Bangladesh
IFAD supports smallholder farmers with nutritious homestead vegetable gardening kits
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) have started distributing homestead vegetable gardening (HVG) kits among 26,000 smallholder farmers in coastal Bangladesh to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bangladesh cannot forget Pakistan’s 1971 atrocities: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh cannot forget the atrocities committed by Pakistan in 1971.
Bangladesh’s SEZs promising places for Swedish, Spanish investors: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged Swedish and Spanish investors to invest in Bangladesh’s special economic zones (SEZs) to avail of the opportunities are on offer there.
UK proposes launching of Bangladesh-UK Trade, Investment Dialogue
The United Kingdom has formally proposed the launchig of a Bangladesh-UK Trade and Investment Dialogue to deal with relevant issues and help boost ties between the two countries.
Date security a major challenge in post-COVID Bangladesh: WhiteBoard
The pace at which people access digital services in Bangladesh has picked up since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, giving rise to the data management challenges in the post-Covid period, according to policy-based magazine WhiteBoard.
‘Hizb ut-Tahrir member’ held in city
The Anti Terrorism Unit (ATU), a specialized unit of Bangladesh Police, arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from Bhatara area in the city on Wednesday night.
3 to die for murder in Khulna
A tribunal in Khulna on Thursday convicted three people and sentenced them to death for killing a worker of Khulna Sri Agro Limited in 2015.
Covid-19 cases, deaths continue to surge in Bangladesh; 35 more die
Amid a rising trend in Covid-19 infections in Bangladesh, health authorities on Thursday reported 2,316 new cases in 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 471,739.
Japan to continue supporting Bangladesh to fight COVID-19
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has assured Bangladesh of continuing its support to it to deal with COVID-19 situation.
UN unanimously adopts Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on ‘Culture of Peace’
The United Nations has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’.