Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has said there is nothing to worry about downgrading growth forecast for Bangladesh by IMF for the current fiscal year.He said he is satisfied over the recovery of Bangladesh’s economy.The finance minister said this in response to a question from a Bangladeshi…

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh is preparing to introduce remote sensing and drones to detect crop damage caused by extreme weather events or diseases.Around 20 officers of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) are initially receiving training to learn how to use the state-of-the-art technologies.Malay Choudhury, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, and…

Motorcycle Incidents Lead in Fatalities Staff Correspondent : A total of 565 lives were lost in 552 road accidents nationwide last month, as reported by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh, a non-governmental organization advocating for passengers’ rights, in a statement released yesterday.Additionally, the report highlighted that these accidents resulted…

Staff Correspondent : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s journey to run Bangladesh is getting smooth as US officials, after the last general elections of Bangladesh, recognized the new government and pledged to collaborate with it, says US think-tank-The Atlantic Council.“While the US State Department did say that the elections were not…

Two European warships escort it tothe UAE port Ayub Ali, Chattogram: The Bangladeshi ship MV Abdullah with 23 sailors has finally been released from the pirates of Somalia. The owner of the ship, the famous industrial company of Chattogram “KSRM Group” has confirmed this news at around 3:30 PM on…

Rafiqul Islam Azad : Bangladesh is seeking to tap into the untapped Readymade Garments (RMG) market in Brazil to reduce the widening trade gap between the two countries, according to sources.A senior official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed this correspondent that during a recent meeting between Brazilian Foreign…

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka city is still to get its usual look though the city dwellers have started returning to the capital after holidays for Eid-ul-Fitr and PahelaBaishakh.The bustling capital look empty with most of the roadside shops, shopping malls closed and few public and private vehicles plying the streets.The government,…

Special Correspondent: Nathan Bom was born and brought up in the family of Anton. Then he graduated in Fine Arts from Dhaka University. He also went to some European countries. He used to claim to his friends that he also took a diploma in fine arts from England.After completing his…

Mahfuja Mukul : The World Bank has predicted that Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) will be lower than the target in the current financial year 2023-24. Besides, the organization also thinks that the country’s economy will be under pressure in the short term. Economists of the World Bank have brought…