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: Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will restrict the entry to all visitors and accompanying persons except passengers for next 24 hours starting from 6:00pm on Wednesday (24 December), airport authorities confirme...
Bangla Press Desk: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam has said that the police are fully prepared to ensure a free, fair, orderly, and festive environment for the upcoming election.He also mentioned that the police would take strict...
Bangla Press Desk: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a Tk35,465 crore project to modernise and expand Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL), aiming to strengthen Bangladesh’s energy security, produce...
Bangla Press Desk: Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury is set to assume office as the 26th chief justice of Bangladesh, replacing incumbent Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed.Sources said on Monday that the government would issue a gazette notification at...
Bangla Press Desk: Dipu Chandra Das, 27, worked at a garment factory outside the capital city of Dhaka. His 12-hour shifts, for a monthly salary of $150, entailed checking pants and shirts sewn by thousands of workers in the huge factory for gl...
Bangla Press Desk: A fire that broke out on the sixth floor of a 14-storey building named Haji Tower near Babubazar bridge in the Armanitola area of Old Dhaka early Tuesday has been brought under control.According to Fire Service and Civil Defe...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka ranked third on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI score of 252 at 9:05 am on Tuesday morning.Dhaka’s air was classified as 'very unhealthy', according to the air quality and pollution...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) will hold a high-level briefing today with divisional commissioners, police commissioners, deputy commissioners (DCs), superintendents of police (SPs) and other senior field administration officia...
Bangla Press Desk: Inqilab Moncho has announced a fresh three-point demand to ensure justice for the killing of its spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.The cultural platform made the announcement in a press release signed by its Member Secretary Abd...
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Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police to preserve the DNA sample profiling of Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent candidate in the upcoming national election and convener of the I...
Bangla Press Desk: The government on Monday launched ten specialised vehicles for conducting awareness campaigns throughout the country in support of the upcoming national elections, and July Charter implementation referendum, which would be he...
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Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged the voters to cast their ballots for candidates of their choice to elect honest and capable candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections slated for 12 February 2026...
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