The temperature exceeding 36℃ in larger areas of Bangladesh for longer periods of time has compelled meteorologists to issue heat alerts four times in April this year, with the country’s southwest and …
Scorching heat wave shuts schools in Bangladesh for 7 days
The Bangladesh government has closed schools for seven days as scorching heat waves sweep across the South Asian country.
Her Majesty Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck graces Bangladesh’s Independence and National Day reception
Her Majesty Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck graced a reception yesterday to mark the occasion of Bangladesh’s Independence and National Day. Members of the Royal Family, the Foreign Secretary of …
In 50 years Bangladesh created business elite group who makes policy and drives government: Speakers at book launch
Speakers at a book launching programme on Thursday said that without a strong political agenda, implementation of economic reforms is quite impossible in Bangladesh.There are several elite groups …
Prime Bank gets bancassurance business approval from BB
Prime Bank PLC has recently received Bancassurance Business commencement approval from Bangladesh Bank. Mohammad Shahriar Siddiqui, director, BRPD, Bangladesh Bank handed over the approval letter to …
Stagflation or not, Bangladesh economy slips into slow growth track
The latest figures from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) reveal, Bangladesh’s economic growth has slowed to a mere 3.78% in the second quarter of FY24, the slowest pace in the last three …
Internet services disrupted across Bangladesh
The state-owned bandwidth provider, Bangladesh Submarine Cables, said a fibre cable ‘break’ in Singapore has caused this situation …
Submarine cable breakdown may disrupt Bangladesh internet
Internet users in Bangladesh may face severe disruption for the next few days as the country’s second submarine cable SEA-ME-WE 5, the largest supplier of international bandwidth to Bangladesh, broke …
Hit by disasters, Bangladesh’s long wait for a safe chemical industrial park gets longer
The industrial park is under construction with an outlay of nearly Tk 15 billion in a bid to relocate the chemical industries and godowns of Old Dhaka into an environment-friendly place next to the …
Myanmar to take back 285 soldiers who sought refuge in Bangladesh
Myanmar ship to take back troops, also return 150 Bangladeshis stuck in Myanmar, according to new plan – Anadolu Ajansı …