Just about the size of Cumilla town, the island of Bhasan Char in Nokhali's Hatiya sub-district has four layers of protection from natural disasters like cyclone. The young island emerged out of steady sedimentation in 2006 and currently boasts a spanking new modern settlement that could accommodate 100,000 Rohingyas. Bangladesh government had...
The government is implementing post-flood agriculture rehabilitation programme involving Taka Tk 110.6 million to assist 1,38,500 farmers in recouping crop losses they incurred during recent floods in Rangpur agriculture region. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) officials said farmers will get support in all five flood-affecte...
Bangladesh has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Serum Institute of India (SII) and its counterpart Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd to receive Covid-19 vaccines being developed by the Indian drug manufacturer. “Serum will provide the 30 million doses of the vaccine in the first phase as it has been proven effective,&rdqu...
Information and Communication Technology State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that 40 Artificial Intelligence (AI) services and tools related to language and technology are being developed under the ICT department, and will be available online by 2021. “Also, services like 'text to speech', spelling and grammar correction and OCR will b...
The International Affairs Sub-Committee organized a webinar "50 years of Bangladesh: Economy, Society, People, and Leadership" to reflect on the struggle of the people, assess the achievements, and provide challenges going forward. The keynote speakers in this webinar were Dr. Dianne Bolton, Dr. Eirik Jansen, and Dr. Anders Corr. Along with them...
The central bank has expanded the size of the stimulus package for large industries and services sector firms to make the low-cost funds available for the factories located in the economic zones. The volume of the package was enhanced by Tk 7,000 crore to Tk 40,000 crore as part of the central bank's effort to facilitate both local and foreign ...
The 35th span of the Padma Bridge was installed on Saturday (31st October) bringing a total of over 5.2 kilometers of the huge structure into view as the construction works of 6.15 kilometers long bridge started from December 2014. The span number ‘2B’ was installed on pillars no 8 and 9 at Mawa point, six days after the last one wa...
World Bank, in one of its reports, projects that Bangladesh will see increased remittance flow and secure eighth position in the world in terms of it in 2020. WB revealed the prediction in the report titled "COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens" published on October 29. According to the projection, two South Asian countries will see an inc...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on people with the financial means to help the poor and the needy as she believes poverty in Bangladesh can be eradicated if everyone works together for the betterment of society. She made the remarks on Saturday while inaugurating a programme whereby, 80 secretaries built homes for 160 homeless and landl...
Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves have surpassed $41 billion, three weeks after crossing the $40 billion for the first time. The reserves at the Bangladesh Bank stood at $41.2 billion on Thursday, sufficient to pay more than 10 months of import bills. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal once again thanked the Bangladeshi migrant work...
Bangladesh has laid emphasis on enhanced trade and investment cooperation with China amid growing interest among Chinese investors to invest in Bangladesh. "We are working very closely with the Chinese authorities to know the need of the Chinese importers," said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam while addressing as the chief gu...
The inflow of foreign aid to Bangladesh jumped by 55 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of this fiscal after Japan released a big chunk of budget support to contribute in Bangladesh's effort to recover from the Covid-related devastations, officials said on Wednesday. The bilateral and multilateral development partners disbursed US$1.45 billion ...
Bangladesh has surpassed India and Pakistan in terms of sustainable trade on the back of better performance in economic and social areas, says the Sustainable Trade Index 2020 report by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The country jumped five places up in the index scoring 49.3 out of 100 and ranked 12th among 20 Indo-Pacific economies,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has taken responsibility for running the state to take Bangladesh to a more dignified position by making it self-reliant in every aspect particularly socioeconomically. “We have shouldered the responsibility of running the state to take Bangladesh to a more dignifi...
Turkey made its largest delivery of medical equipment to Bangladesh Wednesday to contribute to the country's efforts against the novel coronavirus. A Turkish cargo airliner brought 20 ventilator monitor units, 20 ventilator stand units, 20 ventilator accessory sets, 10,000 N95 masks, 10,000 medical gowns, 10,000 coverall sets, 2,000 face shield...
Liberation War Affairs Ministry has issued a statement on Wednesday (October 28, 2020) seeking applications from indigent ailing freedom fighters (FFs) to be treated in the neighboring country India. Some 100 freedom fighters will get the medical services in India under the joint venture of the Liberation War Affairs Ministry and Indian High Co...
The Maldives has expressed its keen interest to recruit more doctors and nurses from Bangladesh while the island nation hosts nearly one lakh Bangladeshi expatriate workers at its tourism and fishing sector. The interest was showed while outgoing Maldivian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Aishath Shaan Shakir made a farewell call on Foreign Mini...
The air connectivity between the neighbouring Bangladesh and India has been restored under “air bubble” arrangement after more than seven months of flight suspension for containment of Covid-19 pandemic. The first resumption flight between the two countries began as a US-Bangla Airlines regular commercial flight from Dhaka to Kolkat...
The government has approved a Tk319-crore project to ensure and improve road safety by developing a traffic infrastructure in areas under the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). Under the project, escalators will be installed at foot-overbridges in 16 places in Dhaka North, with each escalator costing Tk1.18 crore. The DNCC will comple...
The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has completed the construction works of 199 rural bridges and culverts in Mymensingh district. District Relief and Rehabilitation Office source said (DRRO) the bridges and culverts were constructed at a cost of over TK 46 crore with a view to developing rural communication networks in 13 upazilas o...
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