A bridge built for Tk 2.82 crore (approximately $227,800) in southern Bangladesh has remained virtually unusable for six years because it lacks approach roads, forcing thousands of villagers to make dangerous daily crossings.
Nearly 1 million people in Bangladesh seek corrections to their National Identity Cards each year, according to an Election Commission report released Sunday.
Investigators are finalizing a decade-long inquiry into the 2016 Bangladesh Bank reserve heist, with a 10,000-page draft charge sheet sent to the attorney general’s office for legal advice.
Bangladesh has begun the process of bringing former police chief Benazir Ahmed back from the United Arab Emirates amid reports that a Dubai court released him on conditional bail, a government adviser said Sunday.
Bangladesh plans to allow private companies to operate water buses as part of an effort to restore waterways around Dhaka and ease transportation problems in the capital, officials said Sunday.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman directed all sea, land, and airports across the country to operate 24 hours a day during a high-level meeting with business leaders at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tejgaon on Saturday.
Dengue claimed two more lives in the past 24 hours as Bangladesh’s total confirmed cases reached 16,104 this year, according to data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed Sunday to expand bilateral trade, improve connectivity and pursue conditions for the voluntary return of Rohingya refugees, officials said.
Rapid Action Battalion officers arrested two Myanmar citizens and seized 507,000 Yaba tablets during an overnight operation near the Naf River border in southeastern Bangladesh, an official said.
Police across Bangladesh have been placed on alert over reported activities by the banned Awami League in August, home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Sunday.
