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Bangladesh-based SOLshare wins $1.46m in sustainable energy competition

EIT InnoEnergy, the world’s largest sustainable energy engine, has awarded a $120,000 cash prize plus a $364,000 investment in added value services to support the expansion of SOLshare’s pioneering peer-to-peer solar trading platform

US interested in development plans for Chittagong Port

Chargé d’Affaires at US Embassy in Dhaka JoAnne Wagner has said that his country is interested in the development plans for the Chittagong Port due to its role as gatekeeper for Bangladesh’s export economy

Bangladesh govt approves primary list of 1,222 martyred intellectuals

After 49 years of the Liberation War, the Bangladesh government has approved a primary list of 1,222 martyred intellectuals who made sacrifices for the nation in 1971, a minister announced

Bangladesh to suspend flights for COVID certificate breach

The government has announced that the flights of airlines bringing passengers from abroad without COVID-negative certificates will be suspended for up to four weeks

Another 250kg ‘wartime’ bomb found at Dhaka airport’s third terminal site

Another 250kg bomb was found buried at the construction site of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's 3rd terminal in the capital today

Nationwide protests staged against vandalisation of Bangabandhu's sculpture

With the slogan "Jatir Pitar Samman, Rakhbo Mora Omlan" (We will uphold the dignity of the Father of the Nation), officials of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) cadre services staged nationwide protest rallies against the vandalism of an under-construction sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Kushtia

Covid Vaccine: First shipment arriving in January in Bangladesh

The country will receive the first consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in January, Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said

Defacing Bangabandhu sculpture: Protests continue in Bangladesh

Judges, government officials and businesspersons were among the people who demonstrated yesterday against the attack on a sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Countries 'nowhere near' Paris climate goals, says Bangladesh PM Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on global leaders to step up efforts to meet the goals set under the Paris Agreement with a stark reminder of the threat of climate change

Bangladesh plans fresh apparel stimulus

The garment sector is on way to receive a second round of stimulus, with government plans reasoning that it has been severely affected by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 situation in Bangladesh is under control

COVID-19 situation in Bangladesh is under control as the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is sincerely dealing with the pandemic, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque has said

Number of critical virus cases on rise in Bangladesh

The number of patients with severe COVID-19 infections is apparently on the rise, as record shows that the occupancy rate of ICU beds at the dedicated hospitals has gone up by 14 percentage points from 45 percent in the last two months

Patent-free COVID-19 vaccines: Bangladesh Nobel Laureate Yunus’ petition gets a million signatures

Bangladesh Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus’ petition on putting people ahead of pharma patents has received nearly one million signatures

Padma Bridge: Bangladesh tells an inspiring story

Historian Yuval Noah Harari, of bestsellers "Sapiens" (2011) and "Homo Deus" (2016) fame, talks about the importance of stories in human history which have the power, he says, to transform the fortune of peoples -- turning groups to tribes, to communities, to nations and, to civilizations and make them achieve wonders

Facebook takes action against hackers in Bangladesh, Vietnam

Facebook has taken action against two separate groups of hackers -- an unnamed group based in Bangladesh and APT32 in Vietnam, the social media giant said in a statement