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: At least two people were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Chandina upazila of Cumilla Thursday night. The incident took place in the Tirchar area around 10:30pm.The decea...
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Bangla Press Desk: Bitter cold has tightened its grip in Panchagarh. Dense fog and icy northern winds have disrupted normal daily life in this district at the foothills of the Himalayas.The lowest temperature of this season was recorded in Tetu...
Bangla Press Desk: A major fire erupted at multiple adjoining jhut warehouses in Gazipur’s Konabari area on Thursday afternoon, promoting the fire service to deploy eight units.Six firefighting units have already joined operation, and two...
Bangla Press Desk: The foreign ministry has agreed with the Ministry of Youth and Sports on the decision not to travel to India to play, following the exclusion of cricketer Mustafizur Rahman, citing security concerns, foreign adviser Md...
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Bangla Press Desk: A street in the US state of Michigan has been named after Bangladesh’s three-time former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, according to a statement issued by the BNP Media Cell on Thursday.The statem...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court has ordered the Bangladesh Police to take appropriate disciplinary measures, following a probe, against Investigating Officer (IO) Omar Faruk for failing to properly verify July Warrior and a lawsuit defen...
Bangla Press Desk: Currently serving administrative officials are qualified and ready to arrange free and fair elections on 12 February, said Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid on Thursday.Before the election schedule was announced in Decemb...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has opened a Law and Order Coordination Cell ahead of the national election and the referendum.The contact numbers of the coordination cell are 0255007470, 0255007471, 0255007472, 0255007474 and 0...
Bangla Press Desk: The government is set to form the Narayanganj Development Authority (NDA) to develop the city and its adjoining areas into a modern, well-planned one.The Ministry of Housing and Public Works issued a draft ordinance in this r...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Thursday said this time there would be no ‘staged’ election as seen in the past, assuring that the Election Commission (EC) is committed to ensuring fairness and justice i...
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Bangla Press Desk: Maltese authorities have carried out one of the fastest migrant repatriation operations on record, sending back dozens of migrants within 17 days of their arrival, most of them Bangladeshi nationals.A total of 48 migrants we...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballots to 728,023 expatriate voters living in 104 countries to enable them to cast their votes in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad election and referendum.Salim Ahmad Khan,...
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