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30 Chinese companies pledge over $1bn for investment in Bangladesh

Dhaka, March 30 -- Bangladesh has secured over $1 billion in investment commitments from the Chinese government and businesses as part of a $2.1 billion package, which also includes loans and grants. ... Read More


Section 144 imposed at Mymensingh Eidgah grounds amid fear of clashes

Dhaka, March 30 -- Fearing clashes, Section 144 has been imposed at the Eidgah ground in Mymensingh's Gafargaon Upazila. Section 144 is a section of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which prohibits as... Read More


Assailants chase down car, shoot two dead in Chattogram

Dhaka, March 30 -- Assailants have killed two people after chasing a car and shooting the victims in broad daylight in Chattogram. Two others were injured in the incident that occurred at Chawkbazar'... Read More


Beijing 'positive' about letting Bangladeshi students visit for higher education

Dhaka, March 30 -- Khalilur Rahman, the chief advisor's top aide, has said China has responded positively about providing higher education opportunities to Bangladeshi students. On Sunday, he spoke a... Read More


Bangladesh flies emergency relief to Myanmar's quake victims

Dhaka, March 30 -- Bangladesh has extended support to Myanmar in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake. Two transport aircraft of the Bangladesh Army and Air Force have already arrived in Yangon wit... Read More


Bangladesh to mark Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday as Shawwal moon sighted

Dhaka, March 30 -- Bangladesh will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival for Muslim devotees, on Monday as the moon for the Islamic month of Shawwal has been sighted. After a meeting at the con... Read More


Raconteur, Bon Viveur and a Renaissance Man: one evening with Hasnat Abdul Hye!

Dhaka, March 30 -- On an unusually nippy March evening, right after Iftar, the heart was craving some intellectual fodder and knowledge of Dhaka and the world of the sixties and fifties. Well, for th... Read More


Dhaka gets 'positive' response from Beijing on Teesta project

Dhaka, March 30 -- Khalilur Rahman, the chief advisor's top aide, has said that China has given positive indications about its involvement in Bangladesh's Teesta River development project. During his... Read More


ACC discovers 4 flats, houses and 10 plots linked to dismissed army officer Mujibur, wife

Dhaka, March 30 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found two flats, 10 plots, and two houses while investigating the "illegal" assets of Md Mujibur Rahman, former security chief of ousted pri... Read More


Chief Advisor Yunus meets with army chief Waker

Dhaka, March 30 -- Chief of Army Staff Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman has paid a courtesy call on Muhammad Yunus, chief advisor to the interim government. The meeting took place at the State Guest House Jamuna o... Read More