Floods and cyclones caused Tk 400bn in losses in Bangladesh over five years: minister

Bangladesh, July 9 -- Floods and cyclones caused an estimated Tk 412 billion in damage across Bangladesh between 2021 and 2025, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu has said. Res... Read More

Home minister urges Vietnamese traders to invest, import medicine from Bangladesh

Bangladesh, July 8 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has called on Vietnamese businesspeople and entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh and to import Bangladeshi pharmaceutical products at affordable p... Read More

EC begins dialogue with stakeholders on election observer recommendations

Bangladesh, July 8 -- The Election Commission (EC) has begun a dialogue with stakeholders to discuss recommendations on election observation as it weighs reforms ahead of future polls. The commission... Read More

Government will keep Teletalk, upgrade network instead: ICT minister

Bangladesh, July 7 -- The government has ruled out selling state-owned mobile operator Teletalk despite interest from several companies in buying or partnering with it. It has instead planned to upgr... Read More

Bangladesh police ready to face Haiti unrest challenge: home minister tells UN

Bangladesh, July 7 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has informed the UN that Bangladesh Police has completed preparations to face the challenge of the current unstable and complex security situation ... Read More

Gas pressure to fall nationwide as LNG supply dips

Bangladesh, July 7 -- The scheduled LNG cargo delivery at the floating LNG terminal in Maheshkhali has yet to begin due to severe weather conditions. As a result, the supply of regasified liquefied na... Read More

Bangladesh banks on rooftop solar to meet 20% renewable electricity target by 2030

Bangladesh, July 6 -- Bangladesh is betting heavily on renewable energy to reshape its power sector over the next five years. A new government strategy seeks to raise renewables' share of electricity... Read More

Journalist and teacher Shahed Kamal is dead at 85

Bangladesh, July 4 -- Journalist and teacher Shahed Kamal has passed away at the age of 85. The eldest son of poet Sufia Kamal, he breathed his last at Dhaka's Zainul Haque Sikder Women's Medical Col... Read More

Air Astra says mechanical issue-not passenger's forgotten sherwani-forced flight back

Bangladesh, July 4 -- An Air Astra flight bound for Chattogram on Friday has sparked controversy after returning to the bay while taxiing, with passengers alleging it turned back because a traveller h... Read More

Jamaat expels four over attack on journalists in Dhanmondi

Dhaka, June 25 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami has expelled four individuals for assaulting journalists in Dhaka's Dhanmondi during the founding anniversary of the Awami League. The party announced the decisi... Read More

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