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: Khaleda Zia, who has died at the age of 80, was Bangladesh's first female prime minister.Her husband, Ziaur Rahman, a leading figure in the country's struggle for independence, was president in 1977. At the time, Khaled...
Bangla Press Desk: Sayem Sobhan Anvir, Chairman of Anvir Bashundhara Group (ABG), has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the death of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia (Inna Lillahi Wa innah Ilayhi raji’un).In...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will observe a seven-day period of mourning following the death of its Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.The party announced that details regarding her janaza...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep sorrow at the death of Begum Khaleda Zia, three-time former Prime Minister, symbol of the democratic movement, and Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Part...
Staff Reporter: BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has passed away. She breathed her last at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday (December 30), shortly after the Fajr prayer, while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital. (Indeed, we belong to Allah...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka-bound intercity train derailed in the early hours of Monday after miscreants removed a section of railway track in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh, disrupting rail communication on the Dhaka–Mymensingh route.The...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballot papers to 376,309 Bangladeshi expatriate voters in different countries over the past 10 days, enabling them to participate in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election an...
Bangla Press Desk: The Social Welfare Club of International Standard University (ISU) distributed winter clothes and blankets among cold-hit people in Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj on December 27, 2025.The distribution took place at Kazipur Al-J...
Bangla Press Desk: Over 35 shanties were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out at two Rohingya camps in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday night.No casualties were reported in the incident.The blaze originated around 10:30pm at camp...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government has removed six Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Police) cadre, according to an official notification.The home ministry issued the order saying the six officers...
Bangla Press Desk Six people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Bhola and Cumilla districts on Sunday.In Bhola, three people were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Bhol...
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Bangla Press Desk The current cold wave sweeping parts of the country will continue for two to three more days, according to Bangladesh Metrological Department (BMD).Bangladesh is experiencing an intensified cold spell, with dense fog and chilly wind...
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