Bangladesh

From donors to partners

As we move on to middle-income status and depend more on our own financial resources, the role of developed countries will need to change so that they become a genuine development “partner” rather than a “donor”.
10 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Tigers struggle in the second innings

Bangladesh struggle at 92/4 at lunch on the third day of the second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa at Bloemfontein.
8 October 2017, 10:34 AM

CJ visits Dhakeshwari Temple to offer prayers

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, who is now on a month’s leave on health grounds, visits Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka to offer prayers on the occasion of Laxmi Puja.
5 October 2017, 14:05 PM

Madrasa staff held over Facebook comments on PM, Bangabandhu

Police arrests a young man from a madrasah in Ramganj upazila for posting derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his Facebook wall.
5 October 2017, 06:27 AM

India-Bangladesh foreign secys to meet over Rohingya issue

Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque is likely to meet Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar when the Rohingya crisis is expected to be discussed, Indian media reports.
5 October 2017, 05:59 AM

Bangladesh awarded for success in hygiene

Bangladesh has been awarded the “India Today Safaigiri Awards” for achieving remarkable success in public sanitation, hygiene and cleanliness.
3 October 2017, 04:40 AM

Bangladesh up 7 notches in competency

For the first time, Bangladesh moves seven notches up in competitiveness ranking, according to Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) released.
27 September 2017, 10:29 AM

Storm-hit Ashuganj power grid back after 5 months

Bangladesh has restored the damaged Ashuganj-Sirajganj power grid and resumed supply in the line, five months after it collapsed during a nor'wester.
27 September 2017, 10:15 AM

Reports on plot to murder Hasina baseless, motivated: PMO

Prime Minister’s Office dismisses Indian media reports claiming there was a plot to assassinate Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 24.
24 September 2017, 10:07 AM

Act right now for permanent solution to Rohingya refugee crisis: Hasina to UN

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges the United Nations and the international community to take effective steps for the permanent solution to Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh for violence, killing and torture in Myanmar.
22 September 2017, 00:24 AM

Midwives come to aid of pregnant Rohingya women in Bangladesh camps

Dozens of midwives have been deployed to camps in Bangladesh to deliver babies and help young mothers among the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled across the border from Myanmar and are now living in squalid settlements.
20 September 2017, 14:01 PM

A chastening defeat for Bangladesh

Bangladesh taste a bitter experience in their opening match of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship, suffering a massive 9-0 defeat at the hands of defending champions North Korea in Thailand Today.
11 September 2017, 11:57 AM

SC extends BGMEA building demolition order till Oct 5

The Supreme Court extends till October 5 its earlier order that gave six-month time to Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to relocate its building from Hatirjheel area in Dhaka.
11 September 2017, 08:26 AM

UN calls for $77m for Rohingya aid

The United Nations calls for USD 77 million in urgent assistance for the Rohingya people who have fled into Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar.
9 September 2017, 11:29 AM

Boats capsize in Naf, 11 Rohingya bodies recovered

Eleven bodies of Rohingyas, who tried to enter Bangladesh following fresh violence in Rakhaine state of Myanmar, are recovered after two boats capsized in separate places in the Naf River.
7 September 2017, 06:48 AM

UNIDO to help Bangladesh manage e-waste

Visiting Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Li Yong has assured Bangladesh of providing technical support in managing its electronic waste (e-waste).
6 September 2017, 15:12 PM

UN migration agency appeals for USD18m for Rohingya refugees

The UN Migration Agency, IOM, in Bangladesh has appealed for an immediate fund of US$ 18 million for humanitarian assistance as tens of thousands of Rohingya continue to stream into Bangladesh since August 25.
6 September 2017, 10:58 AM

Crisis looms as nearly 125,000 Rohingya refugees flood into Bangladesh

Nearly 125,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations says, as fears grow of a humanitarian crisis in the overstretched camps.
5 September 2017, 10:55 AM

Dhaka concerned over North Korea nuclear tests

Bangladesh issues concern over the recent nuclear tests conducted by North Korea and cited the act citing as threat to regional peace and stability.
4 September 2017, 06:56 AM

5 including minor, cop killed in separate road crashes

At least five people including a minor girl and a policeman are killed in separate road crashes in Dhaka, Sherpur and Bagerhat.
3 September 2017, 04:27 AM