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 Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) has urged voters registered through the "Postal Vote BD" mobile application to cast their ballots promptly after receiving them.They should submit the yellow envelopes to the nearest post off...
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Bangla Press Desk: Police have arrested the manager of a school in connection with a child abuse incident at a school in the Naya Paltan area of the capital. The arrested person is Pabitra Kumar Barua, manager of the school.He was arrested early this...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the 12 February general elections would set a benchmark for all future polls in Bangladesh.He made the remarks when the newly appointed US Ambassador to Bangladesh, Brent Christensen,...
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Bangla Press Desk: In the last two years, Bangladesh Coast Guard has arrested 57 bandits and recovered 43 firearms in operations across the Sundarbans, the Coast Guard Headquarters said.Of the total, 49 bandits were arrested in 2025 alone, compared t...
Bangla Press Desk: Country’s banking sector is facing a deep structural crisis that cannot be resolved within 14 to 16 months, Finance Advisor Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed said on Thursday.Speaking at a roundtable discussion titled “Banking Sector Reforms” h...
Bangla Press Desk: Two people, including a bus helper, were killed and at least 10 others were injured when a mini-bus overturned on the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, Thursday evening.The accident occurred at about 7:30pm near Sult...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has warned that the people will not accept a 'conspiracy to disrupt elections' through violent acts.He said this in a statement condemning the shooting incident of Union BNP leader...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka ranked second among the world’s most polluted cities on Friday morning, recording an Air Quality Index score of 251 at 9:10am.The city’s air quality was classified as ‘very unhealthy’, posing a serious health risk, according...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have arrested Pabitra Kumar Barua, a teacher allegedly involved in the abuse of a child at a school in Dhaka’s Paltan.He was arrested from Dhaka’s Mirpur area early on Friday morning, said Mohammad Harun Or Rashid, deputy co...
Bangla Press Desk: The Hindu community across the country is set to celebrate Saraswati Puja on Friday with great enthusiasm and religious fervour by worshipping the goddess of knowledge, music, art and culture, reports Daily Sun.The puja is observed...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has said that if the party forms the government, it will be able to work for the nation.“We will work and build the country– Bangladesh first,” he said while addressing an election rally in Araihazar upa...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has approved the Dhaka Central University Ordinance, 2026 -- a measure designed to bring seven government colleges in the capital under a unified academic structure to enhance the quality of higher education and reso...
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