News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Five more children died in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning—four from measles-related symptoms and one from a confirmed measles case.In addition, Bangladesh recorded 9...
Bangla Press Desk: What began as a return journey after the Eid holidays ended in tragedy in Tangail’s Kalihati upazila where five people including a child were killed after being run over by a train while two others were critically injur...
Bangla Press Desk: A major road development project in Munshiganj is set to ease chronic travel woes and strengthen connectivity with the capital as authorities move to upgrade key highways linking the district with Dhaka’s main tr...
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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed at fuel depots across the country to prevent hoarding, maintain discipline in fuel distribution.The deployment was made following directives from the Ministry of Home Affairs as reports emerged of atte...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government of Vietnam has officially opened its market for the import of potatoes from Bangladesh. The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Vietnam on Friday granted approval for Bangladesh to export potatoes t...
Bangla Press Desk: Md Ahsan Habib Palash has assumed office as the 12th Director General (DG) of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), holding the rank of Additional Inspector General of Police. He officially took over the position on Saturday.Ahsa...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that the police are not a “stick-wielding force” for any political party or group but are meant to serve the people.He made the remarks on Saturday (28 March) while addressing the...
Bangla Press Desk: The wife of National Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Bir Bikram, Mrs Dilara Hafiz, is in a critical condition and currently on ventilation at Singapore General Hospital.BNP Media Cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed the de...
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Bangla Press Desk: Amid global trade and economic uncertainty caused by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has begun in Yaoundé, Cameroon.Trade ministers and negotiator...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has received 5,000 metric tonnes of diesel from India through a cross-border pipeline, officials said.The fuel was transported from the Numaligarh Refinery in Assam and delivered to the Parbatipur railhead depot in...
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will speak at a discussion in the capital this afternoon on the occasion of the great Independence and National Day.Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is going to arrange the discussion at the In...
Bangla Press Desk: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested two suspected shooters over the murder of Jubo Dal leader Golam Kibria in Pallabi, Mirpur, and recovered a foreign revolver and ammunition from them.In a message sent to the media...
Bangla Press Desk: Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku has said that black market operators are attempting to create an artificial fuel crisis by hoarding oil.He said that the overall fuel supply in the co...
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