The government has decided to shut down production at six of the 15 state-owned sugar mills amid the threshing season in a bid to cut its losses
Bangladesh’s container depot fire; norms violated in cargo handling at Chittagong port
Industrial accidents are common in Bangladesh. Experts blame poor safety standards and lack of enforcement of norms and regulations. Garments factories, which account for the country’s most exports and employ over 4 million workers, often see deadly fire incidents.
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Let’s fight COVID-19 together, save lives: Bangladesh PM
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought "urgent global attention and further collaboration" to defeat the coronavirus pandemic, save lives and accelerate economic recovery
Bangladesh has capacity to produce vaccines if given opportunity: PM Hasin
Stressing the importance of ensuring the universal, equitable, timely and affordable access to quality vaccines, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said COVID-19 can never be controlled unless it is stopped everywhere
Statue of 1971 martyr in Dhaka University partially damaged
A sculpture of Madhusudan Dey, who was brutally killed by the Pakistan Army in March 1971, was partially damaged by some unknown miscreants in the Dhaka University (DU) campus premises
Bangladesh plans more stimulus to offset Covid shock
The Bangladesh government and the development partners plan to inject more money into the economy for its recovery amid the pandemic while the progress in implementing the stimulus packages for employment creation and revitalisation of the rural economy remains slow
Dhaka on Rohingya relocation: Don't undermine, misinterpret genuine efforts
Bangladesh has urged all to exercise utmost caution not to undermine or misinterpret the genuine efforts of the government of Bangladesh, noting that the voluntary relocation of Rohingyas to Bhashan Char has become imperative to decongest the overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar
Commonwealth secretary general attributes Bangladesh's incredible achievements to PM Sheikh Hasina
Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland has called Bangladesh's past one decade's of development "incredible achievements" saying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina deserved its "full credit."
Bangladesh PM Hasina seeks further global collaboration to fight COVID-19
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought “urgent global attention and further collaboration” to defeat the coronavirus pandemic, save lives and accelerate economic recovery as she placed a three-point proposal at the 31st Special Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (UNGA)
US hands over 12 refurbished multipurpose cyclone shelters to Bangladesh
A refurbished multipurpose cyclone shelter was inaugurated in Cox’s Bazar’s Ramu upazila on Thursday which can accommodate more than 1,500 people and will provide classroom space for up to 400 students
Woman, four others to hang for murder of husband
A court has handed down capital punishment to a woman and her four accomplices for the murder of her husband over an extramarital affair in Khagrachhari's Guimara in 2016
Bangladesh told to halt relocation of Rohingya refugees
In response to the relocation of hundreds of Rohingya refugees to the Bhasan Char, a remote island in the Bay of Bengal, Amnesty International's South Asia Campaigner, Saad Hammadi, has said
Bangladesh-UK G2G trade meeting in January
The UK has proposed establishment of a UK-Bangladesh Trade and Investment Dialogue to deepen the already strong trading relationship between the two countries
UN unanimously adopts Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on ‘Culture of Peace’
The United Nations has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the “Culture of Peace”
Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char: All set with UN views put aside by Bangladesh
While the United Nations and other development partners still wait for an independent assessment of the Bhasan Char housing project, the Bangladesh government prepares for relocating some 2,500 Rohingyas to the isolated island within a couple of days
'Domestic market for local car production absent in Bangladesh'
The automobile industry in Bangladesh is yet to reach the stage where producing cars locally could be considered a viable business due to the current market size, according to experts
