Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) today struck a Taka 1,951 crore deal with ThalesAlenia Space, awarding the French firm work order for manufacturing and launching the country's first ever commercial and broadcast satellite Bangabandhu-I.
Some 250 new passenger coaches and 10 locomotives are going to be added to the fleet of Bangladesh Railway (BR) to offer safe, smooth and comfortable journey to the commuters.
The cabinet today gave the final approval to the draft of "The Local Government (Pourasabha) (Amendment) Law, 2015" by bringing a slight change in the ordinance promulgated earlier to this end.
Denying the existence of globally infamous Middle-East based Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh Prime Minister sheikh Hasina said an orchestrated local and foreign conspiracy is going on to establish the alleged fact that cohorts of IS are active in this country.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her just-concluded visit to the Netherlands has added a new dimension to the bilateral relations between Dhaka and Amsterdam and further brightened country's image on the world stage, particularly in Europe.