News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Five more children died in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning—four from measles-related symptoms and one from a confirmed measles case.In addition, Bangladesh recorded 9...
Bangla Press Desk: A cabinet meeting was held in the conference room of the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat here on Thursday. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman chaired the meeting, said Prime Minister's Press Secretary Saleh Shi...
Bangla Press Desk: A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Tanti Dal was hacked to death at Gunak village in Sonagazi upazila of Feni on Wednesday evening.The deceased was identified as Ayub Nabi Tarek, 26, organisational secretary of Bogadana Uni...
Bangla Press Desk: Imagine picking up a tomato at a market in Dhaka and instantly accessing its entire life story—where it was grown, who harvested it, how it traveled, and when it reached the shelf. Not by relying on a sticker or the seller’s...
Bangla Press Desk: The candidates for the 13th parliamentary election are legally obliged to submit the return of their election expenses by mid-March to the Election Commission (EC).“There is an obligation to submit the return of candidates’...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Cabinet Division has reassigned portfolios to state ministers Habibur Rashid and Rajib Ahsan.Habibur was given charge of the railways ministry and the roads transport and highways division, and Rajib assigned to the ship...
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said the 2009 Pilkhana massacre, in which 57 army officers were killed, was a sinister attempt to undermine Bangladesh’s sovereignty.“The Army is a symbol of our sovereignty. I beli...
Bangla Press Desk: Assailants shot an individual to death in the trouble-prone Raozan upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday evening.The deceased was Mujib, 60, a resident of the Purba Guzara area under the upazila. Sources said that miscrean...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 20 people, including several policemen, were injured as BNP activists, allegedly supported by Awami League men, engaged in a clash with National Citizen Party (NCP) followers after an attack on the convoy of NCP lea...
Bangla Press Desk: Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman left for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on his maiden foreign tour since assuming office to attend an OIC Foreign Ministers-level meeting in Jeddah on the situation in the occupied Palestinian...
Bangla Press Desk: The government on Wednesday appointed Md Mostaqur Rahman as the new Governor of Bangladesh Bank, cancelling the remaining tenure of Dr Ahsan H Mansur with immediate effect.The appointment was confirmed through a gazette notif...
Bangla Press Desk: The BNP-led government under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has launched a sweeping drive to overhaul the public administration, tighten office discipline and curb batch-based politics within the civil service, officials...
Bangla Press Desk: At the start of the holy month of Ramadan, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has launched its “truck sale” program nationwide, offering essential commodities at subsidised prices.Under the initiative, consumer...
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