Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former army chief Sheikh Mohammad Shafiuddin Ahmed for questioning over allegations that he acquired illicit wealth through irregularities and corruption.
APM Terminals will build a $750 million modern container terminal at Laldia Char in Chattogram, finance and planning minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said Sunday.
Bangladesh is moving to bring e-rickshaws under a formal policy framework, with licensing and registration to be handled through local government, state minister for local government, rural development and cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam said.
Families of victims of enforced disappearances gathered Sunday in Dhaka, demanding justice and answers for loved ones who vanished during the former Awami League government.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday ordered authorities to relocate Karwan Bazar kitchen market to Gabtoli and shift Fulbaria Bus Terminal to Keraniganj as part of a broader plan to ease traffic congestion in Dhaka.
A feasibility study is underway to upgrade key sections of the 159-kilometer Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway to six lanes, following a June announcement by prime minister Tarique Rahman.
Bangladesh government has renewed cash rewards for information leading to recovery of looted and illegal firearms, offering up to Tk 200,000 (approximately $1,622) for information that helps authorities recover heavy weapons.
Greater political and social stability since Bangladesh’s February election has encouraged Japanese companies to reconsider investment opportunities in the country, a Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) official said Saturday.
Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan said Saturday that the government is working to build a Bangladesh free from enforced disappearances, killings, oppression, and torture.
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly tried to push six men into Bangladesh through the Ramdaspur border in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj on Thursday morning, but Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) prevented them from entering, BGB said.
