World Bank to provide $300 mln for Bangladesh Clean Air Project: Adviser Rizwana
UNB, Dhaka : World Bank will provide USD 300 million to support the Bangladesh Clean Air Project (BCAP), aiming to strengthen air quality management and...
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Mahmudur Rahman sent to jail after surrendering at Dhaka court
UNB, Dhaka : A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered Mahmudur Rahman, editor of the now-defunct Amar Desh, to be sent to jail after he surrendered...
TIB urges reform of Information Commission, amendments to RTI Act
UNB, Dhaka: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged a comprehensive overhaul of the Information Commission to protect it from partisan influence on the occasion of...
US offers support for reforms, to fight corruption, help repatriate stolen billions
UNB, New York : Expressing willingness to become Bangladesh’s good partner in its new journey, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday Washington...
Razzaque sued for attacking protesters
Court Correspondent : Former Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque has been sued in a case filed on charges of attacking a procession during the Anti-Discrimination Students’...
First consignment with 12 mts of hilsa exported to India through Benapole port
UNB, Benapole : Amid debate over the export decision of the country’s national fish, the first consignment of 12 metric tonnes of hilsa was sent...
34 villages flooded in Kushtia after heavy rain; crops damaged
UNB, Kushtia : Four unions in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia along the Padma River have been inundated due to heavy rainfall caused by low pressure...
Heavy rains devastate over 8,000 fish enclosures and crops in Khulna, causing Tk 100cr in losses
UNB, Khulna : Days of continuous rainfall have led to severe waterlogging in the low-lying areas of Dumuria and Phultala upazilas in Khulna, flooding 8,250...
Yunus outlines election plan amid reform efforts
Reza Mahmud and Abu Jakir : The Chief Adviser of the interim government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, has echoed the Army Chief’s statement that the country’s...
ADB cuts Bangladesh’s growth forecast to 5.1pc
Staff Reporter : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday revised its economic growth forecast for Bangladesh down to 5.1 per cent for the fiscal...