Bangladesh News Desk: Mongla Port, the second largest seaport in Bangladesh, is going to be upgraded to a third generation one by Egis India Consulting Engineers Pvt Ltd. To this effect, an... Read more
Hasibul Aman, Dhaka: The finance ministry has already begun drafting the budget for FY 2023-24 to combat war-induced economic woes and meet election-year demands. According to ministry sourc... Read more
Hasibul Aman, Dhaka: The government has taken some additional steps to control government expenditures by squeezing its operational costs to face the global economic crisis. In a recent circ... Read more
It supplied 400MW of electricity to Dhaka on Saturday Bangladesh News Desk: Bangladesh’s another mega coal-fired power plant, 2×660 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Project at Rampal, sta... Read more
UNB: Bangladesh reported 15 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning. With the new numbers, the caseload rose to 2,036,637, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (D... Read more
Says home ministry Bangladesh News Desk: The home ministry has decided to use drones to monitor the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar. A state-of-the-art drone has been provided to the C... Read more
Bangladesh News Desk: The National Memorial in Savar will be closed from today till December 15 for cleaning and preparations for VIP security ahead of the Victory Day-2022 celebrations. Aut... Read more
UNB: The World Bank on Thursday approved $250 million in financing to help Bangladesh strengthen its environmental management and promote private sector participation in green investment. Th... Read more
Bangladesh News Desk: The nation is set to celebrate the month of victory with much festivity and enthusiasm amid a series of programmes throughout the month of December that begins today. O... Read more
The investment to help Bangladesh achieve 2041 clean energy goal: Nasrul UNB: Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with state-owned Bangladesh... Read more
UNB: With an aim to support countries and territories to build professional competence and capacity to adequately address refugee and migrant health issues, the World Health Organization (WH... Read more
Community News Desk: Bangladeshi migrant workers don’t like any sort of radicalism and exposure to violent extremism among them is very insignificant. But 2.3 percent of the migrant workers... Read more
Bangladesh News Desk: The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dhaka and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for a two-year project for Landslide Risk Management i... Read more
Asif Showkat Kallol, Dhaka: A leading public-private dialogue platform BUILD has identified several potential export products for the Chinese duty-free and quota Free (DFQF) market that will... Read more
Australian expert Dr David Brewster has said there are gaps in Bangladesh’s maritime security capabilities that need to be built upon or enhanced with a comprehensive picture of its maritime... Read more
UNB: Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Saturday said peace and stability are required for development. “We hope that this country’s social and political stability wil... Read more
UNB: Bangladesh reported another Covid-19-linked death and 94 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total fatalities rose to 29,424 and case... Read more
BSS: A bill titled Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (Amendment) Bill 2022 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad today unanimously aimed at facilitating peaceful use of nuclear power, its advan... Read more
Mohammad Al Amin, Dhaka: The dengue fatality rate has gone up with the number of dengue patients increasing gradually, which has turned the mosquito-borne disease into a worsening situation.... Read more
The cabinet has given its final approval to the ‘Essential Services Act 2022,’ which endorses a maximum one-year jail term for calling or supporting illegal strikes in the essential services... Read more