Delta Pharma has begun work on a $100 million pharmaceutical manufacturing complex in Bangladesh’s National Special Economic Zone in Mirsarai, with commercial production targeted for 2029.
Kaliakair Hi-Tech Park has attracted $283 million in investment against proposed investments totaling $1.63 billion, posts, telecommunications and information technology minister Faqir Mahbub Anam said Saturday.
Judges of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, prosecutors and defense lawyers inspected a secret detention facility Saturday where the tribunal’s chief prosecutor said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was once held and tortured.
Nearly 33,000 people have been killed in road accidents across Bangladesh over the past five years, with motorcycle riders accounting for about one-third of the deaths, according to figures cited in a report on road safety.
Opinion
Bangladesh press chose obedience over its constitutional duty
Bangladesh’s major television networks and newspapers failed their audiences when they refused to report meaningfully on Sheikh Hasina’s Aug. 5 speech in New Delhi.

