A partnership between Oslo-listed seismic data specialist TGS, oilfield services giant SLB and state-owned oil company Petrobangla has announced a new multi-client 2D seismic program offshore …
Scripting History! Ankita Islam Becomes First Transgender In Bangladesh To Pursue MBA With Scholarship Support
Once the Oxford of East, Dhaka University has again set an example for the world by promoting gender equity and inclusive education. Ankita Islam, who comes from a small village of Nanduria …
Bangladesh’s largest annual trade fair kicks off
The 27th edition of the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), the largest annual commercial and trade event in Bangladesh, kicked off Sunday at the mega Chinese-built venue the Bangabandhu Bangladesh …
Nearly 10,000 people died in road crashes in 2022 in Bangladesh: report
The number of road accidents and fatalities in 2022 were the highest in eight years, said Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury, secretary general of the association, at a press conference in Dhaka Reporters’ …
Bangladesh Bank $101m heist: Investigation in limbo after almost 7 years
A Dhaka court has postponed submitting the investigation report in a case filed over a 101 million heist from Bangladesh Bank reserves for the 68th time …
Tale of a True-up Life Line for Bangladesh
The first metro rail in Bangladesh was inaugurated in Dhaka by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 28 December. This is part of the ambitious Bangladesh project of Mass Rapid Transit to be completed by …
Mild cold wave sweeps parts of Bangladesh
A mild cold wave is sweeping Panchagarh, Moulvibazar and Kurigram districts and it may continue, said the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Monday morning. When the temperature drops below …
Economy stable
Although Bangladesh stepped into a new year with various economic pressures stemming from global events, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said he was confident that the country would not backtrack …
EAM Points Out To ‘intense Challenge’ With China & ‘successful Diplomacy’ With Bangladesh
S Jaishankar pointed out that India faces ‘intense challenges’ with China, ‘cross-border terror’ with Pakistan & ‘successful diplomacy’ with Bangladesh.
As groundwater dries up and rainfall becomes scarce, rice farmers in north-west Bangladesh find new hope in vegetables
Rice was once the region’s main crop, but as Bangladesh feels the increasing strain of climate change, rice is now the “loser crop”.