News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Former Information Minister of the ousted Awami League government, Hasanul Haque Inu, told a court that he has been keeping two exercise books in prison — one red and one gre...
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Bangla Press Desk: Swiss Ambassador to Bangladesh Reto Renggli held talks with Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon and State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Yasser Khan Choudhury on media freedom, freedom of...
Bangla Press Desk: No lawyer from the Dhaka Bar Association will represent the accused in the case filed over the rape and murder of eight year old child Ramisa Akter, said General Secretary of the Dhaka Bar Association Md Kalam Khan.He disclos...
Bangla Press Desk: The headquarters of the police's Special Branch (SB) has been left “completely in the dark” about field-level operatives knocking on journalists' doors or phoning them to demand extensive personal data, including their political af...
Bangla Press Desk: LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir underscored the need for waging a strong social movement alongside the application of law to prevent social menace rape.In a Facebook post from his verified page, he strong...
Bangla Press Desk: Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the government wants to bring back former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh through legal procedures and existing extradition mechanisms.“We want Sheikh Hasina back through legal pro...
Bangla Press Desk: Stakeholders at a public hearing have opposed proposals to increase retail electricity prices, urging the state regulator to focus on trimming institutional costs and rooting out corruption rather than squeezing consumers fur...
Bangla Press Desk: The Khulna, Bagerhat, Jashore and Noakhali districts are experiencing a mild heat wave, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).The heat wave will continue for another two or three days, Meteorologist Muhammad A...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today (Wednesday) laid the foundation stone of the National Disaster Management Research and Training Institute (NDMRTI) building in the Sataish Chourasta area of Dharpara in the city.The premier laid...
Bangla Press Desk: Hopes of work in Russia have turned into a trap for three young men in Gopalganj. Although promised jobs in the construction sector with a monthly salary of Tk 120,000, they have allegedly been sent to the battlefield.The father of...
Bangla Press Desk: A Cox's Bazar court has sentenced four individuals to death and nine others to life in prison for the murder of Army officer Lt Tanzim Sarwar Nirjan.He was stabbed to death during an anti-robbery drive in Cox’s Bazar’s Dulahazara a...
Bangla Press Desk: Sandhani, the Independence Award-winning student organisation, has called for an effective increase in tobacco prices in the upcoming FY27 national budget to discourage tobacco use among young people.The organisation proposed mergi...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have arrested a man accused of killing a second-grade student in Dhaka’s Pallabi after he allegedly fled from the scene following the incident.The victim, Ramisa Akter, was due to go to school on Tuesday morning when h...
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