Bangladesh and Switzerland are in touch to develop a mechanism for exchange of information to avoid any “misunderstanding” and “confusion” between the two sides.Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on Tuesday said they are in touch with the Swiss Embassy …
A six-member panel probing the Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) girder tragedy has submitted a preliminary report to the government, UNB has learnt.On Monday, five members of a family, including two children, were crushed to death after a girder of the BR…
From Tuesday, commuters will have to shell out more for a ferry ride in Bangladesh.This is because the government has increased launch fares in view of the recent 42.5% hike — from Tk 80 to Tk 114 a litre — in the diesel price.Fares have been raised …
International Labour Organization (ILO) and Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) have signed an agreement to promote, simplify and harmonize the one-stop service (OSS) of BIDA.Under the agreement signed on Tuesday, ILO will support the in…
KAn embankment constructed by the residents of Khulna’s Koyra upazila to prevent riverbank erosion has collapsed yet again due to increased water pressure.Locals fear that vast areas of the upazila will be inundated by high tides in the Kopotakkho rive…
The government is contemplating ways to bringing down the prices of essential commodities that have gone beyond the reach of commoners following the fuel oil price hike.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this on Tuesday while speaking at the regular mee…
Muggers took away Tk 5 lakhs from an agent of mobile banking platform Rocket after stabbing him in Kashimpur Baganbari area of the district on Tuesday.The injured, identified as Rocket agent of Dutch Bangla Bank’s digital mobile banking Sahed Hossain, …
He said, “Heavy girder should have been lifted after blocking the busy road by the BRT authorities. Accidents may happen while working using crane and the authorities concerned should have kept another crane standby for rescue operation and an ambulan…
Veteran Dutch politician Jan Pronk has shed light on Bangladesh’s development, independence struggle and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s outstanding leadership in the 70s.Pronk spoke at a commemorative event arrange by the Bangladesh Embassy to the…
Iran said Tuesday it submitted a “written response” to what has been described as a final roadmap to restore its tattered nuclear deal with world powers.Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency offered no details on the substance of its response, but suggeste…
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has set the all-in-cost ceiling for short-term trade finance in foreign exchange.A BB circular stated that all-in-cost will include the entire cost of a financial transaction, business operation, taxes and fees such as closing cost…
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the authorities concerned to raise the wage of the tea workers logically through discussion instead of threating them to stop the ongoing peaceful movement across the country.Tea workers’ daily wage…
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