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: Dalda kept at a bakery for preparing various food items was found to contain a dead rat floating inside. The same Dalda was being used to produce a range of savoury snacks. Officials from the Directorate of National Con...
Bangla Press Desk: Ali Hossain Fakir, the newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP), officially assumed his duties on Wednesday morning.He took over the responsibility at Police Headquarters succeeding his predecessor.Earlier, the...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government has constituted the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), the country’s highest body for approving public investment projects, with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman as its chairman.The comm...
Bangla Press Desk: The police have closed four personnel for beating up journalists and Dhaka University (DU) students while conducting an anti-narcotics drive at the Suhrawardy Uddyan on Monday night.Authorities are trying to identify two-thre...
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Bangla Press Desk: The government will begin distributing ‘Family Card’ on a pilot basis in 14 upazilas from 10 March, with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman set to inaugurate the programme.Tk2,500 will be given to the women in financial assistance...
Bangla Press Desk: The government on Tuesday appointed Ali Hossain Fakir as the inspector general of police (IGP).He was promoted from the rank of additional IGP, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.Ali Hossain Fa...
Bangla Press Desk: Former secretary Md Sarwar Alam has been reappointed as press secretary to the president on a contractual basis for one year.The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday.The appointmen...
Bangla Press Desk: Newly elected lawmaker Nurul Amin of the Chattogram-1 (Mirsharai) constituency was injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway while returning from Cumilla on Tuesday afternoon. He was initially rushed to...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on former deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Sheikh Nazmul Alam over graft charges.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order following a petiti...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s 9 February trade agreement with the United States, signed by the interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus just three days before national elections, has rapidly evolved from a defensive manoeuvre into a strat...
Bangla Press Desk: Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that elections will be held as quickly as possible to reactivate all local government institutions.“City corporation elections...
Bangla Press Desk: Fashion brand Virgo has unveiled its highly anticipated Eid Collection 2026, aiming to add greater colour, warmth and timeless elegance to the celebrations of Eid.Each design in the collection beautifully captures the s...
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