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UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Philip Barton announced that Britain would provide £3,000,000 (around TK 42 crore) as new funding to support Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char."I am pleased to announce a further UK contr...
The Sand Quarry (Balumahal) and Soil Management (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday with the provision of banning the extraction of sand and soil from farmlands as well as the topsoil of other lands. Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury moved the bill which was una...
DataVolt, a pioneering data centre developing and power generation company of Saudi Arabia, has announced to set up a data centre at a cost of US$100 million in Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City (BHTC) at Kaliakor in Gazipur district.DataVolt Chief Strategy Officer Ayad Al Amri made this announcement at a bi...
Expatriates' Welfare Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Tuesday said Bangladesh signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with Maldives, Brunei Darussalam and Greece to send workers as over 1.55 crore people are now working abroad."A total of 1,55,13,460 Bangladeshi workers have s...
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Planning Minister MA Mannan today sought more technological support from China in the field of development activities."Under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, many development activities are ongoing on. In case of development, China is one of the largest partners," he told a ...
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A five-member delegation led by Kanni Wignaraja, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBAP) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), paid a courtesy call on JatiyaSangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the latter's offi...
Food Minister Sadhan ChandraMajumder on Tuesday said the country has no food shortage as over 18.54 lakhtonnes of food grains now remained stock in the public godowns.Food Minister said this while responding to a query raised by treasury bench lawmaker Kazim Uddin Ahammed of Mymensingh-11 at the que...
A total of 11 dengue patients died and 2,956 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till 8 am Tuesday. On September 2, Bangladesh recorded 21 dengue-related deaths, the highest number in a single day, this year while the country reported 20 dengue-link...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 4,282.76 crore project to ensure expansion and modernization of the facilities at Mongla Port in Bagerhat.The approval came from a meeting of the ECNEC held with its Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in...
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Chinese company M/s Cherry Button Limited is going to establish a garments accessories manufacturing industry in Adamjee EPZ with an investment of US$ 12.2 million.Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and M/s. Cherry Button Limited today signed an agreement to this effect at BEPZA Co...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and other concerned to frame development projects in coordination with the Delta Plan to avail funding from the $ 1 billion Climate Fund committed to Bangladesh.The Prime Minister came up with the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the friendly ties between Bangladesh and France reached a new dimension as she delivered her statement in a joint press briefing after the bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron."The friendly ties that my father, the Father of the Nat...
The Ministry of Land on Monday issued a public notice, urging all not get confused by fake news or rumours on passing of Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act and issuance of gazette in this regard."Fake news or rumours are appearing on different social media sites and internet, saying, ...
Dhaka and Paris on Monday signed two instruments regarding Bangabandhu-2 Satellite and improvement of urban infrastructure in Bangladesh.The instruments were signed and exchanged in presence of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and French President Emmanuel Macron at the Karobi Hall at the Pri...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday enjoyed a ride on a traditional panshi boat operated by Contic, a sister concern of NGO Friendship SPO. The France Embassy in Dhaka and Friendship SPO jointly organised the river cruise, said a Friendship press release. Information and Broadcasting Min...
The US embassy in Dhaka is ready to continue to support Bangladesh in adopting new technologies for mitigating the effects of climate change to ensure food security, said US Embassy's Charge d' Affaires Nathan Flook. Speaking at a dialogue, Nathan Flook said using biotechnology, scienti...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday visited Bangabandhu Museum and paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Macron stayed about one hour at Bangabandhu Museum, carrying the memories of Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu as well as evidences of b...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary ObaidulQuader on Monday said although Bangladesh is not a member of G-20, an alliance of powerful states, the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as an invited guest, at the G-20 Summit attracted the attention of world leaders. "People's leader...
A Dhaka court on Monday issued arrest warrant against BNP standing committee member Iqbal Hasan Mahmood Tuku in a graft case as he failed to surrender before it following an order of the High Court.Dhaka Special Judges Court-5 judge Iqbal Hossain passed the order.Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on ...
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