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.
Footsteps Bangladesh inaugurates 2nd Britto Children’s Library
Footsteps Bangladesh, a next generation development organization, inaugurated its second Britto Children’s Library in Rayerbazar Government Primary School in Dhanmondi, Dhaka on April 28. Britto …
Breaking boundaries: The dawn of modern stock trading in Bangladesh
This effort not only invites women to engage actively in the financial markets but also equips them with the necessary tools for success. As Bangladesh progresses in digital empowerment and financial …
Bangladesh’s RPGCL seeks three LNG cargoes for June delivery, sources say
SINGAPORE: Bangladesh’s state-owned Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has issued a tender seeking three liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for delivery in June, according to two industry …
Sabbir Ahmed, Visa’s New Country Manager For Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan
Visa has appointed Sabbir Ahmed as the new Country Manager for Bangla-desh, Nepal and Bhutan. With over 27 years of experience in bank …
Heatwave felt differently as rolling outages strike unevenly across Bangladesh
On Tuesday, Chuadanga reached 43.7 degrees, and Jashore hit a record 43.8 degrees Celsius, the second-highest in Bangladesh’s history. Under such conditions, life becomes unbearable when power outages …
Bangladesh garment workers continue to face a climate of fear, repression: AI
Amnesty International on Wednesday said that garment workers in Bangladesh continued to face a climate of fear and repression as corporate impunity for business-related human rights abuses remained unchecked amid state sanctioned crackdown on workers’
April saw lowest rainfall in Bangladesh
Average rainfall in Bangladesh was one millimetre in April, which is the record lowest in the country since 1981. One mm of rain refers to the “depth” of rain that would be received in 1 square metre in length and width. So one mm of rain translates to 1 …
April temperatures in Bangladesh hottest on record
Bangladesh’s weather bureau said Wednesday that last month was the hottest April on record, with the South Asian nation and much of the region still enduring a suffocating heatwave.Large swathes of South and Southeast Asia are sweltering through a heatwave that has topped temperature records from Myanmar to the Philippines,