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Death toll from Bangladesh floods hits 161

As many as 161 people have lost their lives to the ongoing floods in Bangladesh, mostly from drowning, according to government data

Bangladesh orders all government employees back to work

The Bangladesh government has ordered all its employees to return to offices, ending a window for 75 percent of staffers to work from home amid the pandemic

Bangladesh sends food aid, medical team to Lebanon

Bangladesh is sending aid, including food, and a medical team to Lebanon after the most powerful blast hit a country that has already been struck down by an economic crisis

ADB grants Bangladesh $3m to fight pandemic

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an additional $3 million in grant assistance for procuring urgently needed medical supplies for emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh

Retired Bangladesh Army officer's killing a stray incident: Officials

Bangladesh Army chief General Aziz Ahmed and police chief Benazir Ahmed said on Wednesday that the killing of retired Army officer Sinha Md Rashed Khan was a stray incident

PM Hasina seeks more Japanese investment

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought more investment from Japan to further bolster economic ties as well as put emphasis on further strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two friendly nations

Dhaka gets first tranche of $1b Japanese loan

Bangladesh yesterday got the first tranche of the $1 billion loan pledged by Japan to bounce back from economic whiplash brought on by the global coronavirus pandemic

21 Bangladeshi naval peacekeepers injured in Beirut blast

Twenty-one members of Bangladesh Navy have been injured in Beirut after huge blasts in port warehouses storing highly explosive material rocked the Lebanese capital

17 dead as boat sinks in Netrokona

Seventeen people have been reported dead after a motorised boat carrying 48 passengers capsized in a Haor or backswamp in Netrokona's Madan Upazila

Bangladesh signals a thaw towards Pakistan

Bangladesh seems to be sliding sides through soft diplomacy, signalLing towards possibilities of cooperation with Pakistan as two sides work towards melting the ice of critical, tense and strained relations

Bangladesh flood situation eases

The flood situation improved in Bangladesh as water levels of major rivers fell further but many rivers are still flowing above the danger mark

Bangladesh's exports make a stunning rally in July

July, it seems, will go down the annals as the month in which the Bangladesh economy lifted the pall of gloom brought on by the global coronavirus pandemic

Bangladesh govt failed to distribute relief material properly: Economist

The Bangladesh government has failed to distribute relief material properly, claimed famous economist and labour rights activist MM Akash

Bangladesh underwater tunnel project progresses amid corona crisis; to improve regional connectivity

The work on the ambitious $1.2 bn underwater tunnel project in Bangladesh's Chattogram, aimed at boosting connectivity, seemed to be moving in the right direction with the completion of the left line of the section, amid the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis, officials said on Monday

'Conspirators behind Mujib killing, Hasina rally attack still active'

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged every Bangladeshi to remain alert against the conspirators behind the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975 and grenade attack at Sheikh Hasina's rally here on August 21, 2004