About 5.4km of Padma Bridge is now visible with the 36th span installed on Friday, taking it one step close to the long awaited reality that was once a dream. The span was installed on pillars two and three at Mawa point at around 9:42 am, confirmed Dewan Md Abdul Quader, project manager (main bridge) and executive engineer. With the installat...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Bangladesh Navy to remain prepared to safeguard the country’s independence and sovereignty alongside protecting its marine resources as the government has been working to tap potentiality of the blue economy. “We always want not only to protect sea areas, but also to use marine resources fo...
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...
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