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: Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer, Mufti Syed Muhammad Faizul Karim, will attend the namaj-e-janaza of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.The funeral prayers are scheduled to be held at...
Bangla Press Desk: The chiefs of the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy, and the Bangladesh Air Force have attended the namaj-e-janaza of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. The namaz-e-janaza (funeral prayers) o...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has promulgated the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, with provision of maximum fine of Tk5,000 for selling cigarettes or tobacco products in areas near educational insti...
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Bangla Press Desk: Millions of people on Wednesday joined namaz-e-janaza of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, three-time prime minister and political icon of Bangladesh.The namaz-e-janaza was held at the Manik Mia Avenue at 3pm. Baitul Mukarra...
Bangla Press Desk: More than 11.18 lakh expatriate voters have registered to cast their votes through postal ballots from abroad for the upcoming 13th General Election and referendum.According to information published on the Election Comm...
Bangla Press Desk: A mortuary van wrapped with the national flag carrying the body of BNP Chairperson and three-time former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, widely regarded as an uncompromising leader for democracy in Bangladesh, reached Manik...
Staff Reporter: Thousands of ordinary citizens and political leaders from across Bangladesh have gathered in Dhaka to attend the funeral prayer of Begum Khaleda Zia, the country’s three-time former prime minister and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nat...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh bids farewell on Wednesday to former prime minister Khaleda Zia with a state funeral expected to draw vast crowds, mourning a towering leader whose career defined politics for decades.Zia, the first woman to serve...
Bangla Press Desk: Vehicular movement has remained restricted since 8am on Wednesday in several areas of Dhaka for the state funeral rites of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, according to the Inter-Services Public Re...
Bangla Press Desk: Several foreign ministers, special envoys and senior representatives from different countries are arriving in Dhaka to pay their last respects to former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and to attend her n...
Bangla Press Desk: A special meeting of the Advisory Council was held on Tuesday at the state guest house Jamuna, chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, to mourn the death of Begum Khaleda Zia, the three-time former Prime Mini...
Bangla Press Desk: Preparations are under way to bury former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia beside her husband, late president Ziaur Rahman, at Zia Udyan in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.Party sources said work was seen progressing...
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