President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Gerardine Mukeshimana has said IFAD’s new office in Bangladesh marks a strategic milestone in their mission to be closer to …
Gumbie and Tanzid make debuts in Bangladesh-Zimbabwe series opener
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto chose to bowl in the first T20I against Zimbabwe in Chattogram. His counterpart Sikandar Raza, however, said his team was happy to bat. Joylord Gumbie made his …
Energy, Sustainability & Resilience: Lessons From Bhutan & Bangladesh
Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) provide far greater resilience, scalability and sustainability than traditional power plants, as evidenced in Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Exports Are Clogging India’s Air Cargo Capacity
According to a report from Indian newspaper The Hindu Business Line, tons of garments out of Bangladesh are being shipped out via Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in Delhi, cornering space in …
Bangladesh’s July-April remittances total 19 bln USD
Quoting provisional Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, the official, who asked not to be named, told Xinhua, “Expatriate Bangladeshis remitted home around 19.12 billion U.S. dollars in July-April, around 8 percent higher than the same period a year ago.”
‘Significant gap persists in basic health services in Bangladesh’
A United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) roundtable has heard that a “significant gap” persists in basic healthcare services in Bangladesh. Dr Be-Nazir Ahmed, Coordinator of the Bangladesh TA Project at the Mérieux Foundation under the …
Remittance inflow to Bangladesh rises slightly in April
Remittance inflow to Bangladesh increased marginally in April compared with that in the previous month due to Eid-ul-Fitr, which celebrated on April
India beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets, take 3-0 unassailable lead
A dominant India grabbed an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match women’s T20I series as they pummelled Bangladesh by seven wickets in the third match here on Thursday. After their skipper Harmanpreet Kaur opted to field first looking at the cloud cover …
Govt to train 1,500 civil servants of Bangladesh in next five years
India will train 1,500 civil servants of Bangladesh by conducting mid-career capacity building programmes on good governance initiatives in the next five years, a top government official said on Thursday.
Will Bangladesh declare heatwaves a disaster?
With temperatures reaching unbearable levels, there have been calls from public health experts and meteorologists to officially declare the heatwave a disaster and to establish a comprehensive action plan to address its impacts.