Bangladesh

The government plans to form 5.500 farmer groups to promote livestock farming; the groups will be set up by the Department of Livestock Services with technical assistance from FAO

More than 5.000 families in C'nawabganj are going to get electricity from from the national grid through submarine cables by next December, with the Rural Electrification Board implementing its project

As a major exporter of labour, the country has suffered from the pandemic crisis with thousands of Bangladeshis unemployed; before it, 700.000 Bangladeshis were employed abroad every year and many more emigrated

Sand mining from the Meghna River is causing massive erosion in Bhola, forcing at least 20.000 people to be displaced

The government distributed cash assistance to 1.879 tea workers in Moulvibazar under the tea workers' livelihood improvement program; in addition, keys to newly built houses were given to 17 families

Bangladeshi textile producers have accepted the 2 years extension of the Agreement on Working Conditions proposed by many international brands that makes local business partially liable for non-compliance with safety standards at production sites

A month-long exhibition of national newspapers and pictures depicting the role of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the creation of Bangladesh is underway after being launched by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha

Parallel to the Covid pandemic that is bringing the country to its knees, hundreds of people with dengue fever have been admitted to hospitals in the country, reaching 3.000 in August alone

The country's street kitchens struggle to keep free food on the menu to support those left destitute by the pandemic

During the webinar "Unleashing the Potential of Bangladesh Startup Ecosystem" it emerged how it is an untapped digital goldmine of Asia that needs a systematic branding of the country in a bid to attract more foreign investment and expand accordingly

Bangladeshi contractor Abdul Momen, winning the Bangladesh Roads and Highways Department project, will widen the highway linking Elenga town and Rangpur city northeast of Dhaka

Around 200 char farmers have received flood tolerant high-yielding Aman paddy seeds invented by the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture