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Disaster Preparedness: Govt to construct 90 three-storey cyclone shelters in 12 districts

, Oct. 28 -- The government has taken a move to construct 90 three-storey cyclone shelters in 47 upazilas of 12 districts under the Khulna, Barishal, and Chattogram divisions as part of preparedness f... Read More


Khulna city set to get safe water as government launches Tk 2,598 cr project

, Oct. 18 -- The government has undertaken a project to ensure uninterrupted, safe, and sustainable water supply throughout the year in Khulna city and its surrounding areas particularly during the dr... Read More


Govt moves to preserve true history, cultural legacy through digitisation

Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- The government has taken an initiative to modernise and digitise the National Archives and the National Library under a new project aimed at informing the next generation about the n... Read More


Govt orders probe into irregularities in Tk 518cr Jute mill project

Dhaka, Oct. 10 -- The Planning Commission has ordered the authorities concerned to take punitive measures as it moves to close a controversial jute mill project plagued by irregularities, unauthorised... Read More


Gold price hits record high again, nears Tk 2 lakh per bhori

, Oct. 4 -- The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has increased the price of gold by Tk 2,192 per bhori, setting the new rate of 22-carat gold at Tk 1,97,576 per bhori, the highest in the count... Read More


Duet set for major lab, infrastructure upgrade under new project

, Oct. 4 -- The government has approved a Tk 866.55 crore project to modernise laboratories and upgrade infrastructure at Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (Duet), Gazipur, aiming to tran... Read More


NBR unveils 10-year strategy to strengthen domestic revenue mobilisation

, Sept. 16 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has stressed the need for sustained reforms and strengthened institutional capacity to boost Bangladesh's domestic revenue mobilisation (DRM) even as ... Read More


Bangladesh's burn victims face awful fight amid facility shortage

Dhaka, Sept. 4 -- For burn victims survival often hinges on a race against time but for those living far from the capital in Bangladesh race is increasingly unwinnable. Bangladesh saw 140 deaths in 2... Read More


Bangladesh's climate resilience hinges on tripling Delta Plan budget

, Sept. 1 -- Bangladesh needs to triple its annual expenditure to successfully implement the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP 2100), the country's long-term strategy to safeguard water resources and en... Read More


Lack of experts forces one-year extension for Bangladesh's Carew project

, Aug. 31 -- The interim government has approved a one-year extension of a major project, 'BMR of Carew & Co (BD) Ltd (2nd Revised)', attributing the decision to the unavailability of experts amid shi... Read More