Bangladesh will be a centrepiece of the United States’ work in the region as it sees the country as a key partner in the Indo-Pacific region, Deputy Secretary of the US Stephen E Biegun said Thursday
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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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the administration to take extensive measures against rape and raise public awareness against such incidents in society
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Death penalty to five rapists in Bangladesh under amended law
A court has sentenced five people to death after it found them guilty of gang-raping a madrasa girl in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail
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The International Monetary Fund today projected the country will achieve a GDP growth of 4.4 percent for the fiscal year 2020-21 due to the ongoing economic slowdown stemming from the coronavirus pandemic
Women in Dhaka take to the streets at midnight in a ‘March to Break the Shackles’
In a striking show of unity and protest against the sudden spike in rapes, hundreds of women brought out a procession in Dhaka, the Bangladesh capital, right before midnight on Tuesday.
India's bureaucratic red tape holds up transmission projects for Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Plant
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Commercial ilish farming not seen as viable option in Bangladesh
With the ilish population declining day by day in Bangladesh’s rivers, researchers in Bangladesh have been trying to farm the national fish of the country in four phases
Bangladesh president signs capital punishment ordinance for rape cases
Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid on Tuesday signed an ordinance elevating the maximum punishment in rape cases to death from life imprisonment
45% of Dhaka residents carry COVID-19 antibodies
About 45 per cent of the residents of Dhaka have developed COVID-19 antibodies, with the rate climbing to 74 per cent among slum-dwellers in the Bangladeshi capital, according to a new study
