Bangladesh Honda Private Limited has exported Honda NX200 motorcycles to Mexico, expanding its international operations after previously shipping motorcycles to Guatemala, the company said Sunday.
A record gap between container imports and exports is leaving thousands of empty boxes at private depots and Chattogram Port, reducing space available for export cargo.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders have authorized Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to select the party’s nominee for the presidential election, party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Saturday.
Prolonged waterlogging has killed 137 of 139 mother litchi trees at a nearly 60-year-old government orchard in Jamalpur, threatening production of improved fruit saplings, officials said.
Bangladesh plans to establish four additional engineering colleges as part of an effort to expand technical education and prepare workers for the global labor market, education minister A. N. M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan said Saturday.
State minister for liberation war affairs Ishraque Hossain adopted a more conciliatory tone Saturday, calling for cooperation among Bangladesh’s democratic political parties after previously taking a confrontational stance toward an opposition leader.
A 45-year-old man was beaten to death in southeastern Bangladesh after confronting a youth over the alleged theft of bananas, police said Saturday.
A man was killed and at least 20 people were injured Saturday in a clash between two groups that police said began with a dispute between children over a game of Ludo.
A tourist died Saturday after a parasailing rope snapped and sent him into the sea at Cox’s Bazar beach, police and local officials said.
About 45 senior executives from 25 U.S. companies are expected to visit Bangladesh by the end of next week to explore investment opportunities, a government spokesperson said Saturday.
