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: Flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka experienced minor disruptions on Sunday morning due to dense fog compounded by the biting winter cold, the airport authorities confirmed. Reduced visib...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballots to 293,147 expatriate voters in different countries over the last eight days to enable them to cast their votes in the 13th national election and referendum.Confirmi...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his daughter Zaima Rahman have applied for inclusion in the voter list, Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said on Saturday.“The applications will be placed before th...
Bangla Press Desk: A man was killed after a fire broke out on a St Martin’s Island–bound vessel anchored in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday morning.The blaze started around 6:30am on the Atlantic Cruise while it was docked on the Bakkhali River n...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to receive his National Identity Card (NID) within 24 hours of completing his voter registration, ASM Humayun Kabir, Director General of the National Identity Registration...
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Bangla Press Desk: After an unsuccessful push-in attempt along the Kushtia border, the India’s Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly shifted its operation to the Chuadanga–Darshana border, where the same family of 14 Indian nationals was...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) arrested 3,152 people and seized a huge quantity of drugs during 9,910 anti-drug drives conducted across Rangpur division over the last 11 and a half months.Additional Director...
Bangla Press Desk: A concert by popular Bangladeshi rock icon James, also known as Nagar Baul, was cancelled on Friday night following clashes at the Faridpur Zila School campus during the institution’s 185th anniversary celebrations, leaving a...
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Bangla Press Desk: A fire broke out on the Saint Martin–bound vessel “The Atlantic Cruise” in the Bakkhali River adjacent to the Nuniachhara BIWTA jetty in Cox’s Bazar. The fire started at around 7:00am on Saturday (27 December). So far, t...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said that the record turnout at the capital’s 300 Feet area, where people gathered to welcome BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, clearly proves the nation’s preparedness for the...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Friday sent to jail two persons who allegedly helped prime suspect Foysal Karim Masud fleeing to India, in a case lodged over the murder of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.The two accused...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has left for the National Memorial in Savar after visiting the grave of his father, former president Ziaur Rahman, at the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital.The bulletproof bus carryin...
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