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: July Uprising’s active participant Tahrima Jannat Surovi has finally secured bail in an extortion case, which has been allegedly filed to “humiliate and dehumanise” her.The Students Against Discrimination, which led the anti-...
Bangla Press Desk: A total of 41 aspiring candidates have appealed to the Election Commission (EC) against the returning officers' decisions regarding the cancellation of their nominations, while one has filed an appeal against the acceptance o...
.jpeg)
Bangla Press Desk: BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday said that the country’s existence could not be imagined without 1971.“The Liberation War is the foundation of Bangladesh as a state and its politics. The country's very existence c...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s Election Commission has asked political parties and candidates not to conduct any electoral campaign before the symbol allocation for the upcoming national election scheduled to be held on 12 February.“No politic...
Bangla Press Desk: Liberation War Affairs Adviser Farooq-e-Azam on Monday said identities of eight July uprising martyrs who were buried at Rayerbazar Graveyard as unidentified have been confirmed through DNA test.Both local and internati...
.jpeg)
Bangla Press Desk: Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday reaffirmed the interim government's firm commitment to ensuring peace, public order, and a secure environment ahead of the upcoming 13th national elections."We a...
Bangla Press Desk: The testimony in a case against 18 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her nieces Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, over alleged irregularities in allocating a plot in the RAJUK New Town Project, has en...
.jpeg)
Bangla Press Desk: On behalf of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has sent a condolence message expressing deep sorrow over the death of former prime minister, BNP chairperson, and veteran...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has ordered a ban on the broadcast of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the country, in protest over the exclusion of Bangladesh’s star pacer Mustafizur Rahman from the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) squad.The di...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday set 9 February for filing the probe report in the case filed over the sensational murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, extending the deadline for the 123rd time.Dhaka Metropolita...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Equipment Identification Register (NEIR) system will remain suspended for the next three months, according to Masud Alam, deputy commissioner (DC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Ramna Division.He made the announcement...
.jpeg)
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka University (DU) held a condolence conference on Sunday to pay tribute to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, remembering her as a symbol of national unity and a key figure in the country’s democratic journey.The conference too...
E-paper