Bangladesh

Fossil fuel used in the city of Dhaka and generally in Bangladesh has sulphur levels almost 10 times higher than international standards and is the main cause of the country's air pollution

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat accepted the journalists' call for social media to be subject to an accountability policy and said he would take action on the matter after talking to all stakeholders

Coca-Cola has appointed Ju-un Nahar Choudhury as the new managing director of Coca-Cola Bangladesh Ltd, becoming the first Bangladeshi and the first woman to hold this position

Bangladesh's tea production reached a record level of 102.92 million kilograms in 2023, according to state body Bangladesh Tea Board

In 10 years, continuous erosion of Brahmaputra, Teesta, Dharla, Dudhkumar and Gangadhar rivers rendered more than 100.000 people homeless in Kurigram, ruining 40.000 acres of farmland, 190 schools, 20 community clinics, 300 mosques, madrasas and temples

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked her party's men to go from door to door with their election manifesto to convince people to vote, as only her party can continue the country's journey towards progress and prosperity

The number of aspirants from minority communities for the forthcoming national elections is higher than in previous polls; along ruling Awami League and opposition Jatiya Party, 3 new political and 3 Islamist parties nominated members of minorities

Bangladesh will focus efforts on financing the costs of climate change at the upcoming climate conference in Dubai; the country is one of the most vulnerable nations to climate change, despite producing only about 0.56% of global emissions

The UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS visited the National Institute for Chest Diseases and Hospital, one of 29 hospitals in Bangladesh where, with funding from Global Fund, is building oxygen plants to help national health system