, voters will elect their representatives through the 13th national parliamentary election...
Bangla Press Desk: A three-year-old child fell into an uncovered hole of a deep tube well in Raozan upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday afternoon.The child, identified as Misbah, is the son of Saiful Islam, a day labourer from village Joynagar u...
Bangla Press Desk: A frantic four-hour rescue effort ended in tragedy as a three-year-old child died after falling into an uncovered hole of a deep tube well in Raozan upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday.Chattogram Fire Service and Civil Defence...
Bangla Press Desk: The United Student Union, a joint platform of the central student unions of five public universities, has announced a series of mass gatherings across the country’s eight divisional cities aimed at mobilising public support f...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday defended the government’s decision to set up a UAV (drone) manufacturing and assembly plant in Bangladesh with support from China, stressing that it matters little what others may think about the...
Bangla Press Desk: The July National Charter is a pact between people and political parties, with the parties themselves primarily responsible for its implementation, said Prof Ali Riaz, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser.“Thirty political...
Bangla Press Desk: Dr Eliska Zigova, non-resident ambassador of Czech Republic to Bangladesh, on Wednesday highlighted prospects for enhanced cooperation in the defence sector between her country and Bangladesh.She made the call during a courte...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered Md Kamal Hossain, a senior assistant secretary (Officer on Special Duty) at the Ministry of Public Administration, to be sent to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)...
Bangla Press Desk: Delegates from the US Army and Bangladesh Army have held fruitful talks on increasing mutual cooperation, with a particular focus on boosting technological assistance and defence readiness against “diverse global challenges.”...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said Bangladesh must use technology ethically to avoid misuse and succeed in a fast-changing digital world.“This country can never be a land of fraud. We want to hold our heads h...
Bangla Press Desk: Ahead of the 13th national parliamentary election, TikTok has launched an in-app election information hub, known as the “Election Center,” in partnership with the Election Commission (EC). Through this feature, voters wi...
Bangla Press Desk: A petition has been filed with the High Court seeking a directive to postpone the preliminary examination of the 50th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS).Lawyer Advocate Nazmus Sakib filed the writ on Wednesday (28 January) on beh...
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