Bangladesh: Diplomats stationed in Dhaka praise Sheikh Hasina
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:41 am
Dhaka: Diplomats stationed in Dhaka have praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her “able and prudent” leadership and tireless efforts in changing the course of national progress, braving a sea of challenges and setbacks along her way.
Working tirelessly against pandemic: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
Oct 04, 2020, at 04:51 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her government has been tirelessly working to face the Covid-19 pandemic and keep running the country’s economy.
Bangladesh: PMO to review plans, costs of three China-funded rail projects
Oct 02, 2020, at 02:52 pm
Dhaka: The Bangladesh Prime Minister's Office has constituted a committee to review negotiated contract costs of three railways projects, which are supposed to be implemented with Chinese finance and by Chinese companies, and whether the projects should go ahead as they have been planned, media reports said,
Bangladesh registers 32 COVID-19 deaths, 1,407 cases
Sep 28, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh reported 32 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 1,407 new cases in the last 24 hours, said a press release sent by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday.
Bangladesh: Longest-serving attorney general Mahbubey Alam dies due to COVID-19
Sep 28, 2020, at 03:18 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh's longest-serving attorney general Mahbubey Alam, who was suffering from COVID-19, died at a hospital in Dhaka city on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to address UNGA today
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:50 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be virtually addressing the 75th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Saturday.
Myanmar: Mounting child death toll during Rakhine village assaults must end, urges rights expert
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:34 pm
New York: The assaults by security forces in Myanmar on villages in Rakhine state “need to stop”, and a ceasefire should be declared immediately, said the UN independent rights expert on the situation across the country on Tuesday.
Bangladesh: Coast Guard officials arrest seven yaba dealers
Sep 21, 2020, at 02:23 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh Coast Guard officials arrested seven yaba dealers with 500,000 yaba pills while conducting a drive in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Stay order on former PM Khaleda Zia's 4 cases upheld
Sep 21, 2020, at 02:36 am
Dhaka/UNI: The Appellate Division of Bangladesh on Sunday upheld the High Court Division order that stayed the trial proceedings in four more cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Bangladesh now houses 106 mln internet users
Sep 21, 2020, at 12:40 am
Dhaka: The total number of Bangladeshi internet users has reached 106 million as the first seven months of 2020 witnessed the addition of nearly seven million new users in the country, claimed the country's telecom regulator recently.
Bangladesh registers 1,567 fresh nCoV cases, with 32 deaths
Sep 20, 2020, at 12:02 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has reported 1,567 fresh novel coronavirus cases and 32 deaths on Saturday, making the tally at 347,372 and death toll at 4,913, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Bangladesh: Road mishap leaves 4 people killed
Sep 19, 2020, at 02:08 pm
Dhaka: Two buses and a microbus collided on Magura-Jessore Highway in Mugi area of Bangladesh on Friday which left four people killed, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Teen gang-raped in bus in Comilla, 2 arrested
Sep 19, 2020, at 01:51 pm
Comilla: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly held captive and gang-raped in a Tisha Plus Paribahan bus in Bangladesh's Comilla region, media reports said on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Police recover severed human leg from dustbin in Dhaka
Sep 12, 2020, at 02:34 pm
Dhaka: Police on Friday recovered a severed human leg from a dustbin in Bangladesh capital city Dhaka.
Bangladesh: Death toll in Narayanganj mosque blast touches 31
Sep 11, 2020, at 04:15 pm
Dhaka: The death toll due to the explosion of the air-conditioner in a mosque in Bangladesh's Narayanganj region has now touched 31, media reports said.
Bangladesh registers 1,827 new COVID cases, 41 deaths
Sep 10, 2020, at 01:08 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh reported 1827 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours while 41 lives were lost in the same period.
Bangladesh: Boat capsizes, 10 dead
Sep 10, 2020, at 01:03 am
Dhaka/UNI: At least 10 bodies were recovered after a boat carrying dozens of people sank in the river of Gumai in Bangladesh's Netrokona district, some 158 km north of the capital Dhaka, on Wednesday.
Bangladesh AC explosion: Death toll touches 28
Sep 09, 2020, at 02:11 pm
Dhaka: The death toll in the air-conditioner blasts incident at a Narayanganj mosque in Bangladesh has reached 28 as another victim died on Tuesday, media reports said.
Bangladesh parliament adopts condolence motion regarding Pranab Mukherjee
Sep 07, 2020, at 04:10 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief over the death of former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and other departed souls including two lawmakers of the present parliament.
Bangladesh: Mosque explosion death toll rises to 24
Sep 07, 2020, at 04:05 am
Dhaka/UNI: Three more people who sustained burn injuries due to an explosion at a mosque in Narayanganj, died on Sunday, taking the death toll from the incident to 24.
Bangladesh: Death toll from gas explosion in mosque rises to 21: Reports
Sep 06, 2020, at 02:31 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: At least 21 people were confirmed dead as a result of a gas explosion in the Baitus Salah Jame mosque, located in the Narayanganj city of Bangladesh, as dozens of injured worshipers are still receiving medical treatment, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
Bangladesh: Six AC machines explode in mosque, 50 worshippers hurt
Sep 05, 2020, at 03:13 pm
Dhaka: At least 50 people were hurt as six air conditioners at a mosque in Narayanganj’s Fatullah region in Bangladesh exploded on Friday, media reports said.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh government lifts bar on public movement
Sep 01, 2020, at 03:03 pm
Dhaka: Amid rising COVID-19 cases in the country, the Bangladesh government has lifted restrictions on movement and activities for the public starting Tuesday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Veteran journalist Rahat Khan passes away
Aug 30, 2020, at 05:13 am
Dhaka/UNI: Veteran journalist and litterateur in Bangladesh Rahat Khan died of old age complications at his Eskatan Garden residence in the city on Friday night.
Bangladesh: Security officials arrest new JMB man
Aug 28, 2020, at 10:05 pm
Dhaka: The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Bangladesh officials arrested a suspected operative of new JMB, media reports said on Friday.
Address root causes of the Rohingya refugee crisis, urges UN chief
Aug 27, 2020, at 06:25 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater attention to the Rohingya refugee crisis – which entered its fourth year – and for addressing the root causes of the conflict.
Bangladesh: Local teenager allegedly rapes minor in Jamalpur
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:46 pm
Dhaka: A local teenager allegedly raped a five-year-old girl in Bangladesh capital Jamalpur, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Mother, children beaten up on charges of cattle theft
Aug 24, 2020, at 10:47 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Five people, including a woman, her two daughters and one son, were beaten up in a village in Cox’s Bazar on charge of cattle lifting.
Bangladesh records 2,265 fresh COVID19 cases
Aug 22, 2020, at 10:19 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh seems to witness a significant rise in the number of COVID-19 cases as the country recorded 2,265 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.
Bangladesh: Road mishap in Mymensingh leaves six people, including child and women, dead
Aug 22, 2020, at 10:15 pm
Mymensingh: At least six people were killed as a bus hit a car in Bangladesh's Mymensingh city on Saturday, media reports said.