The European Commission is providing funding of €1,2 million for emergency assistance to those affected by the current floods in the north-eastern and northern regions of the country; this year's floods are considered worse than those in 1998 and 2004

The country will not provide electricity and gas to new factories to be built outside designated economic zones and industrial enclaves; central bank required banks to secure mandatory certificates of approval from utility providers before lending

Kicked out of other prayer services, members of Bangladesh's transgender hijra community have been welcomed into a new mosque in the Muslim-majority nation with the promise of discrimination-free worship

50.000 tons of onions from India will enter the Bangladeshi market within a short time, Trade Minister Ahsanul Islam Titu said

Bangladesh is committed to further collaborate with the Nordic countries for a greener and more resilient future, according to the Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change