Bangladesh’s first nuclear power project reached a milestone Sunday when Unit 1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant achieved its first controlled nuclear chain reaction at 3:34 p.m.
Police in Bangladesh said Sunday they had arrested four people on sedition charges after an alleged attempt to deface a portrait of Rabindranath Tagore outside Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka.
Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation expressed interest in expanding investments in Bangladesh, including establishing a second Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Limited (KAFCO), during talks with prime minister Tareq Rahman on Sunday.
Bangladesh condemned a Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that killed two Bangladeshi nationals and left four others receiving intensive care, officials said Sunday.
Bangladesh and the European Investment Bank (EIB) plan to direct €250 million (approximately $280 million) from an existing sovereign loan toward women’s health and stronger medical services, according to The Business Standard. The proposed Women’s Health Initiative would serve about 47 million women and girls from 2027 through 2031. It would expand maternal and newborn […]
A water treatment plant in Bangladesh’s Munshiganj municipality remains unused three years after construction ended, as government departments dispute whether the facility is ready for handover. The plant cost about Tk 11 crore (approximately $892,000) and was designed to treat 350,000 liters of water per hour from the Dhaleshwari River, The Daily Star reported. Construction […]
Bangladesh Bank has proposed allocating Tk 60,000 crore (approximately $4.87 billion) annually from the national budget for five to eight years to repair banks damaged by alleged plunder, governor Md Mostaqur Rahman said Saturday. If approved, the plan would cost Tk 3 lakh crore (approximately $24.33 billion) over five years or Tk 4.8 lakh crore […]
Police detained three suspects after a crude bomb exploded near an entrance to Agargaon Bypass Road, opposite the boundary wall of the prime minister’s office, early Saturday.
Cyberbullying was associated with higher rates of major depressive disorder (MDD) among adolescent girls in Bangladesh, according to research highlighted by The Business Standard on World Mental Health Day, Oct. 10. The study, published Aug. 12, 2025, analyzed nationally representative data from Bangladesh’s 2019-20 adolescent health and well-being survey. Among 4,984 girls, 8% reported cyberbullying […]
Bangladesh has asked United States-based Securiport to submit a detailed proposal by Oct. 22 for modernizing immigration and border management, according to reporting by The Business Standard. Home ministry senior secretary Manzur Morshed Chowdhury sent the request Oct. 4. A cabinet committee approved pursuing direct procurement from the company Sept. 9, but officials said the […]
