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: Three key figures from the interim government have been appointed to the Board of Directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited.They are National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman, Special Assistant to the Chief Advi...
Bangla Press Desk: Two motorcyclists were killed after being hit by a truck in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria on Wednesday night.The accident took place in the Sonarampur area of the upazila on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway.The deceased were iden...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 96 trainee Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) have been transferred to various police units and districts across the country for six months of practical field training.Prior to this posting, the officers co...
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Bangla Press Desk: Non-resident Ambassador of Finland to Bangladesh HE Mr Kimmo Lähdevirta paid a courtesy call on the Secretary (East & West) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Md Nazrul Islam this morning.During the meeting, both sides ex...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday stressed that the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) must remain a strong and profitable organisation."BSC has recently emerged as a profitable organization and this mome...
Bangla Press Desk: The rulers of the United Arab Emirates have granted royal pardons to 440 Bangladeshi prisoners on the occasion of the UAE’s 54th Union Day, reflecting the country’s longstanding humanitarian tradition.The pardons were announc...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the scrapping of a case filed under the Digital Security Act against former Bangladesh Pratidin editor Naeem Nizam, publisher Maynal Hossain Chowdhury, and Bangla Insider editor-in-chief Sye...
Bangla Press Desk: The passing-out parade of Border Guard Bangladesh’s (BGB) 104th recruit batch was held in Chattogram on Wednesday.A record 3,023 new members in the history of the BGB took the oath to protect the sovereignty of the country at...
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Bangla Press Desk: Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Wednesday said the government is taking all possible measures to resolve the ongoing gas crisis and ensure that consumers are no longer held hostage by...
Bangla Press Desk: Ferdous Ara, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Bancharampur Upazila in Brahmanbaria, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Dhaka.She breathed her last around 7 am, said Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Ranjan Chandra Dey....
Bangla Press Desk: More than a hundred garment workers from two factories at the Tongi BSCIC industrial area in Gazipur fell ill after experiencing sudden convulsions on Wednesday morning, prompting factory authorities to declare a holiday.&nbs...
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Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to hold the general elections and the referendum as scheduled on 12 February.The Chief Adviser made the remarks when two former senior U...
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