Asia Bangladesh Another 22.101 houses under the Ashrayan -2 project will be handed over to landless and homeless families today, and 12 more districts will be declared homeless-free
Asia Bangladesh About 11,5 tonnes of mangoes were produced this year from about 93.000 hectares of land in the northern Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore districts
Asia Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on all stakeholders to work together to further improve the quality of education with the aim of bringing it up to global standards
Asia Bangladesh The country was unanimously elected as a member of the Food and Agriculture Organisation Council for the second consecutive term by the Asia Region for three years, from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2027
Asia Bangladesh Massive work is underway to dispose of the capital's sacrificial animal waste within 24 hours, with a total of 19.244 cleaners engaged in completing the task
Asia Bangladesh Voting for the Khulna City Corporation took place peacefully amid tight security measures and a festive atmosphere of spontaneous voter participation
Asia Bangladesh The country could experience power outages for another two weeks, the energy minister said, as increased electricity consumption due to rising temperatures caused a shortage of fuel for generating plants
Asia Bangladesh Dengue infection has increased fivefold in the last five months, with the number rising alarmingly, as stated by Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Asia Bangladesh The Dutch government has offered a new incubation programme for young Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to support them with business solutions, skills, funding and resources
Asia Bangladesh Around 2.000 disadvantaged and disadvantaged women have received training on various courses and many of them are becoming independent thanks to the Women's Skills Development Training Centre
Asia Bangladesh The country became a party to the Minamata Mercury Convention, reaffirming its strong commitment to global efforts to reduce pollution; the government decided to ratify the Convention after consultations with all stakeholders
Asia Bangladesh The country approved a $318 million payment to a Russian nuclear power developer using the Chinese yuan, offering the latest case of countries bypassing the US dollar to make international payments
Asia Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged to provide the best support to traders who suffered huge losses in the devastating Bangabazar fire in the capital