Bangladesh-India relations should be built on mutual respect, sovereignty, and stronger people-to-people ties, Bangladesh parliament speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad said Wednesday during a meeting with Indian high commissioner Dinesh Trivedi.
Three Bangladesh Air Force personnel were killed and another was seriously injured in a road accident near Terminal 3 of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, officials said.
Bangladesh President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called for a stronger role by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in preventing border killings, smuggling, drug trafficking, and push-ins during a meeting at Bangabhaban on Monday.
Bangladesh will enlist renewable energy service providers by district and geographical area as part of an effort to expand rooftop solar nationwide, the Power Division said Sunday.
Bangladesh could face an international bandwidth shortage by 2028 unless decisions on new submarine cable connections are made soon, industry stakeholders warned at a Dhaka workshop.
A Bangladesh government probe has recommended disciplinary action against the owner of a Sitakunda shipbreaking yard after finding severe safety lapses and negligence led to the deaths of 10 workers from toxic gas exposure.
Bangladesh is unlikely to join the Mecca Pact, a grouping of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, because its security environment does not present the kind of immediate military threat that normally drives countries into collective-defense alliances.
Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman said Sunday that the “Mecca Pact” should not be seen as a threat or an offensive initiative, describing it instead as a matter of collective self-defense for Muslim countries.
Bangladesh garment exporters are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring systems, with some factories reporting productivity gains of up to 25%.
Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman left Dhaka on Sunday night for New York to assume the presidency of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), according to a foreign ministry official.
